Dr Daisy Abbott

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The comments by Jim Ratcliffe are not only offensive and harmful but blatantly incorrect, and will stir further hate and division. Working with organisations such as Show Racism the Red Card, Migrant Voice has – as part of the -"Migration. Making Britain Great" campaign -highlighted that the diversity of the Premier League, and migrants playing in it, is a strength that is reflected in Britain's communities. Immigration doesn't undermine a country's character; it enhances it. British culture, including football, is based on migration, on adapting and evolving to new ideas. That is something to be celebrated, not condemned. Nazek Ramadan Director, Migrant Voice

Our Director, Nazek Ramadan, speaks out about Jim Ratcliffe's racist and divisive comments.

"Immigration doesn’t undermine a country’s character; it enhances it. British culture, including football, is based on migration, on adapting and evolving to new ideas."

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Dark and Lonely Water A larp for 12 players by Coffin Roads LRP and Clarion LARP 3rd-6th December 2026 ‘This dying landscape belongs to the dead.’ Norman MacCaig Dark and Lonely Water is a horror live action…

A buddy, with an excellent track record of intense and intimate games, is running a small LARP in the Scottish Highlands in December and maybe you might be interested?

coffinroadslrp.co.uk/dark-and-lon...

When work becomes a game: the moral costs of gamified labor - Ethics and Information Technology Ethics and Information Technology - Gamification promises to make work more engaging by translating ordinary tasks into systems of points, badges, and leaderboards. This paper offers a conditional...

An interesting paper "When work becomes a game: the moral costs of gamified labor" link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Gamification

Quantum Tycoon, an educational video game for discovering quantum computing The Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICCUB) and the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB) present a new app, available on Google Play, which combines entertainment and scientific…

Quantum Tycoon, an educational video game for discovering #quantum computing web.ub.edu/en/web/actua... #GameBasedLearning

Easy game making programs Code-less/light game making programs Bitsy - Make a little 2d pixel character navigate through interconnected rooms to encounter characters and objects that talk to you (Bipsi - is a more in-depth ve...

if you’re just starting out in games, it’s never been easier to *make little guy walk around*

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Autism, Equity and the Faculty Hiring Process (opinion) Sociability is not the same as hireability. Colleges can take concrete steps to make the academic hiring process fairer for neurodivergent candidates.

Excited to share a new op-ed @insidehighered.com on autism and academic hiring. I argue that sociability and hireability aren’t the same thing, and that universities can take concrete steps to make hiring fairer for autistic scholars.

#Autism #HigherEd

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...

I was talking to @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social about the diffusion of different game cultures & their ties to creator/influencer cultures, especially based on which are most/ least resistant to monetization.

(All are very human & thus subject to a lot of Scene Bullshit, but capital shifts a lot)

THE FIRST 3 YEARS PROJECT

Inspired by first3yearsproject.com

In my class on games as cultural industries, 60 students created a white paper on the first years as a games worker. Good practices, production processes, and labour issues.

Please share!

tinyurl.com/first3yearstcm

Well, the first chapter alone is worth the £8.99. Thanks for plugging the book, it's not a subject I know much about to be honest so I'm looking forward to educating myself on the rest.

A5 #LTHEchat great minds @louiserees.bsky.social - I was thinking : Paul Hanstedt
Creating Wicked Students: Designing Courses for a Complex World

This infographic titled "The Women of the Periodic Table" highlights ten women and their contributions to element discovery. A central periodic table marks specific elements in green and orange, with lines connecting them to names and portraits. Featured scientists include Marie Curie (polonium, radium), Marguerite Perey (francium), and Clarice Phelps (tennessine). It traces history from early pioneers like Harriet Brooks to modern teams including Dawn Shaughnessy and Darleane Hoffman.

Today is the #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience 👩‍🔬 This graphic highlights women of the periodic table, the elements they discovered, and the two elements named after women.

Plenty more graphics on women in chemistry here: www.compoundchem.com/category/wom...

#ChemSky 🧪

Ooo go on then.
Even if I do have to install a whole new audiobook app for it. Maybe there will be some other good stuff on there too.

Extract from policy briefing document showing quotes on the topic of increased racial literacy.

Coming soon! Policy briefing document that captures community responses about #Glasgow history and identity. We hope that it can strengthen #Scotland ’s commitments to racial literacy, cultural #inclusion, and wellbeing.

Watch this space!

@sit-gsa.bsky.social @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social

A copy of the book ‘Ancient Egypt in Video Games’ edited by Jennifer Cromwell

Always exciting to get the latest delivery off @dgb-history.bsky.social’s ‘Video Games and the Humanities’ conveyor belt!

