#LTHEchat A6 Sadly most SLTs do not come from LD backgrounds, they do not understand LD & its values nor what it can do for students & for their HEI - this means that different people have different conceptualisations even when in disussion w each other. Shared understanding of the field would help.

LTHEchat@lthechat.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Q6 - How do your institutions ensure that embedded skills approaches work equitably across diverse student cohorts? Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response @drchrism.bsky.social

This is terrifying, and I’m not sure I’ve seen this dimension reflected in the any of the work and guidance on AI and assessment. In Ed Dev and LD we need to see our students holistically not just as learners.

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 10mo ago

Student Success | Report: ChatGPT Suggests Self-Harm, Suicide and Dangerous Dieting Plans Researchers identified tendencies for the chatbot to promote harmful behaviors to prompts from fictitious teens, as long as users told it the information was for a friend or project. https://bit.ly/3WkbzVq

Tom was a lovely person and a passionate LDer #LoveLD

Santanu Vasant PFHEA@santanuvasant.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Tonight's @lthechat.bsky.social marks the 1st anniversary of the passing of the great Tom Burns 🖤co-founder of @aldinhe.bsky.social aldinhe.ac.uk/remembering-... - the topic this evening is very fitting #LoveLD 🙏 #LTHEChat

Very much looking forward to discussing the embedding of academic skills in the curriculum in this week’s #LTHEchat

LTHEchat@lthechat.bsky.social · 10mo ago

LTHE Chat 340: Embedding Academic Skills in UK Higher Education: Why It Matters Join us on Bluesky with guest Dr Chris Martin @drchrism.bsky.social on Wednesday 22nd October 2025 at 20:00 BST When engaging in conversations with academic colleagues, the term ‘embedding academic skills’ is heard…

Twelve minutes to go until this evening’s #LTHEchat :) This evening we will be discussing embedding academic skills into the curriculum. Still time to read through the blogpost at lthechat.com/2025/10/20/l... before we get started tonight #LTHEchat @drchrism.bsky.social

LTHE Chat 340: Embedding Academic Skills in UK Higher Education: Why It Matters

Join us on Bluesky with guest Dr Chris Martin @drchrism.bsky.social on Wednesday 22nd October 2025 at 20:00 BST When engaging in conversations with academic colleagues, the…

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A student just described me as an academic chiropractor- her writing process was stiff so I cricked it and she could write again… I love that!

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Alt: a man is laying on a table as a chiropractor adjusts his spine

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Featuring the OG Scholastic Rat for recognition purposes! It was so lovely to meet in person, and a fab workshop! Just the boost I needed to get back into social media

(The) nearly Dr Puiyin Wong 👑@puiyin.bsky.social · last yr.

So I did some teaching (if you could call it that) at Oxford yesterday and one of my heroes @scholastic-rat.bsky.social turned up! ❤️

@puiyin.bsky.social I see you’re giving a talk in Oxford today! Just signed myself up. Been off social media for a while and it’s time to reengage - looking forward to being reenergised this afternoon!

End of my first term at Merton College Oxford. It’s been a very welcoming experience and an absolute joy to be working with students again. There’s an exciting sense of potential and possibility in helping support this community

Central Oxford in the low evening spring sunlight on the way home

It’s okay if you’re not feeling merry over the winter break. Student Space run by @studentmindsorg.bsky.social is here to support you 24/7 over the holidays. Visit: studentspace.org.uk

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John Canning@johngcanning.bsky.social · 2y ago

New blog post: Why does the idea of #learningstyles persist? johncanning.net/wp/?p=2672

The Learning Development Project podcast: new episode #30! Join Dr Steve White discussing the trouble with academic literacies - its tensions and contradiction, the role of voice and power, and the importance of context - and how we might move forward. aldinhe.ac.uk/networking/t... #LoveLD

Ed Bickle, Ian Johnson and Steven White are looking at where Learning Development fits in the bigger conversation about academic support for students in WONKHE - wonkhe.com/blogs/learni... #LoveLD

Learning development should be at the heart of conversations about academic support

Ed Bickle, Ian Johnson and Steven White argue that learning development holds the key to the conversations the sector is having about academic support Ed Bickle, Ian Johnson and Steven White argue tha...

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New year, new challenge! At the start of January I will be starting a new role at Oxford as Head of Welfare for Merton College. It’s a really exciting opportunity and I’m so looking forward to working with students again, as well as new colleagues!

BRILLIANT article by LD colleagues raising the profile of the profession and its invaluable place in HE ecosystems. A much needed piece! wonkhe.com/blogs/learni...

Learning development should be at the heart of conversations about academic support

Ed Bickle, Ian Johnson and Steven White argue that learning development holds the key to the conversations the sector is having about academic support Ed Bickle, Ian Johnson and Steven White argue tha...

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I need to start blogging again- I miss it! To get going, something quick that I was thinking about last month. rattusscholasticus.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/o...

Of Lightbulbs and Levers

Working to support the emerging community of academic skills mentors at Oxford University has helped me reflect more deeply on what constitutes skilled Learning Development practice. I’ve bee…

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I need to start blogging again- I miss it! To get going, something quick that I was thinking about last month. rattusscholasticus.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/o...

Of Lightbulbs and Levers

Working to support the emerging community of academic skills mentors at Oxford University has helped me reflect more deeply on what constitutes skilled Learning Development practice. I’ve bee…

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For those just joining Bluesky and interested in Higher Education, I have created a list of educators I follow which may be helpful to look at to expand your own network. bsky.app/profile/did:... #highered #LTHEchat #altc

Hello - As part of a UK QAA collaboration project, we are keen to hear from UK academics and students about the time needed to complete assessments. It's a bit long, but we'd appreciate your participation. #EduSky #AcademicSky

Since things are really starting to take off here, I’d better reintroduce myself. I’m a Learning Developer based in Oxford UK, interested in student success, wellbeing and social justice in HE. Academic skills but with a holistic, critical twist

If you're seeing encouragement/demands to do alt text and you're overwhelmed or confused about how to do it and you're worried you're going to do it wrong... this thread is for you. First: prompt questions to get you started.

Eb@ebthen.bsky.social · 2y ago

Alt text prompt Qs: What would someone who can't see the image need to know about it in order to take part in the conversation? What is it about this image that made you choose it? What are the important details someone who could see the image would take away from it? (Not for images of text.)

Its been a while since I’ve posted here or on the Platform Formerly Known As - to get back into the habit, a blog post I wrote a wee while ago rattusscholasticus.wordpress.com/2024/07/25/a...

A CPD Framework for Learning Development

It’s long been acknowledged that when you start as a Learning Developer, you jump in the deep end. There’s no qualification in LD, little training (I used to offer training via ALDinHE …

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In the space of a week I’ve run into two of the LDers who attended the original training I ran on 1-2-1 work in LD back in 2016-17, and it’s been SO lovely. I’m so glad it was and continues to be useful. And timely now I’m picking all this up again!

New blog post- been mulling this over since hearing a discussion over “academic study skills / academic *and* study skills” and what the difference even was rattusscholasticus.wordpress.com/2023/11/04/i...

Is there any such thing as ‘generic study skills’?

One of the fundamental implications of Academic Literacies theory is that writing is not monolithic. There is no such thing as ‘academic writing’; instead, there is a multiplicity of discourses, g...

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Thanks for the invite, @suebecks.bsky.social!