As one of my favourite things about Christmas, this article from the BFI about filming locations for classic Ghost Stories from Christmas is brilliant 💀🎄https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/ghost-stories-christmas-how-tvs-most-haunting-locations-look-today

Ghost Stories for Christmas: how TV’s most haunting locations look today

Ahead of the latest in the BBC’s Ghost Stories for Christmas strand airing on Christmas Eve, we revisit the atmospheric locations for the original series to see how time has changed them.

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Are 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_....

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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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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Delighted my article 'The definition of educational quality in a quasi-marketised HE system: stumbling towards a knowledge crisis' is now published open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... & even happier it's part of a brilliant special issue edited by @jo-annebaird.bsky.social & Gemma Moss

The definition of educational quality in a quasi-marketised higher education system: stumbling towards a knowledge crisis

In this article, I examine the definition of educational quality in the English higher education system. I examine three phases in the measurement of educational quality, each prompted by the repor...

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I've attended the excellent @socmedhe.bsky.social Conference a few times over the past decade. It's a real honour to deliver the keynote at this year's iteration at @lancasteruni.bsky.social #AcademicTwitter Is Dead — What Died, What Survived, What’s Next? socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/k...

Keynote speaker

We are excited to announce that Andy Tattersall will be the keynote speaker at the conference!  #AcademicTwitter Is Dead — What Died, What Survived, What’s Next X was once the number one place for …

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Excited to announce that the #SocMedHE25 keynote speaker will be @andytattersall! Andy will be speaking on '#AcademicTwitter Is Dead — What Died, What Survived, What’s Next?'. For more info, including the CFP and registration, see the website at: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/k...

Keynote speaker

We are excited to announce that Andy Tattersall will be the keynote speaker at the conference!  #AcademicTwitter Is Dead — What Died, What Survived, What’s Next X was once the number one place for …

socmedhe25.wordpress.com

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 Thurs 30th October on Zoom. Register here: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-scien...

The call for abstracts for sessions at this year's #socmedhe25 conference is out now! Me and @kathymchandler.bsky.social look forward to seeing you in Lancaster in December :-)

Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference@socmedhe.bsky.social · 11mo ago

This year, #socmedhe25 will be coming to Lancaster University, on 16th December! The call for papers/session proposals is now open at socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/c... - please submit abstracts by *24th October* Hope you can join us - see you in December!

Call for submissions! Join the 48th #CALRG Conference (w/c 16 June, online & free)! Open to all. 🔹 Type 1: Full talk (25–30 mins incl. Q&A) 🔹 Type 2: Doctoral consortium (30 mins) 🔹 Type 3: Wildcard/Innovative sessions 📄 Abstracts: 250–300 words 📢Submit your abstract to:calrg@open.ac.uk #CALRG2025

Still time to sign up to our online @edreslancaster.bsky.social seminar this week - Wednesday 30th of April, 12:30-2pm. Do boys really need saving? A critical exploration of ‘Boy Crisis’ - learning from the Chinese case - Yuhan Wu from @uomseed.bsky.social www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

what are your challenges/opportunities around OER/OEP and AI? How can open educational practices provide counter narratives, critically informated hope and resistance to the seemingly inevitable march of AI? Get your submission in . . . #oer25

ALTUK.bsky.social@altuk.bsky.social · last yr.

How can we adapt Open Education Practices (OEP) and Open Educational Resources (OER) when AI makes content creation easier but less transparent? Are there appropriate uses of AI which could support open practices and practitioners? Submit a proposal to #OER25 by 22 April 2025 - buff.ly/Lpge6yX #altc

👇Not to be missed👇 Dr Tiffany Nelson will be talking (online) @edreslancaster.bsky.social about her intersectional research on the lived experiences of Black autistic girls in UK education Weds March 12, 12:30 #autism #disability #gender #race #education Deets: www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Reminder that this week (Wednesday 5th of March, 12:30)Louis Major from @educationuom.bsky.social will be talking about Educational Technology and ‘Personalised Learning’ as part of our online @edreslancaster.bsky.social seminar series. Details/registration at: www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Here's Twitter's descent since 2022

