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Sarune Savickaite, PhD

@sarune.bsky.social
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Psychologist/Educator at the UofExeter - cognition - immersive (XR) education - perceptual differences and executive function in neurodiversity - AI - HCI - robotics! Also - art, books and cats!

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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
you can read my correspondence in Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering now! Could not be more happy! www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Had a lovely few months working with the team! Will miss it ❤️
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Claire Timmins @clairetimmins.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Was a pleasure to help organise #LTHEchat these past few weeks, lovely to work with @mrdlester.bsky.social @sarune.bsky.social and @fransez.bsky.social
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
In Neurodiversity Celebration Week, explore our collection… www.bps.org.uk/collections/...
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Neurodivergence | BPS
Articles, interviews and more from The Psychologist and Research Digest on Neurodivergence.
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Feeling really fortunate to be one of top 100 voices to follow in higher education. As early career researcher I could not be happier to be amongst such distinguished educators! www.vevox.com/blog/top-50-...
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50 top voices to follow in higher education for 2026
Meet the Top 50 Voices in Higher Education 2026. From educators and innovators driving insight, leadership, and global impact.
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Q5. If 'flourishing lives in the operational details,' what one thing would streamline HE workloads? Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response
Q5. If 'flourishing lives in the operational details,'  what one thing would streamline HE workloads?
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Q1. Leaders should create the conditions in which academics may flourish. What does flourishing in the workplace look like / mean to you? Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response
What does flourishing in the workplace look like / mean to you?
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
2 days to go before the #LTHEchat this week! This week we will feature @hazelfarrell.bsky.social ell.bsky.social and @kenmcarthy.ie exploring Teaching, Learning, Assessment and GenAI: Moving from Reaction to Intentional Practice. Check out the blog for more details: lthechat.com/2026/01/16/l...
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LTHEchat 350: Teaching, Learning, Assessment and GenAI: Moving from Reaction to Intentional Practice
Generative AI has become part of higher education with remarkable speed. In a short period of time, it has entered classrooms, assessment design, academic writing, feedback processes, and professio…
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
This week we will feature @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social exploring Redundancy, Resilience, and Finding What’s Next #LTHEchat
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LTHEchat 349: Redundancy, Resilience, and Finding What’s Next
There’s no nice way to talk about redundancy. It doesn’t arrive as a single moment, even when there is a single date attached to it. It arrives in phases: uncertainty, waiting, the conversation itself, the aftermath. For some, it’s sudden. For others, it’s drawn out and quietly exhausting. Either way, it has a way of cutting through confidence, identity, and momentum, particularly in a sector many of us entered because we believed in it.
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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Baseless Skepticism "When skepticism lacks empirical grounding or logical justification, it ceases to function as a truth-seeking instrument and becomes a performative posture of intellectual superiority." philarchive.org/archive/BIPABS
Skepticism is widely regarded as the immune system of rational inquiry. However, when skepticism is unmoored from empirical grounding, logical rigor, or proportional standards of evidence, it degenerates into "Baseless Skepticism"—a form of obstructionist cynicism. This paper argues that rational doubt must be treated as a claim requiring justification,
specifically subject to the constraints of reality. Drawing on principles of Bayesian inference and virtue epistemology, we formalize the Principle of Demonstrated Competence, arguing that claims surviving adversarial, real-world constraints establish a high epistemic prior. We further propose the Law of Epistemic Symmetry, positing that the rejection of
a validated claim incurs a burden of proof identical to its acceptance. We conclude that dismissing demonstrated competence without counter-data is not intellectual rigor, but a violation of the ethics of belief.
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Q5. How would staff wellbeing and workload be affected by these expectations? #LTHEchat Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response lthechat.com/2026/01/05/l...
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Q4. With PGT coming into focus, how can we better support our Level 7 students right now? #LTHEchat Reply with A4 #LTHEChat and your response
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Q1. What do you think the new "lowest rating" rule means for how we prioritise our work? #LTHEchat Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response lthechat.com/2026/01/05/l...
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Q2. What feels most challenging about meeting the new quality expectations? Reply with A2 #LTHEChat and your response lthechat.com/2026/01/05/l...
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Happy to share that I’ve joined the #LTHEchat organising committee 🎉 Looking forward to learning lots, contributing to the chats, and being part of such a thoughtful HE teaching community. #LTHEchat #HigherEd #LearningAndTeaching #AcademicLife #EdDev #TeachingCommunity
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Don't forget to join us for #LTHEchat this evening at 8pm GMT! Checkout the blogpost here: lthechat.com/2026/01/05/l...
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
A Shift in Perception: Exploring Stereovision Recovery | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind...
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A Shift in Perception: Exploring Stereovision Recovery
Our ability to perceive the three-dimensional world can be lost without notice, yet cases like Stereo Sue reveal that even in adulthood, hidden perceptual worlds can be unlocked.
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Masks and Mirrors open.substack.com/pub/drsarune...
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Masks and Mirrors: Finding Myself in my Own Work
One of my students is starting a project on imposter syndrome in autistic and AuDHD women who were diagnosed later in life.
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
My first blog for Psychology Today! www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind...
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Mind Unseen: Invisible Landscapes of Perception and Thought
Can you picture an apple in your mind? Do you know some people cannot do that? Let's explore the hidden diversity of inner perceptual worlds.