Join the waitlist for Affective Atmospheres — 18–19 Feb at Civic House, Glasgow.
A free, in-person conference Supported by @triphilosophy.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk

🔗 placememory.net/affective-at...

Small Grants The Social History Society maintains a Small Grants Fund to support our members to carry out research activities and hold events. We give priority to activities and event that would otherwise remai…

📣Apply for Small Grants Funding!

Are you looking to conduct research into social or cultural history? Do you need support with archival visits, organising a conference, or buying specialist equipment?

⏰Our next funding deadline is 1 March

socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...

YouTube video by GSA School of Innovation and Technology Human Creativity in Game Development, the Next Decade with Alexander Horowitz

Human Creativity in Game Development, the Next Decade with Alexander Horowitz (EA)
Belatedly sharing this keynote from our PG taught research symposium from last September. A realistic but positive focus on the value of human-centric skills & shaping the industry
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLge...

Digital badge with the text STEM Ambassador, 100 Hours of Engagement

Ooo, look! STEM Ambassador, 100 Hours of Engagement badge :-)

Yay me!

#sias2026 @scotstemambassador.bsky.social

YouTube video by Daisy Abbott: Game-based Learning Research Empire Retold: interactive 3D model of the 1938 British Empire Exhibition

Reminder that this free interactive about the Empire Exhibition of 1938 is available from radar.gsa.ac.uk/10458/
Click Details for download instructions and Documents for the zip file itself. Enjoy and lmk what you think :-)

youtu.be/cb8jIWaDI64

#Glasgow #history #Empire #Scotland #playfulLearning

awful AI shitslop image of a train in a sort of Scottish looking city that's blue and has a logo on the side formed of a lightning bolt in a thick circle

that same logo in its original blue and red colours, which happens to be the literal flag of the British Union of Fascists

Top tip: to avoid having the British Union of Fascists logo on the side of your mock-up train, don't use horrible text-to-image AI slop instead of actual designers and artists.
www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...

Poster text reads: I volunteered! Between 1st February 2025 and 31st January 2026, I volunteered to help inspire Scotland's next generation in STEM.

I love being a #STEMAmbassador ! Can wholly recommend :-)

STEM Ambassadors in Scotland Week is 2nd - 5th Feb #SAISWeek26

Alt text so you don't have to type it yourself:
I volunteered! Between 1st February 2025 and 31st January 2026, I volunteered to help inspire Scotland's next generation in STEM

Emmanuel Guardiola and I talked to Rudolf Inderst (@gamestudies.bsky.social) about our book Video Games and Mental Health on his podcast New Books in Game Studies
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

You can now listen to the episode in the link below!

newbooksnetwork.com/video-games-...

How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

“We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.”

Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...

Hi Playful Blueskyers... just a reminder that the call for submissions for this year's Playful Learning Conference is end of play on Mon 2nd Feb. Don't miss out! playfullearningassoc.co.uk/submit-a-ses...

Metal gold star

Are you proud of a fantastic teaching / learning resource? Share with the #LearnHigher community and submit to https://aldinhe.ac.uk/learnhigher/submit-resource #ALDinHE #LoveLD #HigherEducation

Finished puzzle from Clues By Sam

Thanks @d-livingstone.bsky.social for introducing me to
cluesbysam.com

A worthy addition to my morning puzzle routine :-)

Game Changer: Exploring the Role of Board Games in the Lives of Autistic People - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders This mixed methods paper reports findings from three studies examining the overlap between autism and hobbyist board gaming. The first was a quantitative survey of over 1600 board gamers, showing…

Game Changer: Exploring the Role of Board Games in the Lives of Autistic People link.springer.com/article/10.1... #BoardGames #Autisim #GameBasedLearning

Metaphors and myths: using the board game Dixit to understand the autistic lived experience - Discover Psychology Autism is a condition that takes on many meanings, particularly to those with lived experience. Exploring these meanings is paramount to being able to improve the way that autistic people are treated…

Metaphors and myths: using the board game Dixit to understand the autistic lived experience link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Boardgame #GameBasedLearning #Dixit #Autisim

A pixellated pacman ghost peeking out from behind a tree.

Call for interactive sessions for #PlayfulLearning closes midnight on Monday 2nd February!
If you work at the intersection of #learning and #play for adults, take a look. This year's theme is "Into the Woods".

playfullearningassoc.co.uk/conference/

#GBL #games4Research #seriousGames #creativeHE