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Dr Nicola Sum

@sumtales.bsky.social
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#International educator | Once-upon-a-Principal| Now-an-Academic @monashuniversity | Sweet-toothed traveller| Sharing sumtales of #EdResearch in #leadership and #life.

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Dr Nicola Sum @sumtales.bsky.social · 3h
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Integration curriculum and international schools | 12 | Illustrating t
Vietnam remains a cultural and educational hub in Southeast Asia. Over the decades of educational reform, which have included a number of policies stretching
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 27/09/2026
There is growing concern that AI can blunt memory and reasoning. Specialists in education and cognition have useful tips on how to stay cognitively sharp in the age of AI, according to a feature in Nature. #Academicsky 🧪
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How to stay smart in the age of AI: the science of critical thinking
There is growing concern that AI can blunt memory and reasoning. But science shows ways to keep the brain sharp.
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Dr Nicola Sum @sumtales.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
School leadership, communities and crises: a collaborative autoethnographic exploration of humanism as professional and community capital www.emerald.com/qrj/article/...
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School leadership, communities and crises: a collaborative autoethnographic exploration of humanism as professional and community capital
Purpose. This article bridges research and practice spaces to consider diverse school leadership experiences and expertise, through a collaborative autoethnography (CAE) of a sextet of contributors, t...
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Dr Nicola Sum @sumtales.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
An earlier piece on Hopeful leadership and reciprocity: one woman’s narrative as school founder, owner and leader in Bangladesh www.emerald.com/jea/article/...
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Hopeful leadership and reciprocity: one woman’s narrative as school founder, owner and leader in Bangladesh
Purpose. This paper explores the phenomenon of woman as school leader and owner, in the patriarchal setting of Bangladesh, through the combined lens of hope theory and reciprocity, to consider represe...
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Dr Nicola Sum @sumtales.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New pub proposing a framework for hopeful leadership as intersectional practice in increasingly VUCA contexts. Thrilled to be contributing to the Special Issue in Strategy & Leadership @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social www.emerald.com/sl/article/d...
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Hope leadership at the intersection of compassion and strategy: building an integrative framework to address volatility and uncertainty
Purpose. This study proposes an integrative framework for hope leadership as an intersectional practice that bridges strategic and compassionate leadership. The framework integrates emotional, cogniti...
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Paul Campbell @pcampbell91.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
‘Academic voice and epistemic power in educational leadership: How authority, visibility, and “international” standards shape the field’ Sefika Mertkan and Paul Campbell journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Academic voice and epistemic power in educational leadership: How authority, visibility, and “international” standards shape the field - Sefika Mertkan, Paul Campbell, 2026
More publications have too often been treated as evidence of diversification, while the field's mechanisms of recognition through journal hierarchies, cita...
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Dr Nicola Sum @sumtales.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A full circle moment to be able to return to Vietnam as a hub for international education, and work with Dr Nguyen Thi Quynh Lam on this chapter looking at integration curriculum and international schools. #internationaleducation
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Centre for Leadership and Diversity @cldleadership.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We invite you to a special film screening of the documentary Beyond Inclusion: Afro-Can and the Making of Black Student Life, co-sponsored by CLD and the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies. 📅Thursday, October 1, 2026 @6pm beyondinclusion.eventbrite.com @drannlopez.bsky.social
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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In one week! AERA seeks recommendations for 2027 officers. Nominations are due September 9! www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...
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AERA Nominating Committee Seeks Recommendations for 2027 AERA-Wide Elected Officers—Deadline: September 9
AERA Nominating Committee Seeks Recommendations for 2027 AERA-Wide Elected Officers—Deadline: September 9
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ICSEI @icsei.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
ICSEI Dialogic Call for Submissions I Belong Here: Setting a New Agenda explores how schools and education institutions globally can create stronger cultures of belonging, where young people feel safe, connected, and valued. 📅 Deadline: 31/11/26 🔗 icsei.org/voices/ #ICSEI #Belonging #Education
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 13/08/2026
Students who open a personal social media account earlier in adolescence appear to perform worse in later standardised tests, according to a study in Nature Human Behaviour based on 5,227 Italian students. go.nature.com/4pUN8fe #edusky 🧪
This is figure 1, which shows exposure to technology during primary, lower- and upper-secondary school, box plot.
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Dr Nicola Sum @sumtales.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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International Schools and Education Futures in China and Beyond: Exploring Purpose, Identity and Social Contracts
Exhibiting theoretical and empirical contributions from eight countries and economies globally, including Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, Malaysia and Vietnam, this edited volume seeks to ad...
