Paul Kleiman
@paulrk.bsky.social
Fragments at the edge of educational, cultural, political chaos. HE Consultant. Visiting Professor. PFHEA. Strategic thinker. Assessment radical. Creativity expert. Learning Outcomes heretic. Narrowboat owner. Blog: stumblingwithconfidence.com
Not a great fan of hydrangeas, but this, in our garden, is stunning.
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @liverpooluni.bsky.social This is one of a series of fundraising postcards produced in the 1920s, showing the campus as they hoped it would become If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
A6 For institutions: Avoid knee-jerk policy making. Ignore the moral panic. Think carefully and exploit ( in a good way) some of the excellent, research-focused, evidence-based research that is going on. #lthechat
A5 Design and implement projects that require the use and application of various GenAI tools BUT the key is to review the project focussing on the learning and if you’re going to assess it focus on process not product. #lthechat
First clear night sky after what seems like weeks of clouds and rain…and it was a full moon.
A6 1. Understanding the difference between empathy and sympathy. 2. Retaining a sense of humour and highly developed sense of the absurd. 3. Never underestimate the power of small acts of kindness. #lthechat
A5 Understanding that identity – professional or otherwise - is not immutable or linear. Maybe for some it is but for me it’s been a career of multiple, non-linear shifts and changes. The only constant, I suppose, is a quest for creativity and a sense of achievement. #lthechat
A Story of Christmas Eve. stumblingwithconfidence.com/2025/12/23/g... #christmas
Grief crept up on me, unexpectedly: a story of Christmas Eve.
As a Jewish family, we don’t really do Christmas. Yes, we’ll gather together, have a big meal, play board games, and watch far too much television. But that’s because it’s a…
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@profsallybrown.bsky.social Wishing you and Phil all the very best for 2026. with warm regards Paul x
Girl on woodland path Earphones in. Oblivious To the robin’s song.
No chance of a blood moon yesterday evening Cornwall - too light, too cloudy, too low - but compensated by a spectacular sunset.
Years ago, I was footling around on the piano after a conference dinner when someone asked if I could play her favourite tune Autumn Leaves. I couldn't but went home & learnt it. Now, every year, I record it and send it to her. So, @profsallybrown.bsky.social this is for you x youtu.be/twyxtkh6uAQ
Les Feuilles Mortes | Autumn Leaves 2025
YouTube video by Paul Kleiman
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80 years ago today, my mum - then 19 years old - typed this in her journal. #history #onthisday #familyhistory
Pieces: some recent and some not so recent posts mainly about education, creativity and assessment, with a few more personal pieces thrown in for good measure. #highereducation #Academicsky #Edusky stumblingwithconfidence.com/pieces/
Pieces
Some recent and not so recent posts, mainly about education, creativity and assessment, with a few more personal pieces thrown in for good measure.
stumblingwithconfidence.com
That went well! From AHE to A&E. From the wonderful AHE conference in Manchester to A&E in Truro. (Don’t ask…..well, if you insist, three cracked ribs from a bad fall). Heigh ho.
More examples of ‘Drawing from Experience’ using visualisation to reveal the emotional impact of assessment on academics. #AHEconf2025 stumblingwithconfidence.com/2022/06/23/r...
Revealing assessment through drawing
When leading workshops on assessment I often start with a ’warm-up’ exercise in which the participants, supplied with sheets of paper and plenty of coloured pens, are asked to draw/make marks on pa…
stumblingwithconfidence.com
More examples of ‘Drawing from Experience’ using visualisation to reveal the emotional impact of assessment on academics. #ahe2025 stumblingwithconfidence.com/2022/06/23/r...
Revealing assessment through drawing
When leading workshops on assessment I often start with a ’warm-up’ exercise in which the participants, supplied with sheets of paper and plenty of coloured pens, are asked to draw/make marks on pa…
stumblingwithconfidence.com
A couple of drawings from my ‘Drawing from Experience’ session on the emotional impact of assessment at the #ahe2025 conference. We don’t talk enough about this! #Edusky #Academicsky
A brush, with solitude and silence. stumblingwithconfidence.com/2025/05/18/a...
A brush, with silence and solitude
I really enjoy painting. Not the sort of thing one might frame and hang on a wall, but the actual walls one might hang them on. The larger the better. And I’m trying to work out why I like it…
stumblingwithconfidence.com
