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Santanu Vasant PFHEA

@santanuvasant.bsky.social
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Senior Strategic Educational Leader • 20 years + Impact in Higher Education • Teacher • Writer • Talking HE Podcast Creator/Host • Specialist in Student Success, Digital Transformation & Pedagogical Innovation • Senior Mentoring • Keynote santanuvasant.com

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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
📢 NEW Episode of #TalkingHE Podcast OUT NOW with Karen Clinkard, Principal Teaching Fellow at the Business School, University of Southampton on sustainable marketing. Listen via: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/.... Subscribe 🔔 so you don't miss an episode! Please repost 🙏 #Podcast #Marketing
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Sandra Sinfield @danceswithcloud.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#LTHEChat A5 One big pandemic lesson was how important the social was & hats off to staff who ran quizzes and film nights and writing socials so that students could have some of that social interactive stuff... BUT - we don't do that now & of course it wouldn't be funded - but perhaps is should be?
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Join us for this week's #LTHEChat, which will explore how the design of time and space shapes student engagement, participation and belonging with @columfromcork.bsky.social on Wednesday at 8.00pm (GMT/BST). Read the blog post here: lthechat.com/2026/09/27/l...
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Autumn Mackerel Sky at Dawn - a Thursday in Septemer #London #Surrey #Photography #Autumn
The Autumn Mackerel Sky over some houses at dawn
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
📢 NEW Episode of #TalkingHE Podcast OUT FRIDAY - 2nd October w/ Karen Clinkard, Principal Teaching Fellow at the Business School, University of Southampton on sustainable marketing. Listen via: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/.... Subscribe 🔔 so you don't miss an episode! #Business #Marketing
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ifawolowo.bsky.social @ifawolowo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Care doesn’t have a KPI” is powerful. Perhaps the problem is that we measure what is easy to count rather than what truly matters. Care, kindness and compassion may be harder to quantify, but their impact can be seen in whether people thrive, stay and belong. #LTHEchat
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ifawolowo.bsky.social @ifawolowo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yes, 100%, and I really like the emphasis on facilitation. We do not have to hold every perspective ourselves. Our role can be to create a space where students’ histories, cultures and ways of knowing are welcomed as valuable contributions to learning. #LTHEchat
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore Beyond Inclusion: Can We Teach for Belonging? with @ifawolowo.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm GMT/BST. Read the blog post at: buff.ly/i2Q9K3F
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LTHEChat 373: Beyond Inclusion: Can We Teach for Belonging?
Join us on Wednesday, 23rd of September at 8:00pm (GMT/BST) with our guest contributor, Francis Awolowo from Sheffield Hallam University, @ifawolowo.bsky.social. This #LTHEChat on BlueSky will cons…
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Small White Fluffy Clouds across a Dawn Sky #Autumn #Sunrise #London #Surrey
Dawn Sky Small Fluffy White Clouds in Autumn
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Mayflower Park Wetlands - Discovered this by accident 10 minutes from home. Ducks and Geese #Surrey #Lomdon #Nature
Mayflower Park Wetlands Mayflower Park Wetlands Tree on higher ground - Mayflower Park Wetlands
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Educators may often ask themselves how to make teaching more engaging. A better question is how to create learning experiences that fundamentally change the way students think: ow.ly/9Mbb50ZObpC #Highered #Academicsky
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Memorable teaching doesn’t just transfer knowledge – it transforms perspective
Educators may often ask themselves how to make teaching more engaging. A better question is how to create learning experiences that fundamentally change the way students think
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 14/09/2026
Student Success | When Are Students Better Off Offline? Cornell University’s new initiative asks students to rethink their tech habits—and when screens may interfere with learning, attention and social connection. bit.ly/46oSRAZ #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Two young women with long dark hair, their backs to the camera, sit on a hill watching the sun set.
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
East Street Gallery, under a railway bridge in Epsom, Surrey, painted by University of the Creative Arts Students #Surrey #Epsom #Art #UCA
East Street Gallery, under a railway bridge in Epsom, Surrey, painted by University of the Creative Arts Students
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat exploring whether Transnational Education (TNE) partnerships require new ways of thinking, being and doing with @alysonklewis.bsky.social & @heatherpennington.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9 pm GMT/BST. Read the blog post here: lthechat.com/2026/09/13/l...
