iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

*PhD studentship available to research heritage and health* Applications are open for a fully funded studentship from October 2026 @universityofleeds.bsky.social under AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships (CDP) scheme. Find out more 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/new...

A view of a ward at High Wood hospital taken in 1941 (detail). Image reference: MED01/01/1974. Source: Historic England Archive.

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UK Council for Graduate Education @ukcge.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Members of the Postgraduate Education Practitioners' (PEP) Network met earlier this month. Topics for discussion included UKVI rule changes - you can read a write-up of the event on our website.

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UKCGE | Postgraduate Education Practitioners Network Clinic — April…

On April 15th 2026, the Co-Chairs of our Postgraduate Education Practitioners’ (PEP) Network, Susanna Broom and Kerri Gardiner, held a Network Clinic…

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Last Graduate Board of the calendar year today including a detailed look at our Postgraduate Research Experience Survey results (small improvement on 2023) and Graduate Outcomes (showing that PGRs are doing better than any other qualification type; and are applying the skills they acquired).

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

It's the first of December! 🌟 We hope you enjoy all the Christmas trees being put up across campus. To celebrate the start of the festive month, look at this 1947 edition of The Gryphon! Campus never looked so merry.🎄 Play our #MuseumJigsaw: bit.ly/LULGJigsaws

Front page of The Gryphon, the University of Leeds's newspaper. The gryphon animal and crest is in the top left hand corner. An illustration of the University Union on a snowy night time takes up the main page. An old style car drives up in the snow whilst students walk under street lamps.

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OD&PL at the University of Leeds @unileedsodpl.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

📢 Our December OD&PL roundup is now live! 🎄 Find out what's coming up and explore a variety of ways you can develop your skills, confidence and career. ❄️ Read the roundup on the #UniversityofLeeds Staff Intranet. ▶️ leeds365.sharepoint.com/sites/UoL-pe... (requires UoL login)

OD&PL Development Roundup December 2025. Now live - explore what's new.

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Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

We are Leeds Institute for Societal Futures – find out what we do at societal.leeds.ac.uk #Leeds #InstituteForSocietalFutures #LISF #HealthInequality #Polarisation #Trust #SocialCohesion

Fist punching the air - box with text saying polarisation, trust and social cohesion

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Holiday, holiday, I declare a holiday.

Father and daughter riding a Bakfiets down a Swedish gravel road.

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Prof. Pam Birtill @diervilla.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I love this so much. Something to think about…

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

It’s been quite a day - my highlight was listening to two PGRs from this wonderful city talking about their experiences earlier today, but it was good to catch up with peers to discuss some current challenges. #UKCGEAC

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Economics Observatory @econ-observatory.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

How much does the UK spend on welfare? 🇪🇺 Relatively little compared to Europe: just 10.8% of GDP in 2023 (including sickness & disability benefits, pensions, etc.). Meanwhile, 🇫🇮Finland spends 25.7% of GDP & 🇫🇷France 23.8%. #ChartOfTheDay #Welfare

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Prof Damien Page @profdamienpage.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Every UK resident is £355 better off per year as a result of international students. Even for those who are not convinced by the immense cultural and intellectual contribution of international students, even for those unaware of the cross-subsidy ground breaking research they allow, 1/

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Leeds University Libraries @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

@adamrutherford.bsky.social finishes our day with a flourish, with a history of people giving their most personal data, their genome, to private organisations, and how data is manipulated for racism & eugenics. "Data is never neutral. Science is always political. Race is social construct" #LKFS2025

Adam Rutherford at a podium in front of a screen saying: Data is never neutral. Science is always political.

Data checklist
Who is acquiring the Data?
How is it being acquired?
Who owns and curates the Data?
Who is using the Data and for what purposes?
Whom does it represent and were they involved in its collection?
Who vendors from its use?

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

He didn’t disappoint - really highlighting the importance of politics in how knowledge is collected, disseminated and interpreted.

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I’ve been finding today a bit much so in an unusual step I have been playing along with Masters of Reality in a break between sessions… (the seminar is great BTW it’s the other stuff ;-))

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Christopher Smith @christophersmith.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

here's my presentation to the super #LKFS2025; super important conversations. Many thanks to @masudk.com and colleagues for showing the way to knowledge futures. and here's Allan Ginsberg on the library dancefloor! anatomiesofpower.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/k...

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Knowledge Futures

I want to start in a singular place of culture, the British Museum. From the Great Court one can now peer into that symbol of human knowledge, the round reading room. We all somehow have it i…

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Masud Khokhar @masudk.com · 27/06/2025

The final panel session on “International Perspectives on Knowledge” starts now. Chaired and beautifully started by @jsendall.bsky.social and with wonderful panel members including Jonathan Bengtson, Dr. Rangashri Kishore, Patti Cheung, and Lindiwe Soyizwapi. #LKFS2025

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

This has been great, sadly I have had to dip in and out but my dips in have been good!

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

This talk was the highlight of my day.

