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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 · 15/10/2026
Yes, just as metrics or key performance indicators get weaponised against time poor staff, expected to do more with less. We then wonder why the sector is so unhappy and this is transferring to the students. A wellbeing initiative won't cut it. #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
That's great, thanks for sharing that! #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A6 Start creating space in curriculum to breath, connect, discuss. Keep experimenting and bringing in perspectives, stop doing managerial crapola that has no value to long term satisfaction. Soul crushing stuff. #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A5 Critical thinking on the output of Generative AI. Thinking is worth keeping, this is human and educational. #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Desirable difficulty, challenge for students in class, but also in assessment through choice. #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A4 Experimenting, trying out something new, challenging our students out of fear of low NSS. #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A2 We are asked to keep students happy, often when staff are not. As the saying goes, 'look after your staff, they will look after your customers and the business will take care of itself'. #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A1 Difficult to think of a moment, but how people treat you and how you treat yourself in moments of unhappiness matters how satisfied you are. #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Demolishing the Brutalisic Past - a multi storey car park in the Midlands. #Architecture #Midlands #Concrete
A car park being demolished
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Happy 10th Birthday 🎂 to Northwood School in London, a School I was a Governor at for 8 years when it was rebuilt noviun.com/northwood-se... #Schools #Building #Secondary #Architecture
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Northwood Secondary School
The appearance of Northwood Secondary School relates to the 3 elements which express the performing arts specialism,learning areas and the sports complex.
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Overcrowding?! What overcrowding. Empty carriage to Newcastle. Pick of the seats 😄✨️ #Railway #Train #Autumn #Britain
Empty LNER train carriage
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which is on “Happiness vs Satisfaction” with guest coordinator @dougspecht.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm GMT/BST. Read the blog post at: buff.ly/IVFO0oE
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Crescent Moon, 6 degrees Celsius at Dawn against a blue sky. #Autumn #Surrey #London
Crescent Moon at 6 degrees Celsius at Dawn against a blue sky.
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thank you @catherineomahony.bsky.social - great questions, always great to scamble to find an app on a tablet to 'sketch' a reply to #LTHEChat 😃. I have a great Christmas special in December on my #TalkingHE Podcast - Learning Beyond Text, w/ CEO of a well known educational service! #Spoilers
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🤯 what!?!... definately proscribed now, I think my former institution has policy of uncreativity 🤐 #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yes, indeed, the legendary Professor Diana Laurillard used to say something similar in relation to Research in my MA Education at UCL IoE when I was in my early 20s. #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yes, great in theory, appaling in practice. Not enough exemplars of how it's done well and it's time consuming - something academia in 2026 doesn't have. This might a task for Agent AI 😃 (water and energy concerns aside) #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A6 Mind-mapping a draft of an assessment, or drawing out a theory, concept or framework. If students were able to get their ideas down on paper quickly or able to recall a theory, concept or framework from memory that explain it verbally. #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I had several ex-lecturers, Professors, who became colleagues at Brunel, University of London that didn't like PowerPoint when it was originally encouraged to OHPs, for this very reason. They liked the pace they could keep using OHPs. #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A5 Those learners who have visual impairments if we use too many visuals. Designing learning that has a balance of learning preferences allows students to access the knowledge in different ways. UDL Principles. #LTHEChat
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Dr. Gustavo Espinoza-Ramos @tavoer8.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A4. In one module, we used two root cause analysis tools: a fishbone and 5 whys. The idea is that students reflect and analyse the problems and causes. Some struggle more than others, now more with AI. I try to teach them to be more critical when using AI (they should become the marker) #LTHEChat
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Animated Tree Root Growth
ALT: Animated Tree Root Growth
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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A4 I often use visual metaphor to explore topics, use photovoice cards etc. I try to model sketch noting to encourage focus in sessions where attention may be waning.
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A4 Yes, usually charts, diagrams and illustrations. They are usually well received. I think revealing diagrams elements, on click is a useful think to do, so the students is overwhelmed by all the information at once and helps the educator to pace the explaination. #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A3 Engagement above the surface, but below - undiagnosed SpLDs (special learning differences), poor mental health and a lack of learning activities. The spatial positioning emphasises the visible and invisible teaching challenges. #LTHEChat
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Sandra Sinfield @danceswithcloud.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#LTHEchat A1 And with all my students and staff-as-students I suggest finding a visual strategy using tis fabulous resource: www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_tab...