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Dr Nicola Sum @sumtales.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Full article: The myths of instructional leadership: conceptual drift, construct ambiguity, and the limits of principal-centered reform www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The myths of instructional leadership: conceptual drift, construct ambiguity, and the limits of principal-centered reform
Instructional leadership has, over time, become one of the most influential constructs in educational leadership and management research, policy, and practice. Yet its global diffusion has also pro...
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 10/07/2026
A careers feature in Nature reports on how universities are using tools that are supposed to sniff out AI-generated writing, but those tools can vary in technique and quality. #Academicsky #AI 🧪
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Universities are relying on AI-detection software to catch cheating. How well do the programs work?
Technology companies say that their services can sniff out AI-generated writing, but their tools vary in technique and quality.
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Dr Nicola Sum @sumtales.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Thank you @pcampbell91.bsky.social It was great to collaborate on this. 👏👏👏 Happy to see this out in the world.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 11/07/2026
Restructuring research funding as a choice between discovery and application gets the economics wrong, the evidence wrong and the people wrong, argues Hiranya V. Peiris in a Comment article in Nature Reviews Physics. go.nature.com/4f28Cle ⚛️🧪
nature portfolio: Discovery is not the opposite of application. Nature Reviews Physics. A Wee-g MEMS gravimeter deployed for field trials on Mount Meager, Canada. SPRINGER NATURE.
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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Reminder that the #AERA2027 Call for Submissions is now open until July 24! Want some inspiration? Check out this video of AERA President Jerome Morris talking about the theme here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoOf...
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Jerome E. Morris Discusses the 2027 AERA Annual Meeting Theme
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Paul Campbell @pcampbell91.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
New special issue just published! Editorial: Conceptualizing innovation in education: implications for school leadership and change Paul Campbell, Stephen MacGregor & @sumtales.bsky.social @icsei.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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ICSEI @icsei.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Next week is the proposal submission deadline for #ICSEI2027! Find out more about what to expect in Banff, Canada, January 4th-8th 2027. icsei.org/congress/ics... There you'll find out about the congress theme & context, keynote speakers and much more... See you there!
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Bloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
It’s not just geopolitics—it’s ego. In @psychologytoday.com, “Center of the Universe” author Sterlin L. Mosley breaks down how leadership psychology shapes conflict. Read the piece: bit.ly/4czEzjB #BookSky #PsySky
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When Leaders Go to War, Their Psychology Goes With Them
Ego fragility, authoritarian leadership, and the ethics of armed conflict.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 10/04/2026
Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests. #ResearchPublishing #Academicsky 🧪
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Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done?
Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests.
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Dr Nicola Sum @sumtales.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Dr Nicola Sum @sumtales.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
So great to have worked with @pcampbell91.bsky.social on this paper and to see it out today. Welcoming your thoughts on global policy and leadership implications for schools.
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Centre for Leadership and Diversity @cldleadership.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
🙌3 weeks left! CLD's Speaker Series: "Re-centering Voices of Displacement: Refugee-Background Educators and the Politics of Belonging in Canadian Education" by Dr. Zuhra Abawi and Dr. Nidhi Menon on April 16 2026, @ 1:00 pm EST. @drannlopez.bsky.social utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Dr Nicola Sum @sumtales.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
As someone who loved the classroom, and never planned to be a principal, the move was always about problem solving in ways that created more opportunities for our students. Interesting to read this piece on the shift from teacher to principal. #leadershipmatters www.edutopia.org/article/real...
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I Didn’t Want to Be a Principal
When she was still a teacher, this principal realized that leadership was not just paperwork and that she could have a different impact on students.
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Learning, Media and Technology @lmt-journal.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
🟨 New Publication in #LMT 🟪 In this paper Baroutsis & Lingard offer a comparative analysis across three media strategies to illustrate how a range of different policy actors use both legacy and social media as policy instruments to influence education policy. Read more (🔓): tinyurl.com/k5w936rk
Understanding media influences on education policy in contexts
of changing digital media cultures
by Aspa Baroutsis and Bob Lingard 
ABSTRACT
This critical policy research paper considers the impact of media on
education policy, drawing on our empirical research that utilises print
and digital newspapers and social media datasets. We acknowledge the
broader social shifts in digital technology, advances in digitalisation and
datafication, which contribute to mediatisation and deep mediatisation.
