Scott Turner

LTHE Chat 340: Embedding Academic Skills in UK Higher Education: Why It Matters Join us on Bluesky with guest Dr Chris Martin @drchrism.bsky.social on Wednesday 22nd October 2025 at 20:00 BST When engaging in conversations with academic colleagues, the…

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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

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Student visas crackdown and new levies to cause ‘£1.8bn loss’ to UK economy The Government has proposed a 6 per cent tax on international student tuition fees and a reduction in graduate visas

I am genuinely baffled and distressed as to why the UK government is intent on destroying UK's genuinely world-leading universities, who bring £265 billion into the economy and support more than 250,000 jobs.

This tax will kill us.

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KEF deserves a boost The KEF dashboards are out and there is a trove of evidence about how universities make their places better and the economy stronger. James Coe asks whether it's time to better reward this work and fund...

This week on Wonkhe: The KEF dashboards are out and there is a trove of evidence about how universities make their places better and the economy stronger. James Coe asks whether it's time to better reward this work and fund knowledge exchange differently.

I picked up a few starting ideas from sketchnoting

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A3 decide if they are for just you or to be shared. If just for you then short cuts such as badly drawn figures can be used #lthechat

It is really just mind mapping with a few symbols added that I understand 😀 #lthechat all analogue

A1 #lthechat in meetings I have to take notes in a form of spidery diagrams or I won’t take them in later if they are just text

Good evening from a train on the way to Milton Keynes #lthechat

Join us on 16 Sept 2025 as we continue to explore how open education & AI intersect with the challenges of an increasingly changing landscape. It will offer space for both returning participants & new voices to contribute to this evolving conversation. Submit by 27 July - buff.ly/nwHNPHY #altc #OER

This chapter is a call for self-understanding and hope, beginning with the individual. It explores how Higher Education professionals can apply self-compassion—through self-kindness, recognition of shared humanity, and mindfulness—to support their own wellbeing amid the growing pressures of teaching, administration, and research. As lecturers, tutors, and teachers face increasing burnout, overwork, and underpayment, selfcompassion offers a practical framework for academic self-care, helping educators to hold themselves with gentleness rather than harsh self-judgment. The chapter also argues that the principles of self-compassion must extend to colleagues, fostering a more supportive and humane academic culture.

My latest chapter: Embracing compassion and self-care: Educator wellbeing amidst the chaos is now available (FREE! Part of the edited book, Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education).

#Wellbeing #HigherEd #HigherEducation #LTHEchat #loveLD #UKHE

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‘Don’t let open science degenerate into a data dump’ An endless stream of publications, data and software accessible to all? Professor of Science Studies Thed van Leeuwen calls for a more human-centred approach and an overhaul of the PhD system.

Today, our colleague Thed van Leeuwen gives his inaugural lecture at Leiden University. Ahead of the event, he shares key insights — calling for a more human-centred approach in #OpenScience.

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Social mobility needs a whole-university rethink The government wants higher education to do more to widen access. For Paul Blagburn and Gino Graziano, we need to start by recognising where there is still work to do The government wants higher education...

This week on Wonkhe: The government wants higher education to do more to widen access. For Paul Blagburn and Gino Graziano, we need to start by recognising where there is still work to do

Completely agree. Career progression perhaps not the optimum route (but still good); from many other measures eg satisfaction, relevance, etc has a lot going for it

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I agree #lthechat

Clearer and often evidence of impact #LTHEchat I am not going to stop

I couldn’t agree more as well as being more inclusive and accessible to colleagues #LTHEchat

A2 to certain extent the type of HEI. Also career progression v research interest. I am a magpie lots interest me so I have varied outputs #LTHEchat

I agree #LTHEchat

A1 I have had the snobbery that SoTL “it is not proper research “ until they realise that a significant proportion of people that they say it to do have some SoTL publications in their profile #LTHEchat

Q1 How would you define “research culture” in your context? Is it something you feel part of?

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A1 I am lucky in that I believe and had a career that sees aspects of Scholarship and traditional discipline based research as both research- so I do feel part of a research culture #LTHEchat

Hi it is hot today in Canterbury

Hi #lthechat Scott. joining today from Canterbury

YouTube video by Canterbury Christ Church University Code, Create, Conquer: Highlights from CCCU's Hackabury (Hackathon & Games Jam)

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GenAI Productivity: Ideas to project proposal 3 A collection of LLM psots besed on the authors experience. Including some tools for productivity.

Using generative AI to produce project ideas and the start of a proposal. llmapplied.blogspot.com/2025/06/gena.... #chatgpt #project #ideas #generate #genai

A2 #lthechat this chat it is not always lead and facilitated by the same people - greater buy in and badges help #LTHEchat