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LTHEChat 372: Entering into Transnational Education (TNE) partnerships potentially means new ways of thinking, being and doing… or does it?
Join us on Wednesday, 16th September at 8:00pm (BST) with our guest contributors, Alyson Lewis (@alysonklewis.bsky.social‬) and Heather Pennington (@heatherpennington.bsky.social) for a though…
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hackney Wick Here East Teesside University London - 9/11 25 years on. That day 25 years I was at home watching concrete posts and boards being put in the ground. A permanent reminder of that day at my mums, even though the garden has totally changed.
Hackney Wick street art River Lee at Hackney Wick Here East, Queen Elizabeth Park Inside Teesside London Campus
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NAHT @naht.org.uk · 09/09/2026
📅 As the new school year gets underway, our free equality, diversity and inclusion calendar can help with planning for key religious festivals, awareness days, health and well-being events, and education-focused equality dates throughout 2027. bit.ly/3SLTX6B
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Thank you @tundeva.bsky.social and @vickidale.bsky.social for some really thought provoking questions 🙏 #LTHEChat is back ✨️🎊
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Star Trek is 60 years old today! Happy Birthday! 🎉 #StarTrek60 Live Long and Prosper 🖖 #SciFi #Series #TV #Film youtu.be/84A8Cp4gWTI?...
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Star Trek Turns 60! RARE Interviews and On-Set Secrets Revealed | ET Vault Unlocked
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore Islands of Hope: Finding Hope in the Five Elements with @tundeva.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm GMT/BST. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2026/09/02/l...
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LTHEChat 371: Islands of Hope: Finding Hope in the Five Elements
Welcome to a new term of #LTHEChat! Join us on Wednesday 9th September at 8:00pm (BST) with our guest contributor, Dr Tünde Varga-Atkins (@tundeva.bsky.social) for a fascinating and innovative Blue…
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Late Summer Weekend in London and Surrey - BT Tower, Church of Christ the King, Bloomsbury and Garden Cosmos in the Wild
BT Tower from Euston Road, London Church of Christ the King, Bloomsbury London Garden Cosmos
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Today would have been Freddie Mercury's 80th Birthday. This is his statue in Montreux overlooking Lake Geneva, Switzerland, taken by myself in June 2022. #FreddieMercury80 #Queen #Rock #Music
Freddie Mercury's Statue in Montreux, Lake Geneva, Switzerland
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
📢 NEW Episode of TalkingHE #Podcast OUT NOW w/ ka83k.bsky.social Teacher, Ed Tech Researcher, and Data Scientist, discussing the transition from Schools/ FE to University. Inclusion and Technology. Listen via: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... #EdTech #altc #HigherEd #AuADHD please repost 🙏
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
📢 NEW Episode of TalkingHE #Podcast OUT FRIDAY - 4th Sept w/ ka83k.bsky.social Teacher, Ed Tech Researcher, and Data Scientist, discussing the transition from Schools/ FE to University. Inclusion and Technology. Listen via: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... #EdTech #altc #HigherEd Pls repost 🙏
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
IV Castle Lane, SW1 - Modern English Bay / Bow Window on a rainy bank holiday weekend #London #Architecture #Summer #Weekend
IV Castle Lane, SW1 - Modern English Bay / Bow Window
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
📢 FREE Conference, Theme: Creativity in Education, Village Hotel, Nottingham, UK, 18th September, details and register via: ldtraining.ac.uk/learning-tea... #HigherEd #Creativity #Education #WideningParticipation #EdDev #EdTech #altc Please repost 🙏
Learning and Teaching Conference 2026 - 18th September - Village Hotel Nottingham. Details and Register via: https://ldtraining.ac.uk/learning-teaching-conference-2026/
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Teaching success should not rely solely on pass rates or student satisfaction. Here’s how to gather evidence that students understand, apply and transfer what they learned: ow.ly/8ji250ZBVvG #Highered #Academicsky
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How to show students’ learning beyond grades: a five-step process
Teaching success should not rely solely on pass rates or student satisfaction. Here’s how to gather evidence that students understand, apply and transfer what they learned
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
UK Higher Education is a 'time bomb hidden in plain sight'. When and if it goes off, nursing for instance could be crippled. No-one will of course do anything. wonkhe.com/blogs/better...
