William Carey

@wcarey.bsky.social

AcDev StEng Partnership 💚: ✝️🎷🎶🍸 Peer Learning Guvn'r. Chair #EFYE Currently: Nottingham Trent University / Lund University Previously: Loughborough University / Munster Technological University / University of Manchester and Students Union

Well, #efye2025 ...it started this work to bring about a 20th Anniversary Special Issue, and can't believe it will soon be launched at #efye2026. How quickly time flies by. Looking forward to joining many colleagues in Szeged for a 'Roots to Wings' conference theme. So timely for where #EFYE is at!

William Carey @wcarey.bsky.social · last yr.

So looking forward to editing this Special Issue with great colleagues @dianen.bsky.social Luke, Pèter, Joke, Anneleen... Small correction...deadline is 20th July! 😉 Seems strange to bring back #efye2025 but after such success @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social, let's relive it in time for #efye2026

Mid way through 1st parallel session...focus on AI. Already 2 excellent talks...Maxime Lallement (AI agents in language learning) and Atefeh Tate (Sustainability and Ethics in AI). We've role played ordering coffee in France, and if AI projects can support Students as Responsible Innovators #FLT25

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What a quote, shared by Natalie Brown (NTU NSAD), from a final year NTU marketing student as we think more about Educational Gain. How do we measure this type of impact... is it a mindset shift we're looking to capture, a potential for further growth? #tilt2025

A photo of a slide describing elements a student had gained from being at university.
The key stand out message, which prompted this BlueSky reads "The biggest takeaway? It you're still at uni - it's not too late to try something new. You never know what could become the best decision you ever make."

What a fantastic phrase used by Charlotte Marshall (CADQ / PGCLTHE lecturer) about her 'PGCert Cafe'...and encouraging us to establish our own franchise - "where are the spaces where you can 'vent joy'?" So #TILT2025 ...where do you do this?

One of the first 'truly European' FYE...Una Europa Bachelor programme?! Drawing on consortium partnerships (HEIs not as islands but spanning borders)...looking forward to hearing about the development of this innovative programme, its building and delivery, and lived experience in practice #efye2025

Title slide of a keynote PowerPoint.
Text in slide says "Una Europa and the BAES program as a trailblazer for future proof curricula and institutions".

Educating for the future...a theme of the conference, and now Keynote 1 #efye2025. How will we keep up with AI? Changing curricular, couldn't keep up. Changing tech, couldn't keep up. Shift to the competencies, skills, autonomy, decision making.

A large slide projected on to a back screen for Keynote 1 of EFYE2025. A female is introducing the keynote speaker.A slide showing a female climbing / hanging off a rock face.
Text says "Society needs responsive professionals. Adaptive and resilience. Innovative. Responsible"

Where has the time gone? Hard to believe #EFYE2025 is <24hrs away...amazing work by local conference team, and input from International Committee means we're shaping up for an awesome time together. Hoping we might gain some traction on BlueSky this year as well...who is on their way/final packing?!

5 people standing outside at a university campus. All are wearing coats as it is cold (February in Leuven) but all are smiling.