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Can you balance equity and freedom of speech in the classroom, or are they mutually exclusive? LSE student and staff panellists close out the day with this food for thought in an expansive discussion on “Visions for the Future of Education.” @lsesu.bsky.social @banaji.bsky.social #LSEEdSymp2025
A title graphic states, "Practice Sharing from LSE Educators: Futures-Facing Education; LSE Education Symposium 2025; Thursday 5 June." In the middle of the slide is five individual headshots of the presenters.
Next up at #LSEEdSymp2025 — 5 presenters share how their practices are oriented toward a “Futures-Facing Education.” Huge thanks to Riya Chhikara at @lsedatascience.bsky.social / @economist.com, Barnaby Mollett, Amy Fox, & Dan Gendle at LSE Careers, & Casey Kearney at @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social.
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Mairéad Pratschke’s research finds that increasingly intelligent models are increasingly integrated into everything, notably education. She insightfully considers the work that needs to be done now that academia exists alongside machines that don’t just do, but think. #LSEEdSymp2025
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Recipients of Eden Catalyst Funding share their ongoing research, which poses vital questions about how GenAI technologies affect pedagogy, marking criteria, and student learning experiences. Learn more about their projects and the Fund on the Eden Centre website. #LSEEdSymp2025
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“I’m not saying that universities need to take a social position, but not taking a position is a position in itself,” says Jonathan Grant regarding institutional neutrality in his keynote “The New Power University: The Social Purpose of HE in the 21st Century.” #LSEEdSymp2025
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We’re all ears this morning as Claire Gordon (Eden Centre Director) and Emma McCoy (VP and Pro Vice Chancellor for Education at LSE) kick off the LSE Education Symposium 2025 — Shaping the World: Impactful Education for Changing Times. #LSEEdSymp2025
