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Sarah Gurr

@sarahkgurr.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Education @ Charles Sturt University. Researching in environmental and sustainability education, educational ethics and philosophy, and precarity in higher education.

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Sarah Gurr @sarahkgurr.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
In the spirit of that first week of bluesky where our feeds were full of pictures of mushrooms, stars and landscapes, here's a blurry photo of a magpie nest on campus. I watched them place their first sticks a few weeks ago and now it's a fully formed nest (yay)! #Swoopyboiseason is coming (yikes)
Image is of a tree with dense leaves. Between the leaves, a large birds nest can be seen.
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Barrie Shannon @barrieshannon.com · 15/08/2025
I wrote a short summary of our latest article here for those interested in quickly understanding the main beats and implications of our research with LGBTQ+ enabling students 🎓🌈
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‘Do I have to go through all of that again?’ Class and rurality as barriers in the higher education pathways of queer students
Shannon, B., Mansfield, M., Hattam, S. & Griffiths, Z. (2025). ‘Do I have to go through all of that again?’ Class and rurality as barriers in the higher education pathways of queer students. Th…
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Sarah Gurr @sarahkgurr.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
I won't ask for help for things I think I can work out how to do myself. It rarely pays off but just enough that I keep living like this. Today I thought I could copy one LMS site to another because I missed the window for IT to do this for me. 1 hour later & all my content folders are dead links 🙃
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Sarah Gurr @sarahkgurr.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Calling all academics working in Australian universities - we want to hear about your experiences of academic work! Whether you work on a casual, fixed-term or ongoing basis, in teaching or research roles, we want to hear from you. uninewcastle.questionpro.com.au/a/TakeSurvey...
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Perceptions of academic work in Australian universities
Perceptions of academic work in Australian universities
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Pat Thomson @patthomson.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Vale ERIC obliterated in another attack on freedom of information. www.governing.com/policy/major...
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Major Education Resource Set to Shut Down This Week
The federal Department of Education maintains an open access database of more than 2 million documents dating back to the 1960s. It will cease operating Wednesday due to DOGE cuts.
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Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia @pesaustralasia.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Postgrads & Early Career Researchers – Join Us! 📅 Date: Thursday 27 Feb 🕖 Time: 7-9pm NZT | 5-7pm AEDT | 2-4pm CST Reconnect, meet new members, and plan the year ahead! 📩 For details, email @sarahkgurr.bsky.social sgurr@csu.edu.au #PESAPhilosophy #EarlyCareerResearch
Announcement graphic for the First PESA Postgraduate & Early Career Researcher Meeting for 2025. The text is displayed over a dark textured background with a circular gold Greek key pattern and the acronym 'PESA' in the center. Event details include the date, Thursday 27 February, and time slots: 7-9pm NZT, 5-7pm AEDT, and 2-4pm CST. Calendar and clock emojis accompany the date and time information.
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Sarah Gurr @sarahkgurr.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
If you: ✔️ are passionate about the Philosophy of Education, ✔️ have a PhD, AND ✔️ are a member of PESA You should consider applying for this!! Check out the post for more info:
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Kate Smithers @katesmithers.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
New paper! In this paper, we examined the creation of decausalisation schemes in the latest round of Enterprise Bargaining Agreements. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Decasualisation and the universities accord: an examination of university approaches
Casual and fixed-term employment is rife across Australian universities, with current estimates suggesting that around 60% of the workforce are precariously employed. This level of precarious emplo...
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Dr Emmalee Ford @emmaoolemma.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Cliché opening to a speech/presentation 30 years ago: "Oxford dictionary defines..." Cliché opening to a speech/presentation today: "I asked ChatGPT to tell me..."
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Australian Association for Research in Education @australianare.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Interested in writing for our EduResearch Matters Blog? We accept a wide range of posts, from responses to policies, conversational pieces about your own research, opinion pieces, reflections on your own practice. loom.ly/LikJuWU
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Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia @pesaustralasia.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
🌀 How can educators address the decline in ethical discourse among young people? Educators can foster values-based dialogue to help young people navigate a complex world and act with moral courage. What’s your take? 💬 #PESAPhilosophy #EducationInquiry #AcademicSky
Hands holding colorful speech bubbles with a pink bubble in the center asking, 'How can educators address the decline in ethical discourse among young people?' against a blurred blue background.
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Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia @pesaustralasia.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
🎓 Emotions matter in higher education too! Join Professor Liz Jackson on 12 March as she explores emotion's role in assessment and doctoral supervision. Don't miss this opportunity to rethink education with one of the field's leading voices! Register before 11 March: lnkd.in/gQEAHTri
A promotional flyer for the PaTHES Webinar 2025 titled 'Rethinking Emotions in Higher Education,' featuring a photo of Liz Jackson, Professor of Education at the University of Hong Kong. The flyer highlights that the webinar will challenge assumptions about emotional education in higher education, discussing its role in assessment and doctoral supervision. The event will be chaired by Barbara Grant, University of Auckland, on 12 March 2025, with time zones provided for UK, CET, Hong Kong, Sydney, and New Zealand. The flyer includes registration details and notes Liz Jackson's academic credentials and publications. Logos of the Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Society and its tagline, 'Engaging thinking on universities and higher education,' are at the bottom.
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Sarah Gurr @sarahkgurr.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
@daniella-forster.bsky.social and I wrote a normative case study as part of my PhD and it's been published in this collection with cases from around the world about dilemmas in education! It's my first book chapter so to say I'm stoked would be an understatement. www.bloomsbury.com/au/civic-con...
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Sarah Gurr @sarahkgurr.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I swear, I forget everything I know or think I know about punctuation the second someone asks me if a comma is in the right place.
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Sarah Gurr @sarahkgurr.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Last-day-of-work nightmare... Colleague emails to say that you forgot to attach a very important file. The aforementioned file (that you definitely saved) is no longer able to be retrieved on your computer. Last-day-of-work miracle... MS Word 'recover unsaved files' restores the file in full.
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a young man with his hands folded in front of his face .
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Sarah Gurr @sarahkgurr.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I had every intention of posting regular updates from the #PESAConference2024 but I got too caught up with the presentations and the beauty of Christchurch that my phone photo gallery is *very* full, my social feeds are pretty bare, and now I'm back in Bathurst. We'll see how I go next year...
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Sarah Gurr @sarahkgurr.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Day 2 of #PESAConference2024 starting now!
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Sarah Gurr @sarahkgurr.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Keynote Professor Carl Mika delivering yesterday's Marshall Lecture - Essencing the more-than-human: Thinking with wai #PESAConference2024
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Sarah Gurr @sarahkgurr.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I'm currently in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand for #PESAConference2024 and she is BEAUTIFUL! This is a photo of the Avon River at 9:20pm (!!!!!) last night.
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Paul Quelle-horreur 👻🎃👻🎃 @paulkelleher.net · 25/11/2024
November 12, 1973 --- The day Philosophy & Public Affairs started treating Rawls like Jesus.
A letter on Philosophy & Public Affairs letterhead that reads:

