Nikita Bridgeman

Less than Greggs? Public have no idea of value of top universities, study finds Belief that snack chain’s revenues exceed those of Oxford’s one of many misconceptions about UK’s HE sector

"Higher education generated £24bn in export earnings for the UK in 2022-23, far above aircraft manufacturing with £12bn, legal services with £9.5bn and telecoms with £8.8bn."
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LTHEChat 345: Meeting Students Where They Are – Making Independent Study Work for Every Learner

Join us on Bluesky with guest Nikita-Marie Bridgeman (@nbridgeman.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 26th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT Independent study is a core element of academic courses and often forms a…

Super helpful tips from the amazing @drkatharinejewitt.bsky.social

I love that - our practice is so varied that the way we demonstrate it should be too #LTHEchat

Joined for the first time tonight and it was a lovely experience! Looking forward to being on the other side of it all next week ☺️ #LTHEchat

I definitely need to get better at that! Keeping a folder of feedback emails (or screenshots of lovely LinkedIn posts) is something I’ve started doing too #LTHEchat

Ooh thank you! Coming from a Secondary/FE background being observed is so normal to me, I was quite shocked to see the difference in HE so am very interested in understanding different approaches 😊

About to do a research project looking at some of these points! Teaching observations can be such a great opportunity to develop but I don’t think many places welcome open door policies #LTHEchat

A6 Doing more with less. Fellowship will be a useful tool to help us to reflect on and understand the impact we have despite the challenges we all face. #LTHEchat

Exactly this! I feel like it’s a win win for everyone involved #LTHEchat

A5 Also, mentoring opportunities (much like @aldinhe.bsky.social does for CeP) might help staff in different roles to consider the impact of their practice from different perspectives which can often be helped by having a mentor in a different role to your own #LTHEchat

A5 More institutions could offer a variety of application routes: at the AdvanceHE conference last summer there was a presentation on doing a verbal application that sounded great - I think being able to talk about what you do might make it more accessible for those in different roles #LTHEchat

A3 I think this is a classic for a lot of people but doing really good things and not recording the outcomes beyond knowing ‘students responded well’ - of course that is evidence, but when it needs to be more tangible it can sometimes be a challenge to go back and find the data/evidence #LTHEchat

A2 I learned how to ‘be reflective’ during my MSc as it was central to one of the modules, however when it came to fellowship it made me consider things from multiple perspectives, so I started looking at things a lot more holistically which has certainly improved my practice #LTHEchat

A2 I think it’s made me a lot more reflective which in turn has helped me to consider not only what approaches I use/could use in my practice, but how I can support others too #LTHEchat

Excited to be presenting at #SocMedHE2025

All dressed up for my first post on here! Spent the morning at graduation for our Food and Supply Chain courses. Such a lovely way to start the week 🎓 #graduation #celebration #shu @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social