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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Hugely entertaining talk from @adamrutherford.bsky.social at #LKFS2025 “Information transfer is definitional human” (unlike e.g. toolmaking, use of fire)

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Masud Khokhar @masudk.com · 27/06/2025

I am delighted that @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social and @lulgalleries.bsky.social are hosting the inaugural Knowledge Futures Symposium today. An amazing speaker lineup discussing the future of knowledge in a world full of mis/dis-information, fake news, and other contemporary challenges. #LKFS2025

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Fantastic to see this - wonderful to work with @whiteroseuc.bsky.social on delivering this exciting programme - and with such a lovely group too!

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Let’s compare notes next week after I attempt to get to Glasgow and back. Although I’m quite hardened by my daily experience of TransPennine glory so my tolerance is high :-(

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European University Association (EUA) @eua.eu · 24/06/2025

Professionals who work to support doctoral candidates, whether in managerial or academic roles, have key roles to play in embedding inclusive practice to support gender equity in universities. Read this EUACDE #DoctoralDebate article at buff.ly/tTpzYjO @uniofnottingham.bsky.social

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The Doctoral Debate

The Doctoral Debate: commentary and analysis on trends in doctoral education

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Institute for Medieval Studies Leeds @leedsims.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Our PhD alumnus Dr Yinwen Mai reflected on his experience of the International Medieval Congress last year ahc.leeds.ac.uk/medieval/new.... Attendance is free for our students. Looking forward to seeing everyone this year. Come to the IMS reception on 7 July at 6 pm #medievalsky #IMC2025

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IMS alumnus Dr Yinwen Mai reflects on the International Medieval Congress 2024

The International Medieval Congress for 2024 took place 01-04 July. Here, Institute for Medieval Studies alumnus Dr Yinwen Mai discuses his experience of attending and participating in the Congress.

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I may be revisiting the recording of today’s launch - which was packed full of insights… @ukcge.bsky.social @annabull.bsky.social @the1752group.bsky.social

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UK Council for Graduate Education @ukcge.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Have you booked yet for our Annual Conference: Transitions and Transformations in Postgraduate Education? It takes place in Glasgow in July and the programme is now available online. ukcge.ac.uk/events/a...

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UKCGE | Annual Conference 2025

Higher education is undergoing a period of significant change, accelerated by the current financial crisis, declining international student numbers, new…

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UK Council for Graduate Education @ukcge.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Read Dr Anna Bull's comment piece in Nature about the toolkit for addressing harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by PGRs (it's available for free download on both the UKCGE and the 1752 Group websites). www.nature.com/artic...

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PhD students face high risk of sexual harassment — can universities stop perpetrators?

Nature - A toolkit outlines how academia can prevent various forms of misconduct.

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

And in the UK it disproportionately comes from international fee income, not from public investment (we are nearly right at the bottom in terms of public funding)

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

bsky.app/profile/robs... (from a conversation about the relative investment the UK makes in HE, which is much more relevant than absolute spend per student)

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David Higgins @davidhiggins.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Cuckoo flower (I think) has spontaneously appeared on our unmown lawn along with quite a lot of cuckoo spit. No actual cuckoo so far. #wildflowerhour

Long green grass out of focus. Group of flowers in the centre (from one stem), each with four white petals.

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Here’s a photo from Cambridge from a fun project I was part of at the height of that engagement with improvisation with Matt at the piano…

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

I have supervised PhDs with a number of amazing improvising musicians, including Paul Hession, Christophe de Bezenac and Peter Frost Fadnes: feels like an age ago… most of my supervision is more traditional now.

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

(He’s also a Perrier Jazz Award winner and so much more but I can’t help foreground his time with me: I think I was his student, not the other way around)…

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

University of Leeds PhD Alumnus Matthew Bourne hiding behind a microphone and messing with his sampler before his gig tonight at the Howard Assembly Rooms with Keeley Forsyth. Good to shake his hand again: it’s been too long.

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

On our way to #BeCurious fueled by a ginger bear. www.leeds.ac.uk/becurious

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

NEW on Wonkhe: Paul Gratrick's research on student perceptions of value sheds new light on the very old question of value for money buff.ly/wGkU6rM

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

A host of interesting and practical approaches were offered (and some really good quantitative analysis) but the standout contribution for me was from ufncollaboratory.ac.uk who are really thinking outside the box.

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Collab-Home - Co(l)laboratory

Help us create a new problem solving skills course exclusively for civic & community organisaitons Sign Up to the Co(l)laboratory Newsletter Follow our progress and be the first to hear about our late...

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Maybe that says more about the increasingly unreasonable demands of employers (versus reward) and their belief that resilience is a psychometric attribute rather than a complex interaction between individual and workplace culture.

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Currently in a webinar about competency based admissions from the EDEPI project www.ntu.ac.uk/c/equity-in-... - I share their starting point which is to select doctoral candidates based on potential (which I have found to be more controversial than I expected).

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Equity in Doctoral Education through Partnership and Innovation (EDEPI)

Equity in Doctoral Education through Partnership and Innovation is a project which aims to increase participation of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups in doctoral education.

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