Paul Kleiman

Photo of Saturn showing its rings.

Still chasing Saturn.

Photo of Saturn (quite small) but showing its rings.

Saturn was at its brightest and nearest last night.

Photo of spectacular sunset.

No chance of a blood moon yesterday evening Cornwall - too light, too cloudy, too low - but compensated by a spectacular sunset.

YouTube video by Paul Kleiman Les Feuilles Mortes | Autumn Leaves 2025

Years ago, I was footling around on the piano after a conference dinner when someone asked if I could play her favourite tune Autumn Leaves. I couldn't but went home & learnt it. Now, every year, I record it and send it to her. So, @profsallybrown.bsky.social this is for you x
youtu.be/twyxtkh6uAQ

I agree with Geldof that what is happening is horrific and unconscionable. But he makes the usual error of conflating the actions of the appalling Netanyahu government with the ‘Israeli people’. Some no doubt support him, but some don’t. We don’t think that Trump represents the American people?

80 years ago today, my mum - then 19 years old - typed this in her journal.
#history #onthisday #familyhistory

Pieces Some recent and not so recent posts, mainly about education, creativity and assessment, with a few more personal pieces thrown in for good measure.

Pieces: some recent and some not so recent posts mainly about education, creativity and assessment, with a few more personal pieces thrown in for good measure.
#highereducation #Academicsky #Edusky
stumblingwithconfidence.com/pieces/

I will be, thanks. But it will be a few weeks of being very careful.

That went well!
From AHE to A&E.
From the wonderful AHE conference in Manchester to A&E in Truro.
(Don’t ask…..well, if you insist, three cracked ribs from a bad fall).
Heigh ho.

Revealing assessment through drawing When leading workshops on assessment I often start with a ’warm-up’ exercise in which the participants, supplied with sheets of paper and plenty of coloured pens, are asked to draw/make marks on pa…

More examples of ‘Drawing from Experience’ using visualisation to reveal the emotional impact of assessment on academics. #AHEconf2025
stumblingwithconfidence.com/2022/06/23/r...

Revealing assessment through drawing When leading workshops on assessment I often start with a ’warm-up’ exercise in which the participants, supplied with sheets of paper and plenty of coloured pens, are asked to draw/make marks on pa…

More examples of ‘Drawing from Experience’ using visualisation to reveal the emotional impact of assessment on academics. #ahe2025
stumblingwithconfidence.com/2022/06/23/r...

A couple of drawings from my ‘Drawing from Experience’ session on the emotional impact of assessment at the #ahe2025 conference. We don’t talk enough about this! #Edusky #Academicsky

I’m here! 🙂

A4 Also acknowledging that not only is there a periphery but there’s also a boundary. The question/challenge is how porous is that boundary? #lthechat

A3 Wenger et al’s ‘7 Principles’:
1 Design for evolution
2 Open a dialogue between inside & outside perspectives
3 Invite different levels of participation
4 Develop both public & private community spaces.
5 Focus on value
6 Combine familiarity & excitement
7 Create a rhythm for the community

A1 A passionate openness to share and learn #lthechat

I’d love to train everywhere but I live in Cornwall and have some work in Edinburgh. 535 miles.
Choices:
1: Train. 10 hours, 1 change, unreliable service, c.£300 return
2: Fly: 1hr 30 min. Reliable service (to date). £80-£140 return.

No brainer, I’m afraid.

A brush, with silence and solitude I really enjoy painting. Not the sort of thing one might frame and hang on a wall, but the actual walls one might hang them on. The larger the better. And I’m trying to work out why I like it…

A brush, with solitude and silence.

stumblingwithconfidence.com/2025/05/18/a...

Our garden. (Volume up)

Cornflowers are just stunningly beautiful.

Typed full-page document about the end of WW2 and the news about the Nazi concentration and death camps.

Exactly 80 years ago today my mother typed this in her journal. She was 19 years old.
#history

Sorry to have missed tonight’s #LTHEchat with Sally & Phil. But there were compensations.

Evenin’ all.

I introduced week long performance modules at LIPA back in the 1990s. We scheduled in a few research/prep sessions in the weeks leading up to it which made a huge difference.

The whisky is finished. Night all and thanks #lthechat

It’s ideal for performing arts. #lthechat

a cartoon character from south park is standing in front of a sign that says south park ALT: a cartoon character from south park is standing in front of a sign that says south park

A6 From a teaching perspective, what is there not to like about block learning? #lthechat

You idealist! 🙂 #lthechat

A5 Good design and taking a holistic approach to the whole programme design is absolutely key. So much in HE doesn’t work well (or not at all) due to poor design. #lthechat

A4 Block learning actually mirrors what happens out there in the ‘real world’. Many jobs involve block projects. #lthechat