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A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A2 Internal thought processing and thinking on a theory, concept or framework - the meta learning is what becomes visible to students, allowing them to hook onto the knowledge more effectively. We are trying to move them from novice to expert, often quicker in the UK 3 year UG degree. #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Oh yes, hooking to prior experiences either in secondary or higher education is a powerful tool more educators should use in all subjects. I need to do this, in a Level 6 Future of Business Technologies cover lecture I am doing next Friday on Blockchain! #LTHEchat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This was the book - www.abebooks.com/978034066388...
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GCSE Science Double Award (Teach Yourself Revision Guides) - E.N. Ramsden; Tony Buzan; Jim Breithaupt: 9780340663882 - AbeBooks
Teach Yourself Books - 1997 - Low prices on new and used copies of books. 30 days return policy
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yes the approach of Buzan was a little strict, but it was my first exposure to learning techniques that were not just copying off the blackboard. At the time, meta cognition wasn't a thing in state schools. This was the book - www.abebooks.com/978034066388...
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GCSE Science Double Award (Teach Yourself Revision Guides) - E.N. Ramsden; Tony Buzan; Jim Breithaupt: 9780340663882 - AbeBooks
Teach Yourself Books - 1997 - Low prices on new and used copies of books. 30 days return policy
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Surely you are the question master, host or faciliator (please delete as appropriate) 😃 #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A1 As a child, the water cycle drawn. I understood more deeply based I could read and see the drawing, allowing me to process the knowledge easier. It was in a Hodder & Stoughton Science textbook, which also had a science of learning section, with Tony Buzan's Mind Map technique #LTHEChat
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore “Dual coding and visualising thinking” with @catherineomahony.bsky.social on Wednesday, 8-9pm GMT/BST. Read the blog post at: buff.ly/paIUXuL
Iceberg drawing with lines bissecting showing different layers
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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
A photograph of Karen Clinkard
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thank you @columfromcork.bsky.social for these great questions, took me back 25 years to my Uni days 😊 and some interesting replies from #LTHEChat participants 🙏
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yes as one of my least favourite line managers, a Deputy VC and famous #SoTL person used to say 'more is not better, better is better - and you need time and space for that'. Never practiced what they preached. Retired. 🙄 #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think several #LTHEChat participants have replied with a similar answer I have read. Time for them is a very good point. #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A6 Give them time to think, process, with a few reflective question. Equally leave them time to mind wonder 🤔 - yes, doing nothing changes everything! #LTHEChat
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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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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A5 Back in the day it was a PHP BB Bulletin board, run by myself and 3 Uni mates - we designed it, sections for each level, topics for each module. An informal section of chat topics. Moderator too. Called troublemakers, but then Brunel, University of London employed me as an #EdTech 😀 #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yes this is true Martin, time of day and time of year place a big part in shaping student engagement et al. Lots of variables, no two classes are the same, which is either joy or terror depending on your view. #LTHECChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A4 Ah, I was a commuter student, so if I learnt something new or interacted with someone on my course, saw my Uni mates, that was worth it. Often however, it was just a diadactic lecture with little interactivity in class. Probably one reason I ended up in #EdDev type roles. #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We suggested this to UEL staff during the pandemic and did similar as a L&T Centre once a week, an informal space on Fridays. Not sure it worked for us as a team, however it did for academics and their students. Anything to humanise things. #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A3 We may take it personally, is it my teaching? We forget you can learn in other ways than being present in the same space. If the students get no other benefit from being in the room than seeing you talk, they might as well view a recording of the session. Make in person count. #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A2 We may, as educators think they are not interested in our subjects, however, now more than ever, students work, have busy lives and may just want a break and an attention wipe. All of which aids learning. #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A1 In the cafe with friends and also on MSN chat virtually (when to University in the early 2000s, pre-social media). #LTHEChat
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Great work Sophie as always 😊 - maybe the title should be 'Old Apes Club' 🤔. Your cat looking at you is cute.
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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
A photograph of Karen Clinkard
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
True, sometimes the feeling of needing permission to be in HE is where we are failing to communicate with students. Reminds me of an ex-PGCert student, an Academic Skills Tutor when I worked at UAL who said after a session 'mattering matters in education'. #LTHEChat
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