In considering media/policy imbrications, we analyse three strategies
utilised by different actors in the construction of media messaging to
influence education policy. These are, celebrity as policy influencer,
organisation as mediapreneur, and media as message curators. These
actors include a football celebrity, Marcus Rashford, a mediapreneurial
international intergovernmental organisation, the OECD, and Australian
legacy media curation. The celebrity utilised social media activism to
directly change policy decisions; the OECD attempted to manage legacy
media reporting of PISA results to affect national policy responses and
used social media for policy awareness raising and dissemination; and
the Australian legacy media utilised their gatekeeper status to affect the
context of influence of policy development and helped constitute
discourses that frame policy. We conclude offering a comparative
analysis of the three strategies, as well as considering the contribution
of our research to the fields of policy sociology in education and media
and education policy.
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Dr Nicola Sum @sumtales.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
📣NewPub Great to see the first instalment of our #SpecialIssue on #innovation #leadership and #education out now in School Leadership and Management👏👏
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Dr Nicola Sum @sumtales.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Timely read on corruption
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Transparency International @anticorruption.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
🔵 The Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 is out! We analysed 182 countries to see how they scored in the fight against corruption. Check out your country’s score! ⬇️ #CPI2025
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Corruption Perceptions Index 2025
The Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 ranks 182 countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. Find out the scores and read our analysis.
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Bloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Why do we read? In the latest blog post, "The Literary Lifeline" author Kevin Harvey reflects on how books help us navigate difficult times. 📚 Read here: bit.ly/4q7ez3W 💡💙
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Cameron Paterson @cpaterso.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
"Educational leaders are expected to foster transformation while maintaining accountability; encourage risk-taking within standardised systems; and integrate digital technologies amid infrastructural deficits." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Paul Campbell @pcampbell91.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
New article out: Conceptualising Innovation in Education. What innovation means, how leadership shapes it, and why context matters. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Paul Campbell @pcampbell91.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
New open‑access paper: The Leadership of Innovation in Education. What global systems say about innovation—and what leaders can actually do. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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ICSEI @icsei.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Will you be joining us in Doha, Qatar? #ICSEI2026 will examine the theme: ‘Crossing Boundaries in Education: Fostering Innovative, Inclusive and Sustainable Learning Environments’. 🔗 Register: www.conftool.com/icsei2026 See you in Doha!
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Dr Nicola Sum @sumtales.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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Dr Nicola Sum @sumtales.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Exciting! Looking forward to the opportunity to learn from colleagues.
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Dr Nicola Sum @sumtales.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
416 experienced qualitative researchers from 38 countries, on the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) applications in Qual research papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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<span>We reject the use of generative artificial intelligence for reflexive qualitative research</span>
We write as 416 experienced qualitative researchers from 38 countries, to reject the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) applications for Big Q Qu
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Dr Yaz Iyabo Osho @yazosho.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Call for Contributions | Holding the Space: Black Scholarship Global Futures #blackacademics #cfp #conference open.substack.com/pub/yaz100/p...
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Holding the Space 2026: Call for Submissions - Black Scholarship, Global Futures
Join us in 2026 to hold the space
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 27/10/2025
Women may experience a three-fold reduction in mortality risk from coronary heart diseases, when following recommended exercise guidelines, compared to men, according to a study in Nature Cardiovascular Research. go.nature.com/47t8eZq #medsky 🧪
This is figure 4, which shows a central illustration of the study design and summary of findings.
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Centre for Leadership and Diversity @cldleadership.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
We would like to invite you to the panel discussion at the CLD's 6th Annual International Conference, featuring Alison Mitchell, Dr. Beyhan Farhadi, Dr. Camille Logan, Teralyn Phipps, and Dr. Vidya Shah. @drannlopez.bsky.social 📅Friday ,October 17, 2025 🔗https://oise.jotform.com/251735755661969
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 28/09/2025
Nature examines some of the trends with global universities: the growth of higher education, especially in less-wealthy nations; the geopolitical forces created by and shaping higher education; and how all this affects who gets to learn and what they are taught. #Academicsky 🧪
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The great university shake-up: four charts show how global higher education is changing
More students than ever are studying across international borders, but where and what they learn is shifting.
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Bloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Jane Stoller, author of “Organize Your Business Like a Boss,” spoke with @piquenews.bsky.social to discuss the demands of entrepreneurship. Read more: bit.ly/4muhp1a #BookSky #Entrepreneurship
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