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Jan McArthur 💙

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Professor and Head of Department, Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University. Views mine.

 Lancaster University
Joined April 2014
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Rethinking Authentic Assessment - my article is in the latest issue of Higher Education. Likely of interest to anyone engaging with what we mean by authentic assessment, & how best to change our assessment practices. Open access: rdcu.be/c3iFz
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Farewell twitter folk. I've been lucky to have had many positive experiences on this platform - before it got wrecked. Please join me for more on education and social justice - plus, cats, chickens and gardens - on LinkedIn and @janmcarthur.bsky.social
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Dr Beth Garrett@bethan_garrett14 Nov 2024
Amazing morning presenting a keynote at the Edge Sustainable Education Summit! So many great themes of community, compassion, hope, wellbeing, action, motivation and social justice @SJLancasterU @EdResLancaster #SES2024
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HECU - the Higher Education Close-Up - conference and community can now be found over on the beautiful blue butterfly site: hecu.bsky.social
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It always confuses me how many people in the UK just accept an unelected house in Parliament. There simply is no justification.
Pete Wishart (@PeteWishart) profile picturePete Wishart
@PeteWishart11 Nov 2024
Wait till you see the rest of my amendments tomorrow. I can't abolish the Lords in this particular Bill but I can abolish its membership...... We'll start with the donors and the appointed cronies and work downwards. Scottish Labour will of course support me!!!?
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Pete Wishart
@PeteWishart11 Nov 2024
They get £342 per day just for turning up but don't pay one penny of tax. If they paid their share it would cover the winter fuel allowance for Scotland's pensioners. Tomorrow I will bring amendments to make them pay as well as abolishing the whole circus. dailyrecord.co.uk/news/polit…

SNP in bid to force Lords to pay income tax on parliamentary allowance

SNP Deputy Westminster Leader Pete Wishart will table an amendment to tax peers on their £342 daily allowance.

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Sounds intriguing.
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I'll be leaving this space at the end of November. Find me at the happy little blue bird site, or LinkedIn. There are alternatives to greed and corruption. xx
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Bruce John Macfarlane@profbmac7 Nov 2024
The 'duty to explain' is a more a positive way of understanding that the university teacher should not indoctrinate the student but instead open up a range of interpretations for them to choose from. See my new paper with Ivy Xiao Han in open access: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
The duty to explain: a positive defence of academic freedom in the social sciences

The duty to explain: a positive defence of academic freedom in the social sciences

This paper defines a university teacher’s ‘duty to explain’ as a way of developing student autonomy. This builds on the idea that in other professions, such as medicine or law, there is a duty of c...

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Paul Ashwin@paulashwin7 Nov 2024
I co-authored this @HEPI_news blog on the development of tertiary education in England: hepi.ac.uk/2024/11/06/adopin…
Adopting a regional tertiary education, research and innovation system in England: priorities,...

Adopting a regional tertiary education, research and innovation system in England: priorities,...

A holistic, coordinated tertiary education approach could revitalize post-18 education, balancing central governance with regional needs and institutional autonomy.

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Prof. Devi Sridhar
@devisridhar4 Nov 2024
Women should lift each other up in the workplace. Could have said- 'it's a brilliant achievement tho we differ in our policy views'- The exact kind of woman you don't want to have as your boss if you're a woman too.
Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) profile pictureHaggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺@Haggis_UK3 Nov 2024
Kemi Badenoch: "I find it astonishing that Rachel Reeves keeps talking about how she's the first female Chancellor, which is a very, very low-glass ceiling... which she may have smashed." #bbclaurak
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Parody Nigel Farage@Parody_PM4 Nov 2024
Priti Patel has been made Shadow Foreign Secretary, which is a great excuse to remember that time Ian Hislop hilariously destroyed her argument in favour of the death penalty.
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Fascinating and challenging article by @JuusoNieminen on the paradoxes of inclusive assessment. #highereducation #AcademicTwitter
Juuso Henrik Nieminen (@JuusoNieminen) profile pictureJuuso Henrik Nieminen
@JuusoNieminen4 Nov 2024
Why is it so tricky to design inclusive assessment that considers the diversity of students? Perhaps assessment and inclusion are simply incompatible. My @AheConference keynote exploring the paradox of inclusive assessment has been published! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Screenshot of the first page of the paper, including the title, author details and abstract of the study. The study was published in Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. Title: The paradox of inclusive assessment Author: Juuso Henrik Nieminen Abstract: please see the full abstract through the link

