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Dr. Gustavo Espinoza-Ramos

@tavoer8.bsky.social
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Senior lecturer PhD SFHEA | Westminster Business School | partnerships happiness, pedagogy | SeaChange Peru | clowning | Universitario Linkedin.com/in/gustavoespinozaramos/

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Universities are losing enrolments because they neglect the “fundamentals” of customer service, research suggests #highered #enrolments #edusky www.timeshighereducation.com/news/i…
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Q6 - If you could protect one hour in every student’s week, what would you do with it? Would you leave it empty? Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response @columfromcork.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Q5 - For students who are rarely or never on campus, what’s the equivalent of the conversation after class, and who’s designing it? Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response @columfromcork.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Q4 - If a student travels an hour each way, what would make the day worth the journey? Reply with A4 #LTHEChat and your response @columfromcork.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Q3 - When attendance drops, how do we respond? And what might that tell students about why being in the room matters? Reply with A3 #LTHEChat and your response @columfromcork.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Q2 - When students leave as soon as class ends, what explanations do we reach for first, and what might we be missing? Reply with A2 #LTHEChat and your response @columfromcork.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Q1 - Think back to when you were a student. Where did the conversations that mattered most happen? Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response @columfromcork.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Q6 - If you could change one thing tomorrow in your teaching, course or institution to help more students move from simply being present to genuinely belonging, what would it be? Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response @ifawolowo.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Q5 - Does higher education value care, kindness, and compassion as seriously as it values academic rigour, and should it? Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response @ifawolowo.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Q4 - Can students truly belong if they rarely see themselves, their histories, cultures or ways of knowing reflected in the curriculum? Reply with A4 #LTHEChat and your response @ifawolowo.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Q3 - How much responsibility do educators have for creating belonging and what can we actually do through our everyday teaching? Reply with A3 #LTHEChat and your response @ifawolowo.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Q2 - What is the difference between being included in higher education and genuinely belonging there? Reply with A2 #LTHEChat and your response @ifawolowo.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Q1 - When have you felt that you truly belonged in an educational or professional space? What created that feeling? Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response @ifawolowo.bsky.social
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Alyson Lewis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @alysonklewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
this article by Karen Smith explores the experiences of fly-in faculty staff www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Exploring flying faculty teaching experiences: motivations, challenges and opportunities
‘Flying faculty’ models of teaching represent an important aspect of the internationalisation agenda. As short-term sojourners, these overseas visits provide academics with disorientating dilemmas ...
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Q6 - What might meaningful reflective practice look like within TNE partnerships? How can it support shared learning and ongoing improvement? Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response @alysonklewis.bsky.social and @heatherpennington.bsky.social
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Alyson Lewis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @alysonklewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
here's the sign up form for ease - universitiesuk.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
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Alyson Lewis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @alysonklewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I know of this one - launched in June 2026, hosted by Universities UK International (UUKi), aiming to be a valuable source of support for the sector. Information about joining the network can be found via the following www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/universities...
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Transnational education
UK universities are leaders in transnational education (TNE). We support their efforts to deliver UK degrees around the world. Our activities include strategy development to support members to accompl...
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Q5 - How should colleagues’ contributions to TNE be recognised and rewarded, including those working away from their home context? What is currently overlooked? Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response @alysonklewis.bsky.social ‬ and @heatherpennington.bsky.social l
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Q4 - How can we support colleagues who are new to TNE? What forms of professional learning and development are most useful? Reply with A4 #LTHEChat and your response @alysonklewis.bsky.social and @heatherpennington.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Q3 - What challenges have you experienced, or would you anticipate, when working in TNE? What practical approaches can help address them? Reply with A3 #LTHEChat and your response @alysonklewis.bsky.social and @heatherpennington.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Q2 - Whose knowledge and perspectives are represented in TNE curricula? How can partners share curricula while ensuring local relevance and sensitivity to context? Reply with A2 #LTHEChat and your response @alysonklewis.bsky.social and @heatherpennington.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Q1 - What does an effective TNE partnership look like in practice? Who should be involved in its design, delivery and review, and how can these relationships be supported? Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response @alysonklewis.bsky.social and @heatherpennington.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ten minutes until this evening’s #LTHEchat :) We will be discussing entering into Transnational Education (TNE) partnerships means potentially new ways of thinking, being and doing... or does it? Still time to read the blog buff.ly/8dnt1r6 @alysonklewis.bsky.social @heatherpennington.bsky.social
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LTHEChat 372: Entering into Transnational Education (TNE) partnerships potentially means new ways of thinking, being and doing… or does it?
