Deputy director (engagement, HE) at Jisc. Interested in innovation, change, leadership, technology; passionate about cricket, rugby, cycling, food & mountains.
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Joined August 2008
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How is digital technology creating impact in HE institutions today? Nick Skelton looks at how digital can make improve student experience and create growth opportunities 🧑🎓 jisc.ac.uk/blog/how-higher-e…
As part of my PGR training I recall a presentation from a senior lecturer encouraging us to publish at each stage of the research process ... but of course the barriers were high. That was 20+ years ago ... but now Octopus is shrinking them. Great opportunity to drive the change!
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Trying to explain Mankad to a 12 & 9 year old. “That’s just rubbish,” said the youngest. I agree. Needs sorting, MCC. They were engrossed but will be harder now to get them to engage next time… #EngvInd
Powerful campaign launch at UUK conference, including remote address from Ukrainian Education minister. A stark reminder of the fundamental that drives every one of us working in the HE sector around the globe - education (and research) changes lives
We’re proud to be supporting #TwinForHope. Watch this powerful video to discover more universitiesuk.ac.uk/twinfor…
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Thanks to the hard work of the sector and the negotiations team, UK universities have reached an agreement with Elsevier that provides both unlimited open access publishing and access to paywalled journal articles jisc.ac.uk/news/jisc-respons…
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New research by me and @SnellJulia now published in @Language_In_Soc: ‘The (white) ears of Ofsted: a raciolinguistic perspective on the listening practices of the schools inspectorate’. It’s available open access and here’s a thread summarising the work. tinyurl.com/2p8jwpsx
A bit of #citizenscience for a sunny weekend...
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Back into the swing of travelling for meetings, office-time and conferences - London, Newcastle, Leamington Spa in the last two weeks and now on route to Birmingham. And it feels great!
Ha!
BREAKING: Education Secretary Gavin Williamson first to congratulate new British US Open Champion Mako Vunipola. #USOpen #USOpenFinal #Raducanu
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"London.Toronto.Shenyang. Bucharest". Britain's tennis superstar, who came to Bromley aged 2, exemplifies a rising 'melting pot generation' in 21st century Britain. With mixed ethnic heritage, plural identities can simply reflect lived experience of extended family relationships
Jisc launches new strategy to support higher education sector | Jisc: jisc.ac.uk/news/jisc-launche… #loveHE
Not sure whether to be surprised, honoured or alarmed to be mentioned in this tweet alongside a number of senior White House officials... 🤔 My heart’s with Cuba though, having memorably visited twice on research trips. 🇨🇺
#ReopenUSHavEmbassy Families belong together, there's no need to learn how to live with the pain of not having your loved ones around, even if is only 90 miles away. Please, we need #ConsularServicesInCuba
@USEmbCuba @jakejsullivan @WHCOS @JOD46 @Cartajuanero @SecMayorkas @WHAA
"Beyond deficit thinking" - great phrase, will be using that in many contexts! #digifest21
Closing comment - the need to go ‘beyond deficit thinking’. Hear, hear!
@JohnOBrienEDU at #Digifest21
This and the dx.educause pages really well positioned... dx.educause.edu/ #digifest21
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.@JohnOBrienEDU in today’s #Digifest21 opening keynote compares leadership in the immediacy of the pandemic as a ‘murmuration’ and depicts the #PivotToOnline in one image.
The myth of the pace of change in HE as glacial is also challenged.
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My midnight @Jisc #DIGIFEST21 presentation in the UK had so many questions at the end that the producers extended the session by 15 mins! Thank you SO MUCH to all the awesome folks that joined the session and engaged 🙌.
Welcome to my classroom :)
Indeed ... But having amazingly creative and innovative academic staff isn’t new. Wider adoption and I institutionalisation the big challenge we’ve never cracked. #digifest21
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