Today Stirling launches a voluntary severance scheme (of which the branch was only notified hours before its announcement on Monday) designed to recoup an eye watering £8.1 million pounds next year. We know colleagues are scared; if you haven't already joined the union, this is a good time to do so
@vickym24.bsky.social and I are holding some free webinars this week: Mind the (bias) Gap. Ethical Ai use for inclusive teaching.
Of interest to anyone in higher or further education, or indeed anyone who would like to know more about how to use LLM. Sign up here 👇🏻
www.tirigogy.com/tirigogy-web...
Join my colleague @drcaroljasper.bsky.social and I for our interactive 2-part workshop (May 28th and 30th) at the TIRIgogy network, discussing what AI in HE means for EDI initiatives! Sign up here: www.tirigogy.com/tirigogy-web...
#Edusky #LTHE #TeachLearnSky #AIinEdu
Attending a session of the Sustainability Symposium 2025 by @advancehe.bsky.social presenting a toolkit to use for embedding sustainability in any HE curriculum/module! www.advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hu.... Think this is going to be really helpful! #edusky #LTHE #TeachLearnSky
Some reflections on the teaching of psychology in today's political environment: www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
A list of the most effective ways an individual can catalyze change at the scale we need to effectively tackle climate change, based on social science.
I’m a scientist who studies how climate change impacts our lives and the places we love.
Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!
We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
BILLIONAIRE PLAYBOOK:
1. Buy all media
2. Brainwash masses
3. Oligarchy
• Trump signs order to withdraw US from Paris climate agreement for second time | Guardian • Trump declares energy emergency | Hill • Trump temporarily halts leasing and permitting for wind energy projects | Associated Press • Trump lifts Biden's freeze on liquefied natural gas exports | Bloomberg • Trump revokes Biden 50% EV target, freezes unspent charging funds | Reuters • Trump orders agencies to halt spending from Biden's climate law | Bloomberg • Fierce winds and heightened risk of wildfires return to California | Guardian • UK poised to back Heathrow airport expansion in push for growth | Bloomberg • Zone-specific environmental management system established in China | China Daily
This snapshot of top climate news on @carbonbrief.org really captures global climate politics in this historical moment: full-on denial in the US, ambivalence and greenwashing in the UK, and a new implementation of 1+N, a "zone specific environmental management system," in China.
If the US leaves WHO, this wouldn't happen before January 2026 at the earliest, and Congress might try to block it.
The US provides a large contribution to WHO, so the loss of those funds would impact WHO's ability to react quickly to global pandemics.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Generative AI, when used responsibly, enhances academic integrity by fostering intrinsic motivation through autonomy, competence, & relatedness.
It’s time we harness AI's potential to support meaningful learning in education: www.frontiersin.org/journals/art... #EduSkyAU
A really important consideration in my opinion, the shift away from critical thinking through the overuse of AI.
AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking https://buff.ly/40jnBRD
#edusky #UKEd #aiineducation
ground.news/article/met-...
How different people report 2025's potential climate... Right= not as hot as this year, Left/centre = one of the 3 hottest years on record... #media #propaganda #climatechange #GreenSky
Renewables (wind, solar, hydro) will overtake fossil fuels in UK electricity generation this year
“Wind is well on its way to overtaking gas as the largest single power source" according to Ember, authors of the analysis
www.ft.com/content/2878...
Abstract that reads How different racial minorities experience racism differently remains underexplored in existing research. Here, we show that Asian and Black people are often dehumanized differently. Twelve studies spotlight a racial asymmetry in dehumanization using a wide array of methods (experimental, archival, and computational) and data sources (online samples, word embeddings, and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data): Whereas Black people are more often subjected to animalistic dehumanization, Asian people are predominantly subjected to mechanistic dehumanization. We demonstrate this asymmetry from the vantage point of victims (Studies 1a and 1b) and perpetrators (Studies 2a–2d). We further document the prevalence of this asymmetry across diverse domains, from everyday language (Study 3) to perceptions in the realms of romantic relationships (Study 4a), crime rates (Study 4b), and business skills (Study 4c). Finally, we demonstrate the asymmetry’s real-world consequences in labor market segregation (Studies 5 and 6). Our findings shed light on the distinct experiences of racism encountered by different racial groups and, more critically, introduce a framework that unifies and integrates scattered empirical observations on perceptions of Asian people.
Asian people and Black people can both face dehumanization in the US, but the type differs: Asian = machine, Black = animal
osf.io/preprints/ps...
psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
#prejudice #socpsych #polpsych #psyscisky
Front page of a recent journal article from Journal of Applied Psychology entitled Personality Profiles of 263 Occupations. Link to article: https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001249
A bit late to the party, but I finally read this interesting article about how occupations tend to attract people with certain personality traits.
I’ll share a few thoughts below 🧵, but here’s a link to the full study: doi.org/10.1037/apl0...
For those in #AcademicSky, this so hilariously represents the dilemmas we have all been discussing for the last few years #chemsky 🧪
www.youtube.com/shorts/ZB1eF...
Learn how to use AI, learn when to refuse AI, and be excellent to each other.
#artificialintelligence #aieducation #aiedu #aiined #aiinedu
leonfurze.com/2024/12/05/m...
As more and more famous men are outed as sexually inappropriate, predatory, and/or violent, let’s remember that these behaviours start with ‘banter’ which goes unchecked.
Add a dose of power and status and these men appear to feel legitimised to use women how they choose.
Call out all misogyny.
@kwsaar.bsky.social here's a great list with SoTL overlap
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This will help you find some good people go.bsky.app/HzQvdh4
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This article seems to have got very little attention.
"The Bradford Heat Network will use air source heat pumps to warm water, which is then run through underground pipes to customers."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We stand with our comrades @uea-ucu.bsky.social , who are facing another brutal round of redundancies for the second time in 18 months. When will management be held accountable? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
128 pieces of work to mark! 😅 But you know what makes it much more fun? Allowing your 3rd year students to use whatever format they want (essay, blog, presentation, podcast, etc.)!
Great for accessibility, creativity, and fun to mark as well, oh and it's at AIAS level 5! #edu #LTHE #AIinEdu
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the global economy and transforming the workforce and infrastructure.
An IMF 2023 map highlights the ten most AI-ready countries, with Singapore at the top.
Source @visualcap.bsky.social
#AI