Join us on Wednesday, 16th September at 8:00pm (BST) with our guest contributors, Alyson Lewis (@alysonklewis.bsky.social‬) and Heather Pennington (@heatherpennington.bsky.social) for a though…
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IATED @iated.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
INTED2027 will be held from the 9-11 March in the stunning city of Valencia, Spain!🎉 Abstract submission for this conference is now open ✅ You can see all topics accepted for the conference at iated.org/inted/topics ✏️ Looking forward to receiving your abstract!
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INTED2027 - Topics
Topics to be covered during the INTED2027 conference.
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Q6 - If your professional practice were an island of hope, which of the five elements would it need more of right now, and what could you do to nurture it? Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response @tundeva.bsky.social and @vickidale.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Q5 - What have you learned from adapting your practice when circumstances did not go as planned? Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response @tundeva.bsky.social and @vickidale.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Q4 - What tools or approaches can help you turn your dreams or hopes into reality? Reply with A4 #LTHEChat and your response @tundeva.bsky.social and @vickidale.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Q3 - What’s your secret ingredient for creating a sense of stability when everything around you is changing? Reply with A3 #LTHEChat and your response @tundeva.bsky.social and @vickidale.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Q2 - What kind of work or learning really energises you - and how does that spark show up in your teaching or professional practice? Reply with A2 #LTHEChat and your response @tundeva.bsky.social and @vickidale.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Q1 - What new opportunities are you curious to explore in your teaching or leadership? Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response @tundeva.bsky.social and @vickidale.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Welcome to #LTHEChat! We are back after the summer with our new organising committee: @dryazo.bsky.social and @catherineomahoney.bsky.social (and mentor @drchrism.bsky.social). We start with LTHEChat 371 and our guest @tundeva.bsky.social on Wed 9th Sept @8:00pm (BST). Blog post available below!
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LTHEChat 371: Islands of Hope: Finding Hope in the Five Elements
Welcome to a new term of #LTHEChat! Join us on Wednesday 9th September at 8:00pm (BST) with our guest contributor, Dr Tünde Varga-Atkins (@tundeva.bsky.social) for a fascinating and innovative BlueSky chat entitled 'Islands of Hope'. We will explore how we can use the Five Elements of Chinese philosophy to help create our own Islands of Hope to give us hope for the future of education.
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The Association of National Teaching Fellows @ntfellows.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
New blog post from Dr. Gustavo Espinoza Ramos @tavoer8.bsky.social The Other Camino: Reflections from the Association of National Teaching Fellows Symposium 2026 ntf-association.com/the-other-ca...
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The Other Camino: reflections from the Association of National Teaching Fellows Symposium 2026
By Dr. Gustavo Espinoza Ramos, University of Westminster A different kind of journey Earlier this year, I completed the Camino de Santiago. It was a journey that challenged me physically and emotio…
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Don’t forget to join us tomorrow for the #LTHEchat which will explore how we can create brave, caring and purposeful spaces for conversations about inequalities in higher education, with @profiwi.bsky.social on Wednesday, 8-9pm BST. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2026/06/14/l...
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LTHEchat 369:Be Brave: Let’s talk about…
Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 17th June at 8pm BST with guest Iwi Ugiagbe-Green (@profiwi.bsky.social) to reflect on how we can create brave, caring and purposeful spaces for conver…
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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The edited webinar recording, Publishing with SEDA - From Blog to Book #SEDABlog2Book >> youtu.be/Qa9eX3oDKUE?... #SoTL #EdDev #HigherEducation
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Publishing with SEDA – From Blog to Book Webinar 09/06/2026
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Dr. Gustavo Espinoza-Ramos @tavoer8.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
If it is well designed, 'the video can help the lecture star' to support students and enhance engagement youtu.be/u_0LQRQYbig?...
