Naomi Clements

Teaching Accessibility Welcome. This channel is delivered by the UK Research and Innovation 'Teaching Accessibility' study at the University of Southampton, UK.

Attention accessibility and inclusion educators!

The video from the recent Southampton International Symposium on Teaching Accessibility is now available on our YouTube Symposium Playlist via www.youtube.com/@TeachingAcc...

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People with lower skills tend to misjudge their ability, something known as the Dunning-Kruger effect. But there's a gender twist: while men overestimate, women underestimate themselves.

Political theory jobs at King's!

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Ran a successful and engaging Theory of Change workshop today with staff and PGRs across @unisouthampton.bsky.social Wonderful Change Busters resource by @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social and @advancehe.bsky.social

🗣️ "We do know there are lots of kids who are coming into school hungry."

This morning, our Acting Director of Research & Policy, @beckymontacute.bsky.social, took part in an evidence session with the Education Select Committee.

Here's what she said on the need to expand free school meals access ⤵️

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Great Evaluation Collective event today on AI and Evaluation. Contributed 5min on Deleuzian theories including state Vs nomad and rhizomes...fun and challenging in equal measures! #evaluation #Deleuze #warmachine #ai

Image is of an arts educator speaking to a student. The image is overlaid on a bar graph pattern, on a blue background.

The creative sectors have made it loud and clear: there’s been a lack of funding and a disregard for the arts in the curriculum.

We hear why embedding media, arts and play in education is so important in building curiosity and fostering interdisciplinary potential. Listen: pod.fo/e/2a4669

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Impact & Evaluation Senior Manager - The Sutton Trust Deadline: 9am, Monday 3rd February . The Sutton Trust delivers a suite of programmes in partnership with leading universities and employers, which offer young people from disadvantaged backgrounds ...

🎺 Are you an experienced impact and evaluation manager? Do you want to lead on impact evaluation for our suite of programmes?

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Have something to say about higher education and the institutions? New @manchesterup.bsky.social series ''University reimagined'' is now accepting proposals

Bravo @hetanshah.bsky.social for following the evidence on grant review processes, and on bias. 👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿
Everything points to a lottery system, but this is the first time I’ve seen it done!

Great paper alert!

I remember reading the preliminary submission and knowing it had promise. It has now been realised!

A performer in a dark brown outfit is posing with one arm raised, in front of a large projected image of a deep-sea squid with long tentacles, set against a deep blue background.

A close-up view of a delicate deep-sea organism with spiky tendrils extending outwards, anchored to the seafloor, surrounded by a dark ocean backdrop.

A performer in a dark brown outfit stands with their head bowed, arms crossed over their chest, in front of a projected image of a swirling orange and blue jellyfish-like creature with long, flowing tentacles.

Our deep-sea experts, such as @joncopley.bsky.social, have worked with artist Emma Critchley on an inspiring upcoming exhibition at @johnhansardgallery.bsky.social.

The Soundings exhibition explores our relationship with the deep ocean and the impacts of deep-sea mining.

Read more: brnw.ch/21wQ7vE

How to support neurodivergent postgraduate researchers How can universities ensure PhD students of all neurotypes can thrive? Here’s how to provide neurodiversity-affirmative supervision

Are you a supervisor wondering how to better support your neurodivergent postgrads? Go read our latest article in @timeshighered.bsky.social

www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-s...

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Note to self: 4pm on a Friday, first week back after annual leave is not a good time to read Deleuzian theory in relation to AI.

Three large, majestic whale sculptures are suspended from the high ceiling of Winchester Cathedral, illuminated by soft blue lighting that highlights the intricate architectural details of the cathedral.

Huge majestic whale sculptures are going on show at
@wincathedral.bsky.social, and our Southampton Marine & Maritime Institute experts will be there on 6 Feb for an evening of talks and performances exploring the role of whales in ecosystems and cultures.

See more 👉 brnw.ch/21wPTkB

For the children. Obviously.

A clip from Muppets Christmas Carol saying 'the Christmas holiday was a chance to get some extra work done'

Learned Scrooge was actually an academic

Lost Boys Lost Boys - How Education is Failing Young Working-Class Men

And it's done!

'Lost Boys: How Education is Failing Young Working-class Men' will be published by Policy Press in July, and is available for pre-order now at a very reasonable price of £9.99

#EduSky

policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/lost-boys

This is not a surprise, sadly. Even well-informed ppl outside HE seem to think universities have plenty of cash. One of our few remaining world-class sectors, and currently nobody's priority.

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Reflecting on establishing UoS Evaluation Community of Practice with wonderful colleagues this year. Excited to explore values, practice and development with the community in 2025! Interested to know how other HEIs are engaging with institution wide evaluation? #highereducation #evaluation

This Pathfinder Narratives series is SO interesting if (like me) you’re nosey about the varied career routes people went on post-PhD. #PhDSky

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Time to switch? A university’s guide to Bluesky Bluesky’s growth offers academics, departments and institutions the chance to build engaged communities. Here are some tips on setting up a profile

Great advice from @timeshighered.bsky.social for universities pondering how/when to leave X:

www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/time-...

Learning development should be at the heart of conversations about academic support Ed Bickle, Ian Johnson and Steven White argue that learning development holds the key to the conversations the sector is having about academic support Ed Bickle, Ian Johnson and Steven White argue tha...

Ed Bickle, Ian Johnson and Steven White are looking at where Learning Development fits in the bigger conversation about academic support for students in WONKHE - wonkhe.com/blogs/learni...

Time to write is a necessity, not a nice-to-have How a project for academics to carve out writing time has grown from ‘power hours’ to writing retreats, community, increased well-being and higher-quality papers

THE Campus | A project for academics to carve out writing time has grown from “power hours” to writing retreats, community, more well-being and better papers, explain Rosie Wadman and Jess Macpherson of the University of Southampton’s Centre for Higher Education Practice.
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Time to write is a necessity, not a nice-to-have How a project for academics to carve out writing time has grown from ‘power hours’ to writing retreats, community, increased well-being and higher-quality papers

Using my first message to celebrate my colleagues published article @timeshighered.bsky.social Jess and Rosie doing fantastic work evaluating Research Culture at @unisouthampton.bsky.social #researchcultture #evaluation #highereducation www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/time-...