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
at ALT/Jisc event today. The last time I was in Birkbeck was in 2010, when I decided to retrain as a psychologist and took evening classes here. It was also a turmolous time when student riots were taking place. Birkbeck will be a special place as incubator of my academic dreams ❤️
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Continuing my exploration of identity! "Seeing others embrace a life that doesn’t revolve around romantic relationships helps me to accept and even celebrate my own choices." drsarune.substack.com/p/code-of-two
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
just gave my personal website a much-needed refresh: www.sarune.info. It’s a space for my work, thoughts, and the occasional daydream. Take a look if you’re curious about immersive tech, neurodiversity, or the inner life of an overthinking academic 🌿 #NewWebsite #DigitalIdentity #AcademicLife
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Sarune Savickaite // VR, Cognition, Perception, Autism & Creativity
PhD candidate at the University of Glasgow. Interested in research on Virtual Reality, Autism, Creativity, Perception, Vision and Cognition.
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Highly recommend this read to anyone working on workplace culture, equity, or simply wondering why things feel "off" even when everything looks fine on paper.
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
New blog post open.substack.com/pub/drsarune...
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Decolonising of the curriculum is not my area of research, but it is a huge point for higher education sector so I am very happy that I can attend this conference today in Exeter. Learning a lot!
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
"What looks like discipline is often desperation. It’s not always about being clean or precise; it’s about calming the internal storm, scratching that invisible itch." drsarune.substack.com/p/the-itch-y...
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
We hear a lot of buzz about “interdisciplinary work” these days. But how can we truly be interdisciplinary when we discourage curiosity beyond the boundaries of a single field? When we view people with wide-ranging interests as unfocused, or worse, unserious? drsarune.substack.com/p/rediscover...
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
It’s a quiet kind of exclusion. As if we are welcome—as long as we don’t speak too loudly, or at all. Many choose to stay quiet, to blend in. drsarune.substack.com
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
loving the lunch time Jisc webinars on AI, today we learn all about AI safety in education setting!
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I'm pleased to share that I will be discussing my work on VR and drawing at the next creatveHE meet-up. More information here > creativehecommunity.wordpress.com/2025/04/02/s...
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
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“Can We Have a Meeting to Catch Up?”
Why That’s the Worst Message You Can Send
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
after lovely session by @juliehulme-psyc.bsky.social this morning at our department, I totally embraced my identity now as a cat loving E&S academic passionate about immersive education and inclusion, with a sprinkle of Lithuanian flair 😅
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
April is Autism Acceptance Month — a time to embrace the beautiful diversity of how we think, feel, and experience the world. To mark this month, I’ve launched my professional blog. 📝 Read it here: drsarune.substack.com/p/fitting-in...
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Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Come and do a funded PhD in our department at @exeter.ac.uk Exploring the efficacy of Virtual training for x-ray scanning image interpretation in aviation security (please RT) www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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Award details | Funding and scholarships for students | University of Exeter
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Waiting for online practicals to start and asking students to share their favourite songs. I added the one I've been hooked on recently, too. Thanks, Lady Gaga, for being the queen that you are 😅🥰
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Final class at the University of Glasgow 🥹
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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Join @sarune.bsky.social at the #SEBconference in Antwerp. Book your place now ⬇️ sebiology.org/events/seb-a... Submit your abstract now ⬇️ sebiology.org/events/seb-a... Check out our OED sessions ⬇️ sebiology.org/events/seb-a... More information about the event ⬇️ sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Please consider taking part in our study. Follow the link here: www.tinyurl.com/aind25
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Lecture on my favourite topic of stereovision today ❤️
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Final few lectures at the University of Glasgow, and today I got to teach my personal favourite topic - visual working memory and mental imagery ❤️
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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
34 years ago, right after Lithuania declared independence, Gorbachev ordered soviet forces to roll into Vilnius, crushing any civillians in the way, in an attempt to make in example out of them. Today is the anniversary and a commemoration day for victims of the January Events
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
January 13th – Lithuanian Day of Defenders Today, we honor and remember the bravery, resilience, and sacrifice of those who stood for Lithuania's freedom on this day in 1991. January 13th marks a pivotal moment in our nation's history! 🇱🇹
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
It is a bit early as it has not been linked to my Google Scholar, but our latest paper on XR lesson design, accessibility and AI is available online via the QR code. Had a lovely time putting it together with colleagues at the Queen Mary's University London.
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 17/12/2024
We’re rounding off our #Kelvin200 celebrations by unveiling a new #VR museum dedicated to Lord Kelvin's groundbreaking inventions, part of our £5.6m Museums in the Metaverse project. Try it for yourself this week at the ARC! @uofgarc.bsky.social Read more ➡️ gla.ac/41CYMBf
(l-r) The University of Glasgow’s Professor Neil McDonnell, Conor Fraser, Dr Pauline Mackay, Dr Lynn Verschuren and Dr Alan Matthews pose with VR headsets beside a binnacle compass invented by Lord Kelvin on display in The HunterianGeoprocessional Top and binnacle compass bowl in the Kelvin exhibition l-r) The University of Glasgow’s Professor Neil McDonnell, Conor Fraser, Dr Pauline Mackay and Dr Lynn Verschuren pose with VR headsets beside a binnacle compass invented by Lord Kelvin on display in The HunterianKelvin exhibition general view
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Another day sorting out experiments for dissertation students. We are all ready to rock n roll now, let's hope won't stumble on some bugs along the way 🤞🤞🤞
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Sarune Savickaite, PhD @sarune.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Took me this long to get a picture of me in VR. Things you do when files take ages to compile 😅
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