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Trevor Horn con "Video killed the radio star" - Arena Suzuki dai 60 ai 2000 - 23/09/2023
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Q6 - If you could design the ideal resource to support your next step in scholarship, what would it include and why? Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response @egillaspy.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social @profearle17.bsky.social @rosegann.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Q5 - Who or what has helped you feel connected in scholarship? What role do online communities (like #LTHEchat) play in your scholarly connections? Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response @egillaspy.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social @profearlea.bsky.social @rosegann.bsky.social
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profearle17.bsky.social @profearle17.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A4 also designing a SoTL CLEAR model - issotl.com/2025/11/20/h... to help others develp scholarship inquiries #LTHEchat
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How to Think CLEARly When Designing SoTL Inquiry – International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL)
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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Beckingham, S. (2023): Modes of Learning in Higher Education v2. National Teaching Repository. Figure. doi.org/10.25416/NTR... #LTHEchat
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Modes of Learning in Higher Education (2023)
This diagram provides a definition for different modes of learning.
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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
That was epic! A summary is here from you and Nathalie lthechat.com/2020/04/17/s... #LTHEchat
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So Long and Thanks for all the Fish
Dawne and Nathalie want to say thank you everyone for joining us during our tenure running the LTHEchat in the first quarter of 2020! We had over 3700 blog visits in March and are delighted to have…
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Sandra Flynn, PhD @sandraflynn.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
If it’s not too cheeky: Flynn, S., & Gatrell, D. (2026). Supporting postgraduate students’ engagement: an Activity Theory analysis of the impact of a co-designed assessment. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1–25. doi.org/10.1080/0260...
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Supporting postgraduate students’ engagement: an Activity Theory analysis of the impact of a co-designed assessment
Collaborative design (co-design) of assessments between teachers and students has been shown to enhance student engagement. This study investigates how students in a postgraduate project management...
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Danielle M Hinton 🇦🇺🌏 @hintondm.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A4 #LTHEchat launching my baby - #9SituationalLenses framework to support learning design from an ecosystem perspective
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Q4 - If you were to ‘shine a spotlight’ on one moment from your scholarship experience, what would you highlight? Reply with A4 #LTHEChat and your response @egillaspy.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social @profearle17.bsky.social @rosegann.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Q1 - What kinds of activities spring to mind when you think about the term ‘scholarship’ in relation to teaching and learning? Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response @egillaspy.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social @profearle17.bsky.social @rosegann.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Q2 - What helps you move from an idea to actually ‘doing’ scholarship? What makes that first step easier? Reply with A2 #LTHEChat and your response @egillaspy.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social @profearle17.bsky.social @rosegann.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Q3 - What gets in the way of engaging with scholarship and how do you (or we) work around it? Reply with A3 #LTHEChat and your response @egillaspy.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social @profearle17.bsky.social @rosegann.bsky.social
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Dr. Gustavo Espinoza-Ramos @tavoer8.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Cherise Basslian shared her insights on the application of Strength based learning and developing employability skills on students. A very innovative and interesting project at University of East London. I-BEE conference at university of Westminster
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Dr. Gustavo Espinoza-Ramos @tavoer8.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I had a great time sharing ideas and discussion on my presentation "Video killed the lecture star?". The impact of #VideoBasedLearning in supporting students and engagement at the inaugural #IBEE Conference at University of Westminster. I shared data of a core module in the last 5 years.
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Dr. Gustavo Espinoza-Ramos @tavoer8.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Supin Hussain reflects on the impact of Hackathons as part of assessment to enhance employ ability skills at a scale in the Westminster business school. There are plenty of advantages but areas to explore how learning is developed through time I-BEE conference 2026
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Dr. Gustavo Espinoza-Ramos @tavoer8.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Antoinette Mills, director of the Case Centre shared some great tips when writing impactful case studies. Creating the narrative, the formulation of the problem , learning objectives, solutions, etc. I-BEE conference at university of Westminster
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