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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Nothing says personalised service like two identical follow up emails.

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Forming solutions by dissolving in evidence.

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Hendra Agustian @agustianhy.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Thank you, editors and reviewers at @cerp.rsc.org, for a very constructive peer review process. We could always do with an artistic rendition of a pedagogical model :) pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... #chemistry #education #research #epistemic #conation #laboratory #practice

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Kevin Campbell-Karn @drkck81.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

A5 #LTHEChat in times of difficulty we humans do tend to excel. Smarter is definitely needed here.

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

A5 closer alignment of the conditions of regulation and TEF is a wondrous gift for combatting all those infuriating cliches about box-ticking and the tail wagging the dog. #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Absolutely! It's been a boon from lecturer to APVC. #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

@suebecks.bsky.social do you use deck.blue? The 4-5 min lag in updating the #lthechat column means that Tweetdeck performed much better 10 years ago. These chats are much clunkier than they need to be. Or is there a better tool?

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

A3 Move the date of the NSS, give participants an opportunity to develop some perspective. Consider closer (constructive) alignment of the NSS questions and the TEF objectives. Acknowledging Jim D. #LTHEchat

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Q3. What support would help you design stronger learning experiences for your students? #LTHEchat Reply with A3 #LTHEChat and your response

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Katharine Hubbard @katharinehubbard.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I think a lot will depend on technicalities of how outcomes are benchmarked, particularly wrt institutional mission group, entry tariff etc + how seriously the new system considers equity of outcomes for all groups. But I think it is a good thing a good NSS can't cover for poor outcomes .. #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Come on friends, cheer up, New Year, New TEF, new opportunities. Let's think how the TEF can drive the change we want to see. #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

A1 I think the "lowest rating" is another positive step in the evolution of the TEF, promoting a consistent balance across the dimensions of the student and graduate experience. #LTHEchat

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Katharine Hubbard @katharinehubbard.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Hello everyone - really looking forward to discussion this evening on the impact that OfS regulation is having on how we approach teaching, learning, student support and student outcomes #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

#LTHEchat Simon from Norwich. Here to learn about the new TEF.

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

For those new to #LTHEchat we will precede questions with Q1, Q2, Q3 etc. To answer a question, simply click reply and add A1, A2, A3 etc followed by your answer, and include #LTHEchat, anywhere within your answer.

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

One hour to go to get ready for tonight's #LTHEchat Pop the kettle on and get a cuppa. Read the blogpost lthechat.com/2026/01/05/l... and follow the hashtag #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

A5 we timetable a bunch of students in a room and facilitate them talking to each other about something related to one of the intended learning outcomes. The AI might now even be able to suggest some good conversation prompts (questions) #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

A4 I started off using genAI to reinforce my own sense of smug primacy in HE chemistry. That doesn't work anymore. genAI has moved on since 2022 and now I have to too. #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

A2 benefit: breadth of "knowledge"; limit: if a student talks to a bot they are missing out on a genuinely social interaction. Bots are for when you'd otherwise be alone. Say, 9pm.

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

A1 it means facilitating conversations for learning; conversations about how to answer, not THE answer #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I think academics risk getting too distracted (taking solace) in what AI does badly. @kjhaxton.com gave us a spectacular demonstration of what it does pretty well (study design) and the transformative potential for the teaching-focused STEM academic at #ViCEPHEC25

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

If I were to label myself a grande dame would that be appropriation? And is there an equally connotation-rich gender-neutral equivalent?

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 18/11/2024

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Congratulations and thanks to the organisers of #vicephec25

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Lysistrata’s Stone Phallus @lubottom.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

7 years later and I still whisper, “We’re disabled, Daniel, not werewolves” to myself like a sacred mantra whenever I see a non-disabled person discover ableism like it’s the latest hipster indie band.

Daniel Lawson @DanielLaw1998: Disabled parking should only be valid during business hours 9 to 5, Monday to Friday.

I cannot see any reason why people with genuine disabilities would be out beyond these times.

Jennifer Lee Rosman @JenLRossman:
We’re disabled, Daniel, we’re not werewolves

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

I’ve found the perfect vantage point for #GRCCERP

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

@mkseery.bsky.social thanks for laying on such an exciting pre-conference dinner for #GRCCERP I feel I can’t use the picture of the fire engine or the fire breathing car, so here is the moon over Portsmouth, NH.

A view of the moon over a church spire from the Main Street in Portsmouth, NH

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Michael Seery @mkseery.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Are you attending GRC CERP this summer? If so, I have made a short presentation giving an overview of the conference, the flow of the week, and my top tips for attendees...! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrok...

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GRC CERP 2025 Participants' Briefing

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

A6 I’d remove the word research from your question and the implicit and explicit segregation. We are all academics. Some of us are pushing the boundaries of knowledge and some of us are pushing the boundaries of knowledge acquisition. #lthechat #donotBloomme

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

A5 “you’re a research-led University, describe how your undergraduate teaching environment has been informed by and has contributed to, discipline based education.” #lthechat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

A4 the rules for REF 2029 continue to reduce the perverse incentives to creatively exclude (relabel) researchers* essentially because their (sub) discipline has lower impact factor journals. #lthechat *best academic thing that ever happened to me, but that wasn’t the intent when it was done.

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

A3 the single biggest threat is divisive use of the word “scholarship” - don’t allow yourself to be othered, you’re a discipline based pedagogical researcher. #lthechat #reclaimscholarship

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

A2 no stakeholder need be disenfranchised by the research culture. They simply need to embrace the impact agenda. #lthechat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

A1 research culture is the belief that the lecture theatre is a laboratory where you build on the pedagogical research literature with your own intuition and innovation to generate results, which you publish and profess to aid in further advancing humankind. #lthechat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Why, what’s going to happen to them? Surely we need to worry about the room and its future users?

Sign says please protect the pigeons from getting in the room.

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

A1 @lthechat.bsky.social I think it helps tremendously to have an acronym that everybody has heard but few people know precisely what it stands for. Is it conference of practice or community of parties. Does it even matter? #lthechat

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LTHEchat (@lthechat.bsky.social)

A collaborative project to discuss learning & teaching in HE with the wider community via tweetchats, first #lthechat 29.10.14, Wed 8-9pm UK time, join us!

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

This whiteboard fancies itself as some sort of artist.

Blackboard with layers of partially removed catalytic steps, all in different colours.

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

A5 Failing that, Prof Sally Brown is available for consultancy work. #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

A5 Every University needs a fairy godmother. #LTHEchat

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Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

A2 Boldness, Realism, Ownership, Well-being and Novelty #LTHEchat

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