Richard Budd
@ddubdrahcir.bsky.social
He/Him, Lecturer in HE, Lancaster University, UK HE, in particular social justice, lived experience (esp. students), decolonising, policy, geographies, organisational cultures. (This account is dormant, find me in LinkedIn!)
Hi All. Just to say that for me, the BlueSky experiment isn't really working. For all sorts of reasons it hasn't hit the heights of the other platform that it sought to replace, and as of now I'm only active on (also differently imperfect) LinkedIn. Do please find me on there. Richard
Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I'll be hosting an applicant webinar from 9:00-10:00 (UK time) Wednesday 25th March: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-sciences/events/phd-heree-applicant-webinar-25th-march-2026-higher-education-research-evaluation-and-enhancement/
PhD HEREE Applicant Webinar - 25th March 2026 Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement, Wednesday 25 March, 9:00am - Lancaster University
Interested in applying for our fully online PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement in October 2026? Join one of our monthly online webinars. You will have the opportunity to hear mo...
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Where are we with widening participation and student experience? ✍ SIGN UP: srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ... 🗓️ WHEN: June 23rd 2026 11:00-15:45 🗺️ WHERE: in person at the SRHE offices in London (maps.app.goo.gl/9mR4pEyYo1yE...) @mannymadriaga.bsky.social @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social @soniailie.bsky.social
Thoughtful and critical of our book by @jimdickinson.bsky.social on @wonkhe.bsky.social. Addressing issues related to poverty and material need is incredibly important to a meaningful education wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
Is the "doom spiral" about curriculum or poverty?
There’s a super new book out from Lancaster Professor of Higher Education Paul Ashwin (and nine colleagues) about what higher education does to the people who go through it.
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I have written @hepi-news.bsky.social blog that attempts to outline the central argument of our new book "Realising the Educational Potential of Mass Higher Education": www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/13/r...
Realising the educational potential of mass higher education - HEPI
This blog was kindly authored by Paul Ashwin, Lancaster University. It is based on a new Open Access book Realising the Educational Potential of Mass Higher Education which was written by an internati...
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Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I will be hosting an applicant webinar for our HEREE programme from 17:00-18:00 (UK time) on Thursday 26th February: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-scien...
PhD HEREE Applicant Webinar - 26th February 2026 Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement, Thursday 26 February, 5:00pm - Lancaster University
Interested in applying for our fully online PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement in October 2026? Join one of our monthly online webinars. You will have the opportunity to hear mo...
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I am delighted that our new open access book “Realising the Educational Potential of Mass Higher Education” has been published by @bloomsburyaced.bsky.social. www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
Realising the Educational Potential of Mass Higher Education
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Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I will be hosting an applicant webinar for our HEREE programme from 13:00-14:00 (UK time) on Monday 26th January: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-scien...
PhD HEREE Applicant Webinar - 26th January 2026 Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement, Monday 26 January, 1:00pm - Lancaster University
Interested in applying for our fully online PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement in October 2026? Join one of our monthly online webinars. You will have the opportunity to hear mo...
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Today I am giving a keynote on Assessment for Social Justice in Theory and Practice for scholars in Chile committed to more inclusive higher education. eduinclusiva.cl?p=14220
EduInclusiva inaugurará su 3ª Escuela de Primavera 2025 con foco en evaluación inclusiva en contextos universitarios – Educación Inclusiva
“Hacia una evaluación inclusiva: Diversificación y Equidad en la Formación Docente” se titula la 3ª versión de la Escuela de Primavera, actividad organizada por el Centro de Investigación para la Educación Inclusiva y la Escuela de Pedagogía (EPE) de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV), instancia que contará con reconocidos expositores nacionales e internacionales, especialistas en evaluación en educación, quienes ofrecerán conferencias y presentaciones que abordarán estos temas desde perspectivas teóricas, prácticas y de investigación aplicada.
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I was delighted to receive my Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) fellowship at the recent @srhe.bsky.social Annual Conference, particularly as part of such an impressive group of new fellows.
👇 a piece that @mvanhoutte.bsky.social and I wrote for @theconversation.com. It's based on our analysis of PISA data from England & Flanders, published in @berj-2025.bsky.social. Below we've connected our work to the Curriculum & Assessment Review led by @beckyfrancis.bsky.social. shorturl.at/7pHms
High-stakes tests are common in England’s schools – and they’re linked to a fear of failure
In England, where high-stakes testing is common, students’ fear of failure is higher.
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Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I will be hosting an applicant webinar for our HEREE programme from 9:00am to 10:00am (UK time) on Tuesday 16 December 2025 www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-scien...
PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement Applicant Webinar - 16th December 2025, Tuesday 16 December, 9:00am - Lancaster University
Interested in applying for our fully online PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement in October 2026? Join one of our monthly online webinars. You will have the opportunity to hear mo...
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A @hepi-news.bsky.social blog on why the TEF will collapse under the weight of OfS & @departmentforedu.bsky.social plans. The points I raise are well known to those who understand the measurement of HE educational quality. Why are OfS/DfE so deteremined to press ahead? www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/11/30/w...
WEEKEND READING: Three reasons why the TEF will collapse under the weight of OfS and DfE expectations - HEPI
This blog was kindly authored by Paul Ashwin, Professor of Higher Education, Lancaster University. The Office for Students (OfS) and the Department of Education (DfE) have big plans to make the TEF mu...
