Feeling really fortunate to be one of top 100 voices to follow in higher education. As early career researcher I could not be happier to be amongst such distinguished educators!
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Q5. If 'flourishing lives in the operational details,' what one thing would streamline HE workloads?
Q5. If 'flourishing lives in the operational details,' what one thing would streamline HE workloads?
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What does flourishing in the workplace look like / mean to you?
Q1. Leaders should create the conditions in which academics may flourish. What does flourishing in the workplace look like / mean to you?
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2 days to go before the #LTHEchat this week!
This week we will feature @hazelfarrell.bsky.social ell.bsky.social and @kenmcarthy.ie exploring Teaching, Learning, Assessment and GenAI: Moving from Reaction to Intentional Practice.
Check out the blog for more details: lthechat.com/2026/01/16/l...
ditto reg cats!!!!! best companion who also got a picture in my PhD thesis and upcoming book :)
this is so true! I think this is why it is incredibly important for interview panels to have someone from EDI to ensure that we can focus on the questions rather than providing a whole story of why we do things our own way!
This week we will feature @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social exploring
Redundancy, Resilience, and Finding What’s Next
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Skepticism is widely regarded as the immune system of rational inquiry. However, when skepticism is unmoored from empirical grounding, logical rigor, or proportional standards of evidence, it degenerates into "Baseless Skepticism"—a form of obstructionist cynicism. This paper argues that rational doubt must be treated as a claim requiring justification, specifically subject to the constraints of reality. Drawing on principles of Bayesian inference and virtue epistemology, we formalize the Principle of Demonstrated Competence, arguing that claims surviving adversarial, real-world constraints establish a high epistemic prior. We further propose the Law of Epistemic Symmetry, positing that the rejection of a validated claim incurs a burden of proof identical to its acceptance. We conclude that dismissing demonstrated competence without counter-data is not intellectual rigor, but a violation of the ethics of belief.
Baseless Skepticism
"When skepticism lacks empirical grounding or logical justification, it ceases to function as a truth-seeking instrument and becomes a performative posture of intellectual superiority."
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Q5. How would staff wellbeing and workload be affected by these expectations? #LTHEchat
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Q4. With PGT coming into focus, how can we better support our Level 7 students right now? #LTHEchat
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Q1. What do you think the new "lowest rating" rule means for how we prioritise our work? #LTHEchat
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Q2. What feels most challenging about meeting the new quality expectations?
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Happy to share that I’ve joined the #LTHEchat organising committee 🎉
Looking forward to learning lots, contributing to the chats, and being part of such a thoughtful HE teaching community.
#LTHEchat #HigherEd #LearningAndTeaching #AcademicLife #EdDev #TeachingCommunity
Don't forget to join us for #LTHEchat this evening at 8pm GMT!
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A Shift in Perception: Exploring Stereovision Recovery | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind...
My first blog for Psychology Today!
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at ALT/Jisc event today. The last time I was in Birkbeck was in 2010, when I decided to retrain as a psychologist and took evening classes here. It was also a turmolous time when student riots were taking place. Birkbeck will be a special place as incubator of my academic dreams ❤️
Continuing my exploration of identity!
"Seeing others embrace a life that doesn’t revolve around romantic relationships helps me to accept and even celebrate my own choices."
drsarune.substack.com/p/code-of-two
just gave my personal website a much-needed refresh: www.sarune.info. It’s a space for my work, thoughts, and the occasional daydream. Take a look if you’re curious about immersive tech, neurodiversity, or the inner life of an overthinking academic 🌿
#NewWebsite #DigitalIdentity #AcademicLife
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Highly recommend this read to anyone working on workplace culture, equity, or simply wondering why things feel "off" even when everything looks fine on paper.
New blog post open.substack.com/pub/drsarune...
Decolonising of the curriculum is not my area of research, but it is a huge point for higher education sector so I am very happy that I can attend this conference today in Exeter. Learning a lot!
"What looks like discipline is often desperation. It’s not always about being clean or precise; it’s about calming the internal storm, scratching that invisible itch."
drsarune.substack.com/p/the-itch-y...
We hear a lot of buzz about “interdisciplinary work” these days. But how can we truly be interdisciplinary when we discourage curiosity beyond the boundaries of a single field? When we view people with wide-ranging interests as unfocused, or worse, unserious?
drsarune.substack.com/p/rediscover...
It’s a quiet kind of exclusion. As if we are welcome—as long as we don’t speak too loudly, or at all. Many choose to stay quiet, to blend in.
drsarune.substack.com
loving the lunch time Jisc webinars on AI, today we learn all about AI safety in education setting!
I'm pleased to share that I will be discussing my work on VR and drawing at the next creatveHE meet-up. More information here > creativehecommunity.wordpress.com/2025/04/02/s...