November 12, 1973

Professor Robert Nozick
Department of Philosophy
Emerson Hall
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138


Dear Professor Nozick,

I have been meaning to send you a note ever since you did not telephone the second time last week just to say that I decided after all to drop the offending post-apostrophes from the possessive of Rawls. This is, as I told you, according to the Chicago Manual of Style an honor due only to Moses and Jesus, but with us aesthetic considerations won out. The decision puts us somewhat in a class by ourselves -- I note that in Brian Barry's new book he and Oxford Press write Rawls's -- but I don't mind being different. I trust that you will not.

sincerely,
Margot Cutter
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Australian Association for Research in Education @australianare.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
All academics, regardless of their employment contracts, are feeling a sense of precarity with looming job cuts for the tertiary sector. Jess Harris describes other shocking examples of management practices that seem incomprehensible loom.ly/1vxkPrc
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Australian university staff now in chaos: No idea what will happen after December 31
Australian universities must commit to supporting those who teach and those who research. Management needs to take a haircut.
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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 21/11/2024
Union report out today finds: - 306 senior uni execs earn more than their state premiers - average Vice Chancellor salary over $1 million - Unis spent $734 million in 2023 on "consulting” etc Meantime, we're constantly told by execs we have to cut spending newshub.medianet.com.au/2024/11/new-...
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New report reveals deep governance crisis in Australian universities - News Hub
A damning new report has uncovered a shocking governance crisis in Australian universities, with 306 senior executives now earning more than their state premiers. The National Tertiary Education Union...
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Rachel Buchanan @rayedish.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Interested in online research? Check out my co-authored book 'Online Research' published as part of the Bloomsbury's Research Methods series. Perfect for research students and those new to online methods. www.bloomsbury.com/au/online-re... DOI:10.5040/9781350319127
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Online Research
First published Open Access under a Creative Commons license as What is Online Research?, this title is now also available as part of the Bloomsbury Research Me…
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Sarah Gurr @sarahkgurr.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I joined Bluesky two days ago and the vibes are immaculate. No Murdoch. No rage-bait. No corporate-style self-promotion speak. My discover page is full of academics, writers, art, and mushrooms (not sure why/how, but no complaints). Such a breath of fresh air!
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a man is sitting in a car with his eyes closed and says living with yourself on the bottom
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