Strengthening partnerships between trade unions and universities It’s HeartUnions week – David Conway explains why trade unions should be at the heart of higher education It’s HeartUnions week – David Conway explains why trade unions should be at the heart...

This week on Wonkhe: It’s HeartUnions week – David Conway explains why trade unions should be at the heart of higher education

Just make sure you do have alternate contact details for people you want to stay in touch with when you do the full deletion - I accidentally missed a few, thinking I had another way to contact them

I did it in stages. There’s an option for deactivating your account without deleting which means you still have Messenger - you don’t get updates on what people are up to but you can still contact them. After about six months I realised I didn’t miss it and deleted entirely

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If you’re having a giggle at #DuvetKnowItsChristmas why not send some money Centrepoint’s way to help those who don’t have somewhere warm and dry to sleep this Christmas gofund.me/637d21d0

Foster is incredible, how Keegan packs so much feeling into 80-odd pages I don’t know. The film (An Cailín Ciúin) is great too

How Amazon Ruined Christmas YouTube video by More Perfect Union

BREAKING: Amazon workers in NYC are going on strike right before Christmas—the company's busiest time.

The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.

Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
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A book is held up in front of a background of bookshelves. The book has a light green cover with large cream spots and two hands stretching out to each other, and is emblazoned with the title ‘Who wants to live forever’ in pink and black letters and the name of the author, Hanna Thomas Uose.

Just finished ‘Who wants to live forever’, a beautiful novel by @hannamade.bsky.social exploring how a drug promising endless youth might change us, our relationships and our society. I was engrossed from the first page and am still thinking about Yuki and Sam #booksky #justiceforcrones

This right here ⬇️ The new shiny things are all well and good (sometimes) but the biggest impact is from getting the basics right - clear structure, guidelines and expectations; timely and regular feedback; (signposted) support

Continuing the focus on creating more inclusive learning environments, Esther Murray spoke about autistic burnout and how we as educators might reduce the risk for autistic students (and colleagues) www.qmul.ac.uk/digital-educ...

Our #DigitalEducationStudio Nov newsletter focused on inclusion and I spoke to two amazing colleagues Ru Rose & Esther Murray about ensuring our learning environments are inclusive & supportive of neurodivergent students. First up, Ru shared her strategies and advice www.qmul.ac.uk/digital-educ...

@suebecks.bsky.social & Peter Hartley used their provocation @ SEDA Autumn to remind us that a key part of responsibility is knowing the consequences of our actions - and ask, given environmental impacts, exploitation, lack of transparency & other harms, what responsible Gen AI use might look like

Friends, this week marks a monumental step forward in my path towards pushing for a greater ecology of accountability in the age of AI. Thrilled to officially announce the AI Accountability Lab (AIAL) @theaial.bsky.social at Trinity College Dublin is launching today, Thursday Nov 28, 2024 aial.ie

I found this an incredibly helpful and insightful thread in thinking through ways in which we create & shape systems & dynamics as we think we simply investigate/study them - w apols for clumsy wording

I’d never thought about it like this. Thank you for the new (and important) perspective

Great keynote from Prof Roni Bamber reflecting on the history and future of academic development in HE, at the SEDA Autumn Conference today - loved the shout-out to @kiftsally.bsky.social and transition pedagogy ❤️

"A little compassion, both to ourselves and others, goes a long way" - timely piece from Tegan Bradley on prioritising engagement over attendance herdsa.org.au/herdsa-conne...

Teaching in a different environment requires us to try some different strategies- great tips here from @theeddesigner.bsky.social on facilitating whole class discussions online. I like incorporating things like Mentimeter too, as an alternative to the chat. Anything you would add?

Priorities When Cultivating Critical AI Literacy I’ve been thinking for the past few days on how we reflect our priorities in the ways we go about cultivating critical AI literacy. Recently, someone told me how they used my framework for cr…

Priorities When Cultivating Critical AI Literacy - a thought and many resources
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London mayor Sadiq Khan strikes a different tone to the PM this morning, noting many Londoners will be anxious about Trump's win and calling for everyone to double down in the fight for progress

Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats speaks the truth about Donald Trump

The book ‘Smart University: Student surveillance in the digital age’ by Lindsay Weinberg sits on a wooden coffee table.

I pre-ordered this quite a while ago and promptly forgot about it. It arrived yesterday and guess what I’ll be reading this weekend (while I’m supposed to be packing up the flat 🤦‍♀️), incurable nerd that I am

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if you work in HE and your managers tell you that your institution has an £XXXX deficit, it’s very important to ask whether it is actually a deficit or in fact a shortfall against predicted or even just possible earnings

I do not own an oodie but I did resort to my hoody this afternoon, even though I usually try to avoid it when I have meetings.

How well does it align with my teaching philosophy? How well do I understand it? How will my use or refusal of it affect learning, equity and inclusion, trust and community? To what extent does it promote learner agency? - excellent questions to guide decisions on our use of genAI, and other tech

Thank you for sharing this! I really like the idea of considering these choices through the lens of our teaching philosophy and of our own literacies, not just those of our students

This is the kind of endorsement I aim for 🐈

A new academic year means building a new learning community for your students. I wrote about @mahabali.bsky.social and Mia Zamora's 'intentionally equitable hospitality' and Priya Parker's 'generous authority' for our Digital Education Studio newsletter this month: tinyurl.com/2p9mwdau

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Earlier this year QMUL & Ain Shams Uni proudly launched our MOOC 'Digital Health: Philosophies, Technologies & Practice'. Now join our 'Meet the Educators' webinar on Thurs 3 Oct, 1pm BST to hear more about key developments in digital health - & how we co-created the course! bit.ly/Digital-Heal...