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Really pleased to have a chapter in this important new volume on assessment and feedback in HE. Great working with Carol and Michael as editors too.
Elgar Sociology (@Elgar_Sociology) profile pictureElgar Sociology@Elgar_Sociology4 Nov 2024
🎓NEW: Research Handbook on #Innovations in Assessment and Feedback in Higher #Education by Carol Evans & Michael Waring FREE chapter: doi.org/10.4337/978180088160… More information: e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/978180… #HigherEducation @eileenpmcevoy @rmforsyth Endorsed by @john_hattie
Research Handbook on Innovations in Assessment and Feedback in Higher Education book advert. Featuring the following quote: ‘Evans and Waring have made a significant contribution by bringing together leading researchers worldwide to present their model of self-regulatory assessment and feedback. The Handbook serves as an empirical basis for elevating self-regulation in higher education and guides educators toward creating a more engaging, empowering, and successful learning experience for their students.’ – John Hattie, Emeritus Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia.

ALT Research Handbook on Innovations in Assessment and Feedback in Higher Education book advert. Featuring the following quote: ‘Evans and Waring have made a significant contribution by bringing together leading researchers worldwide to present their model of self-regulatory assessment and feedback. The Handbook serves as an empirical basis for elevating self-regulation in higher education and guides educators toward creating a more engaging, empowering, and successful learning experience for their students.’ – John Hattie, Emeritus Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia.

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Gary Younge@garyyounge22 Oct 2024
Good to see at least one refugee being treated decently.
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@guardian22 Oct 2024
Paddington Bear given official UK passport by Home Office theguardian.com/film/2024/oc…
Paddington Bear given UK passport by Home Office

Paddington Bear given UK passport by Home Office

Government issues specimen document to Peruvian-born character, listing him as ‘Bear’ under its observations

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Prof. Charlotte Baker@DrCABaker23 Oct 2024
Delighted to see my research engagement with policymakers and that of colleagues @FASSResearch_LU featured in this new publication *How does Arts and Humanities research influence public policymaking?* @globalaffairslu @LancasterUni @FASSEC @ahrcpress upen.ac.uk/resources/how-doe…
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Derek Hird@DerekJHird23 Oct 2024
The @LancasterUni School of Global Affairs @globalaffairslu offers four new master’s degrees, each of which provides distinctive yet interconnected opportunities to develop the skills, knowledge, relationships and partnerships needed to meet the global challenges of our time.
School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University (@globalaffairslu) profile pictureSchool of Global Affairs at Lancaster University@globalaffairslu17 Oct 2024
We are excited to announce we’re now taking applications for our suite of new MAs, designed for people who want to make a difference through ethical leadership and collaboration. Starting October 2025. Sign up for a PG Open Day to find out more: lancaster.ac.uk/study/open-d…
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Supertanskiii
@supertanskiii18 Oct 2024
The horrifying reality of being a woman, perfectly summarised by @_CaitlinORyan If you give even the slightest shit about women, watch it all. This is what it’s like.
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New publication alert! 🚨 Black Lives Matter here too: amplifying blackness in research methods Points for Departure paper by Edward Watson tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #HigherEd #BlackLivesMatter
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Excellent questions @Luci_Willis
Lucinda Willis (@Luci_Willis) profile pictureLucinda Willis@Luci_Willis17 Oct 2024
Where is consent on schools for the use of edtech platforms, what are we being sold? What implicit or explicit messages are young people receiving from their use of these platforms? #IBGC2024
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95 years ago today, women were officially recognized as persons in Canada.
Kirsty Duncan (@KirstyDuncanPhD) profile pictureKirsty Duncan@KirstyDuncanPhD18 Oct 2024
On Persons Day, we remember the Famous Five who successfully challenged a law that defined ‘persons’ as men. In 1929, after six decades of Canada, some women in the country were at last recognized as persons. Almost a century later, the fight for equality continues.
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