Less than a month to go until the deadline for submissions for our new conference exploring critical perspectives on Research in Digital Learning. The submissions system is now open. Please share 😀 hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk/ridlhe/

Happy Imbolc! Today, I will be mostly in the garden :-)

Are you interested in studying for a PhD in HEREE that you would undertake on a p/t basis and that is entirely online? We are hosting a webinar at which you can ask any questions you may have about our programme - Monday 27/1/25 4pm-5pm GMT. www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

There's still time to submit an abstract for the Gender and Education Association (GEA) 2025 Conference in Manchester. GEA conferences are my favourite by a country mile 👇 www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/fac...

Re-Routing and Re-Imagining Gender and Education conference

The 21st Gender in Education Association conference. Discover the themes being discussed, key dates and how to get involved.

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New open access article out on 'Why Knowledge is Central to Graduateness' based on work from a Centre for Global Higher Education project with a brilliant team: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Why knowledge is central to ‘graduateness’ – implications for research and policy

Debates about the employability of graduates in policy and research have increasingly focused on graduates’ employment outcomes and the development of generic employability skills. This suggests th...

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On a related note, I had a nice conversation with a taxi driver today who asked if I was a professor - I said no but I'd be an assistant prof in the US - & he said on that basis, I should definitely consider myself to be a professor :-)

Contingent Magazine@contingent-mag.bsky.social · 2y ago

What does it mean to be a "contingent" scholar? Aren't all professors the same? We've got a piece to help you understand that. And it's why our whole magazine exists, actually.

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"The many, many UK unis where grads now get more jobs than Russell Group students"

The many, many UK unis where grads now get more jobs than Russell Group students

Should've gone to Lancaster

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Plant Biology People - have you registered for our January education focussed event yet? Lancaster (UK) Jan 7-8th, in person or online. You’ve got until Dec 12th to register for what is shaping up to be a fab meeting! #PlantScience #PlantBiology web.cvent.com/event/a17159...

The Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University is now on Bluesky! 🎉 Find us at edreslancaster.bsky.social for news, events and updates :)

Gender and Education Association Conference 2025 - 27-30 May, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Call for abstracts is now open, deadline 20 December 2024. This is one not to miss 👇

Re-Routing and Re-Imagining Gender and Education conference

The 21st Gender in Education Association conference. Discover the themes being discussed, key dates and how to get involved.

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*Deadline approaching!* The special collection call for papers on 'Metaphors of AI in Higher Education: Discourses, Histories and Practices' is closing soon - full papers due by *December 15th* - more info & how to submit at: account.jime.open.ac.uk/index.php/up...

Many congratulations to 3 of our PhD researchers who have won awards for their work. We have a vibrant community of over 400 PhD students based around the world studying on our 4 programmes - www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Award Winning Doctoral Students and Alumna - Lancaster University

Many congratulations to two current doctoral students and an alumna of the Educational Research Department for their recent awards.

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Today: Wednesday 20th of November: 12:30 UK time, Online. Still time to sign up to this @edreslancaster.bsky.social seminar, where Dr @sallywelsh2003.bsky.social - one of our own PhD graduates 😊- will be talking about mature students' care work. All welcome - details and registration below...

Richard Budd@ddubdrahcir.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢Online Event: Wednesday 20th of November (12.30-2pm), @sallywelsh2003.bsky.social will be talking about recognising mature students’ unpaid care work as a form of work-based learning, as part of the our seminar series for 2025. For details and registration: www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Oh my goodness, how have I missed this? Actual data on the north-south dividing line in the UK based on actual data about Greggs vs Pret, Waitrose vs Morrisons, and household income. TL;DR it is pretty close to Watford Gap / Severn-Wash line. arxiv.org/abs/2304.00326

The Greggs-Pret Index: a Machine Learning analysis of consumer habits as a metric for the socio-economic North-South divide in England

In England, it is anecdotally remarked that the number of Greggs bakeries to be found in a town is a reliable measure of the area's 'Northern-ness'. Conversely, a commercial competitor to Greggs in th...

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