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I am delighted that the third edition of Reflective Teaching in Higher Education has now been published. It's a privilege to work with such a brilliant international team of co-authors. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/reflectiv...
Session abstracts are now available online - do take a look to find out more about the range of topics we'll be discussing on Dec 16th :-) There is still time to register if you would like to join us in Lancaster - closes 5th Dec. See website at: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/p...
Programme
Please note that the programme is provisional and may be subject to minor changes before the conference. Below is an overview of the programme for the day; a copy of the provisional programme inclu…
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Calling online PGRs! 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
KathyMChandler@kathymchandler.bsky.social · 8mo agoAre you studying for a doctorate at a UK university via a programme that is wholly or mostly online? If so, please take part in an anonymous, 10 min survey about the impacts of online doctoral study on wellbeing and share the link lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_....
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We're very happy to share the conference programme - you can view the range of exciting topics we'll be discussing here: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/p... If you would like to join us on Dec 16th in Lancaster, registration is open - *closes 5th Dec*: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/r...
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Free online seminar – all welcome. Corridor Cultures: Transforming school cultures of gender and sexuality in partnership with students, teachers, and school leaders. Dr Victoria Rawlings, University of Sydney. Wednesday 26th November, 4.30-6pm (UK time).
Corridor Cultures: Transforming school cultures of gender and sexuality in partnership with students, teachers, and school leaders, Wednesday 26 November, 4:30pm - Lancaster University
'Corridor Cultures: Transforming school cultures of gender and sexuality in partnership with students, teachers, and school leaders'. Dr Victoria Rawlings, University of Sydney. Free online seminar. ...
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Delighted to have this paper out in Disability & Society on autistic students' & graduates' experiences of negotiating diagnoses / identities whilst at university. Important insights for other autistic ppl at uni + staff and peers. It's #openaccess via link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Here's a piece by Emily Gray and me in University World News about our recent article on university staff experiences of gender-related violence in Australia and England: www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto... There's a link in the piece to the full article, which is available open access.
Gender-related campus violence is a problem for staff too
Research on sexual violence in universities tends to focus on students, but a study across two countries – England and Australia – shows that staf...
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Was part of a panel with @rhordosy.bsky.social , @mannymadriaga.bsky.social and @soniailie.bsky.social as @srhe.bsky.social network convenors talking about wider widening participation dynamics for Cambridge Faculty of Education's new THRiVE research group. www.educ.cam.ac.uk/research/gro... 1/2
"Such reliance on rankings means that universities are shaped not by the needs of society or by innovations driven from inside the international higher-education community, but by unappointed third-party ranking agencies." New article by @lizziegadd.bsky.social. 👇 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
To reform universities, first tackle global rankings
Universities are in thrall to a rankings system that prioritizes narrow aspects of academic life. Three changes would give institutions the freedom to explore fresh ways of working.
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Really enjoyed contributing to the @wonkhe.bsky.social Festival of HE panel on knowledge & skills with Gemma Marsh, Tony Moss and @debbiemcvitty.bsky.social. Heartened by the panel's shared pragmatic commitment to making education meaningfully accessible to a diverse a range of students.
We're looking for a Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning to contribute to our PhD in E-Research and TEL for 12 months. Please share: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning
Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning in the School of Social Sciences, Lancaster University (Temporary one-year post).The School of Social Sciences seeks to appoint a full-time Lecturer in Technol...
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Great to see my article with Emily M. Gray is now published open access.
Gender-related violence in Australian and UK universities
We analyse interview data from two projects undertaken in Australia and England to explore gender-related violence (GRV) and its impact on university staff. This focus is novel and important as mos...
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Quoted on the danger of putting too much weight on TEF judgements by using them to allocate resources because it will completely undermine the TEF's already limited validity as a measure of educational quality in this @timeshighered.bsky.social piece www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/tef-so...
Is the TEF a solution that has finally found a problem?
The Teaching Excellence Framework’s reliance on existing outcomes and satisfaction data, as proxies for teaching quality, has always invited criticism. But with the OfS now proposing to use it to asse...
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Nobody is more surprised than me that I'll be a keynote speaker for the Emerging Researchers' Group at the European Educational Research Association Conference in Tampere in August 2026. (Conference submissions open from the 1st of December, by the way.) eera-ecer.de/conferences/...
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Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I will be hosting an applicant webinar for our HEREE programme from 17.00-18.00 (UK time) on Wed 26th November on Zoom. Register here: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-scien...
PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement Applicant Webinar - 26th November 2025, Wednesday 26 November, 5:00pm - Lancaster University
Interested in applying for our fully online PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement in October 2026? Join one of our monthly online webinars. You will have the opportunity to hear mo...
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I took a deeper look at the HEPI/Kaplan Soft Power "Index". To me what it isn't saying - what is effectively being taken for granted - is far more important and interesting than what it purportedly tells us (which is of very little real value). ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/s...
Soft Power Rankings? What the…?
World leading, or not…? Something caught my eye online recently – the publication of the “HEPI/Kaplan Soft Power Index” (LINK). I clicked on it out of curiosity and almost instantly wished I …
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