Prof Harriet Dunbar-Morris

An old monochrome picture postcard showing medieval crenellated buildings, with ivy and mullioned windows. Printed at the foot of the card is Oxford, Bodleian Library

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Founded in 1602, it is, after the British Library, the second largest library in the UK

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Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore Teaching, Learning, Assessment and GenAI with @hazelfarrell.bsky.social and @kenmccarthy.ie on Wednesday 8-9pm GMT.

This week we will feature @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social exploring

Redundancy, Resilience, and Finding What’s Next

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This is coming from a place of love and support, but…

It’s ‘shoo-in,’ not ‘shoe-in.’

It’s ‘case in point,’ not ‘case and point.’

It’s ‘moot point,’ not ‘mute point.’

It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’

It’s ‘jibe with,' not 'jive with.'

A collectable card showing the arms of the University of Aberdeen

As a #HigherEducationPostcard spin off, here's a #HigherEducation cigarette card of @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social, from a set published by Wills Cigarettes in the 1920s

Every pack included one, the idea was to collect a whole set: in this case, 25 cards featuring university arms

SEDA Educational Developments Magazine front page with contents list and editorial

📢NEW @seda-ed-dev.bsky.social Educational Developments Magazine OUT NOW >> www.seda.ac.uk/seda-publish..., please share and repost to your networks 🙏 #HigherEducation #EdDev #EdTech #altc #AI #Education

NEW on Wonkhe: What do the outcomes from COP30 mean for higher education? And what role do universities play in addressing and understanding the climate crisis? Simon Meacher finds hope in the work the sector is doing buff.ly/tSLFRrr

NEW on Wonkhe: In a climate of increasing resistance, Arun Verma and Jason Arday argue that universities must strengthen their voice to defend inclusion, equity, and academic freedom buff.ly/GedY8Lm

An old monochrome picture postcard showing a photograph of a nineteenth century building, with a turret on one corner. Printed under the image is "Indian Institute, Oxford". Visible on the right of the card are a dog's teeth-marks

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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the Indian Institute, @ox.ac.uk

I wrote about this for @wonkhe.bsky.social back in 2022: buff.ly/zaKoSP6

The tooth-marks come from Freya the dog

What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!

Securing educational excellence may demand a new leadership compact A new report by Wonkhe with Advance HE explores perspectives on how to plan for educational excellence when the future is uncertain. Charles Knight digests the implications

Last week on Wonkhe: A new report by Wonkhe with Advance HE explores perspectives on how to plan for educational excellence when the future is uncertain. Charles Knight digests the implications

NEW on Wonkhe: Janice Kay and Rachel Maxwell set out all the elements of a whole-institution AI strategy and the leadership capabilities required to make it real wonkhe.com/blogs/adopti...

LTHE Chat 343: How to teach for sustainability Join us on Bluesky with guest Mirjam Glessmer (@mirjamglessmer.bsky.social) and Robert Kordts (@robertkordts.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 12th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT The title…

Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat with guests Mirjam Sophia Glessmer (@mirjamglessmer.bsky.social) and Robert Kordts (@robertkordts.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 12th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT to discuss How to teach for sustainability

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NEW on Wonkhe: An independent commission has published a plan for digital skills badging and a national digital skills wallet. Patrina Law explains what higher education stands to gain from getting involved buff.ly/4Mq8JaB

LTHEChat 338 Embedding Mental Wellbeing Join us on Bluesky with guest Professor Zoë Allman @zoe-a-z.bsky.social on Wednesday 8th October 2025 at 20:00 BST Mental health and wellbeing are important topics that are increasingly discussed i…

Join us on Wednesday 8th October at 8pm BST for #LTHEchat here in Bluesky with Professor Zoë Allman @zoe-a-z.bsky.social to discuss 'Embedding Mental Wellbeing'.

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Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore Dialogic Learning in the Age of Gen AI with @nurun.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm BST

#dialogiclearning #genai #highereducation

Meme-ingful reflections on AI, teaching and assessment I did a session earlier today for the RAISE special interest group on AI. I thought I’d have a bit of fun with it 1. because I was originally invited by Dr. Tadhg Blommerde (and Dr. Amarpreet…

Resharing for the new academic year my AI memes post. One or two may be useful prompts for discussion with your students: mcompton.uk/2025/03/24/m...

Sledgehammers, screwdrivers, and primary legislation Is there room for a bill that only exists to fix problems with other bills? David Kernohan gets out the parliamentary tool box.

This week on Wonkhe: Is there room for a bill that only exists to fix problems with other bills? David Kernohan gets out the parliamentary tool box.

Back to the future for the TEF? Back to school for OfS? OfS is again flirting with the idea of linking tuition fees to TEF outcomes – a proposal that, as Paul Ashwin argues, is as unworkable now as it was a decade ago. OfS is again flirting with the idea o...

A @wonkhe.bsky.social blog on the OfS idea to link tuition fees to TEF results. It's unworkable as it was when it was first muted 10 years ago. It suggests that the OfS doesn't understand how the TEF works or the impact on the sector of making such ill-founded suggestions wonkhe.com/blogs/back-t...

A flyer asking students to take part in an online survey exploring the experiences of first-year undegraduate students. On the left, the box reads 'if you take part you can enter a prize draw to win a £50 Amazon voucher', Only first year undergraduate students over the age of 18 who are studying at a university in the UK are eligible to participate. The box on the right contains a QR code to take you to the survey website, and offers a short URL as an alternative: http://bit.ly/4iNAysN.

The awesome @amymorrell.bsky.social (who I am privileged to supervise for a #PhD) is looking for new students joining #UKHE #HigherEducation #AcademicSky this year to take part in her online survey about student belonging. If you're teaching first year #undergraduates, please do share with them? 🙏

Best wishes to those receiving their results - looking forward to welcoming some of you to our Buckingham community.

A busy day in HE. A level results day starts the public part of Confirmation & Clearing. I'm very grateful to my colleagues who worked over the past days & who'll be manning phones now to ensure the best possible experience for our applicants. Thank you all for your work in this key endeavour.

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It was great to welcome you Jo. An excellent afternoon on all things assessment, feedback and generative AI.

What exactly is a PhD by publication? - Impact of Social Sciences Lynn P. Nygaard & Kristin Solli discuss differences in the PhD by publication format and provide a checklist for prospective students starting this kind of PhD.

Intersting international dimension in the post from a couple of years ago (at my UK University and a number of others the approach (and national coding) differs for in-programme publications and fully post-hoc by publication blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

So pleased to see the new NTFs & CATEs awarded today. Welcome. Especially pleased that the wonderful Michelle Morgan joins our happy group 😀 🍾

Happy NTF & CATE day to those celebrating 🍾 including Michelle Morgan & Bryony Whitmarsh. To those who weren't successful this time, don't worry, regroup, try again with the feedback from assessors to make tweaks. #NTF #CATE #Teaching

Sometimes the historical dictionary offers solace through the existence of an obsolete word that is sorely needed now. One of them is ‘respair’, recorded just once, in the 15th century. It means fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.

National Student Survey 2025 All the data and headlines you need from this year's National Student Survey

National Student Survey stuff: wonkhe.com/blogs/nation...

NEW on Wonkhe: The Department for Education has updated its plans for the Lifelong Learning Entitlement rollout. Michael Salmon and David Kernohan work out what’s new buff.ly/rrWwUvP