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Better awareness of potential key worker shortages ought to increase public support for universities
Higher education finances are all over the papers – but the potential effect on local key worker pipelines is not. For Steve Briggs, it’s incumbent on the sector to get this message across Higher educ...
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
You Swann Inn and.... Stroud, Gloucestershire in Burham's Burning Britain #Stroud #Gloucestershire #England #Summer
Stroud High StreetOpticians Sign Stroud Countryside wide shotSwans on the canal
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The treatment of Jason Arday was massively out of proportion to his faults. People who have committed terrible crimes have received less scrutiny, yet I don't believe anything he did or said even crossed the threshold of criminality. How many of us would have survived what he was put through? 🧵
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A short opinion blog post by my former colleague, Professor Bhabani Nayak, PhD Business and Management on the death of Professor Jason Arday 🙏 countercurrents.org/2026/08/no-o...
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No One Killed Professor Jason Arday | Countercurrents
Professor Jason Arday died on 14 August 2026 at the age of 41 in a flat in Battersea, London, England. He was killed long before his death, reduced to a black professor. Despite all his limitations…
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Good. Now we need action. Tax fossil fuel giants to pay for firefighting helicopters. A cool space in every community. A maximum working temperature. And no new oil and gas extraction in the North Sea. We cannot negotiate with the science. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
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UK weather: Burnham to chair Cobra meeting on extreme heat as temperatures surge again
The Government will meet to discuss this summer's record-breaking heat as the tally for days above 30C in the UK is broken.
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Wildfires. Floods. Droughts. This is not the new normal - it's the beginning of what will get worse. We need to invest now to protect people from future years of even more extreme weather. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Invest in climate defence rather than heed Trump on military spend – Polanski
The Green Party leader was appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
📢 NEW Episode TalkingHE podcast🎙️OUT NOW w/ Dr. Amy Lomellini, Global Director of Accessibility at #Blackboard discussing accessibility in Education. Listen via: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... Thanks for listening #highered #edtech
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
📢NEW @seda-ed-dev.bsky.social #SEDAEdDevs Issue 27.2 OUT NOW, read via: www.seda.ac.uk/seda-publish... Please repost in your networks 🙏 Happy Reading, consider contributing an article via: www.seda.ac.uk/seda-publish.... #EdDev #HigherEd #education (cc @anniehughes.bsky.social)
SEDA Educational Development Issue 27.2 Front Page - June 2026
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Independent providers ‘ready-made solution’ to UK’s problems: newly appointed chair of IHE on weeding out bad actors, complementing traditional universities and the perks of small teams ow.ly/ttZt50ZvNry
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Foxhill Golf Club Ottershaw, Surrey - Sunday Evening in #Summer #England
Foxhill Golf Club Ottershaw, Surrey - Manor House Foxhill Golf Club Ottershaw, Surrey
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Wordle 1,867 5/6 - tried the @andyburnham.bsky.social wordle tip of starting with Adieu, on my return to Wordle. Not as epic as becoming PM, but hey... every journey restarts with a 5 letter word! ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Week 1 of the new season of the @labouruk.bsky.social 'The Only Way is Politics' with new lead character @andyburnham.bsky.social has been interesting. Good to see former UAL VC James Purnell in a supporting cast role. 😆 Who will be a faithful and who will a traitor, find out next week....
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Claudia Winkleman Asks for Quiet
ALT: Claudia Winkleman Asks for Quiet
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
📢 NEW @seda-ed-dev.bsky.social blog post on the 9th June webinar about blogging and other scholarship... I know, very meta 😀 thesedablog.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/p... Slides, Recording + some feedback. Follow-up events being discussed! #SEDABlog2Book #Scholarship #HigherEducation please repost 🙏
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Publishing with SEDA: From Blog to Book (webinar)
On the 9th June 2026, editors in chief of the SEDA publications along with Sarah Hyde, Senior Commissioning Editor at Routledge, came together to present a webinar giving the over 80 participants a…
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