Deborah Arnold

NEW on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson explores the growing evidence that AI isn't just changing what students produce – it's changing what their brains are ready to do, and asks whether HE can redesign itself around a question it has been avoiding for decades buff.ly/uHtisNU

Bookmarked to read tomorrow, thanks Willem!

Picture accompanying a post from Linked in by Charmaine Simpson https://www.linkedin.com/posts/blackhistorystudies_bell-hooks-understood-a-pattern-that-repeats-activity-7403886502771888128-CJiy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAFk0BcBSukv5EZ8IStyE-ugz6Io2JLp0iQ "bell hooks understood a pattern that repeats across generations. When a woman thinks critically, people often label her difficult before they ever engage with her ideas. The label is a shortcut. A way to dismiss her without confronting what she is actually saying. Critical thinking is powerful because it interrupts comfort. It asks why things are the way they are. It exposes contradictions that many would rather leave unspoken. So instead of addressing her insight, the world questions her tone. It reframes her clarity as attitude. It turns her precision into a flaw. But women who think critically are not difficult. They are necessary. They hold up mirrors that others avoid. They name truths that would otherwise stay buried. To think for yourself is not an invitation for conflict. It is an act of presence. It is choosing awareness over silence. And every time a woman refuses to apologize for her mind, she shifts the world a little closer to honesty. From Her Archives "

“Women who think critically are always labeled difficult because it saves the world from admitting they’re right” — bell hooks

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if you are considering submitting an application for this position, you still have just under 2 weeks to do so

any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks

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Head of EU and Global AI Governance The Ada Lovelace Institute is recruiting a Head of EU and Global AI Governance to lead our EU and international policy work.

📣Job alert (no. 2)!

We are looking for a strategic, curious and well-connected Head of EU and Global AI Governance to lead our international policy work from our Brussels base.

Closing: 9:30am BST, Monday 8 September 2025.

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Very nice! For “combat” boots they have a certain finesse to them

Who You Gonna Call? Stakeholder Power and the Making of the European Universities Initiative Alina Felder-Stindt and Martina Vukasovic In the ever-evolving landscape of European higher education, the European Universities Initiative (EUI) stands out as a flagship project that emerged with surprising speed and ambition. But how does such a major initiative take shape in an area where the European Union (EU) has only limited formal competence and an […]

Who You Gonna Call? Stakeholder Power and the Making of the European Universities Initiative

I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12

The disappearance of the unclear question AI speeds up research, but without friction, do students lose the deep thinking that turns bad questions into meaningful learning?

On protecting "questions that do not yield quick answers [and] resisting the urge to reframe every problem in terms that make it legible to a machine." Co-written w @jeppestricker.bsky.social. Thanks to @elenatoukan.bsky.social and others @unesco.org for the insights www.unesco.org/en/articles/...

The very concept of which appears to be embedded in your Bluesky handle

Wow, this may be one of the most important academic conferences for dealing with the current political/social crisis.

Session after session of important and relevant topics.

I’m one of the people bored enough to be reading the whole thread, as I spend a Saturday night in an airport hotel before heading off to a conference tomorrow. Thank you so much for sharing, much to learn and think about!

The Moral Lighthouse: Artificial Intelligence and the World We Want | TechPolicy.Press If AI deepens inequality, disempowers people, or displaces civic participation, it is not contributing to the future we want, writes Michael L. Bąk.

If AI deepens inequality, disempowers people, or displaces civic participation, it is not delivering the future we want—no matter how advanced the technology may be, or how much money some individuals can make from it, writes Michael L. Bąk. buff.ly/jIps6RS

Critical studies of ed-tech are becoming increasingly popular ... but how can they be a useful force for change? New report outlines 8 main areas that the CSET community needs to get discussing! 🧵

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🇪🇺 Proud of #ErasmusPlus for building bridges through education!

2,000+ students from 140 countries will study across Europe with fully funded #ErasmusMundus Joint Masters scholarships!

A life-changing opportunity! 🌍🎓

#ErasmusMundus
#CommissionerOfThePeople

I know! Raises so many issues about consent, transparency, IPR etc. It’s a co-authored paper but nowhere are my co-authors mentioned (nor where the original article was published). Have never liked Academia dot edu anyway for their spammy emails but this takes the biscuit

The Al Podcast feature is not ready yet. Your podcast will private. Thank you for your feedback. The Academia Team

Ok so it appears to be a fake door. On selecting “do not publish” and telling them exactly what I think of this practice in the comments, I got this (very poorly written) information. So my podcast “will private” 🤦‍♀️ #AcademicSky

1. Rate this AI Podcast 2. Choose a profile display option Add this AI Podcast to my public Academia profile This will drive more visibility and downloads to your paper. Do not display this AI Podcast on my Academia profile We won't display this podcast publicly or generate any additional AI Podcasts for your papers. 3. Add your comments (optional)

Further down the screen. Playing on publish or perish… and a prime example of opt out only possibility
#AcademicSky

lock symbol PRIVATE TO YOU AI Podcast of "The Eccoe Approach to Quality Reviewing Online Descriptions of Learning Opportunities" Uploaded by: Deborah Arnold

I did not upload it myself. But at least it’s private. Still, these things should be opt in, not opt out #AcademicSky

2. Choose a profile display option Add this AI Podcast to my public Academia profile This will drive more visibility and downloads to your paper. Do not display this AI Podcast on my Academia profile We won't display this podcast publicly or generate any additional AI Podcasts for your papers. 3. Add your comments (optional)

Further down the screen, this. Guess which option I’m going to choose. #AcademicSky

Not sure at all. Started to trawl through their privacy statement but didn’t find anything. Will have to take another deeper look

Screenshot of an email notification from academia.edu announcing “An AI created a podcast of your paper” and a button “Listen to podcast”

Not pleased to receive this notification. And no apparent way to find out which “AI” did it! But at least I know it exists. Should I be happy that my work will get more visibility without me having to do anything, or concerned about the lack of control and transparency? #AcademicSky

Useful reflections! Not forgetting the long experience of joint degrees under Erasmus Mundus, in an even more complex environment due to the international nature. This report from 2023 gives a good overview erasmus-networks.ec.europa.eu/emc/state-of...

I understand and sympathise!

Even sooner: “on view from September 28 2025 to February 8 2026.”

Looks fascinating! Let me know if and when you decide to go because it would be a fantastic opportunity to meet up again!

Reconsider reliance on US tech companies, universities warned European universities urged to review dependence on top technology companies as Trump policies expose vulnerabilities

European universities urged to review dependence on top technology companies as Trump policies expose vulnerabilities

#AcademicSky #highered

Honest people don’t lie. Or do they? Liars aren’t honest. Or are they?
One puzzling conundrum in contemporary politics is that politicians who seem to be estranged from facts and evidence are nonetheless considered honest by their followers.
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Europe to burned American scientists: We’ll take you in The EU’s body for scientific research, as well as local, regional and national governments, are mobilizing to poach top U.S. scholars.

🚨🚨"Always look on the bright side of life". Everything is really quite in a bad state now but on a more positive note, it seems #Trump's authoritarian and insane politics is driving away researchers and scholars from the US. We are happy to have them in Europe. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/euro...