Kelly Smith

@smithkj.bsky.social

350 followers 740 following 530 posts

Enterprise and entrepreneurship educator at the University of Birmingham. Art collector and greyhound guardian. PFHEA, Fellow and Life Fellow of EEUK, and Fellow of ISBE.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 20h

Beautiful boy

Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 21h

😮

Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 23h

What was the answer????

Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 1d

No idea how you get yours to dress up and pose. Here’s Daz in his Christmas bandana which lasted all of 2 minutes.

Daz the greyhound in his Christian bandana just before he ripped it off in distain.

Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 1d

Merry Christmas from Daz. Wishing you all toys and presents that make you happy.

Daz the greyhound with his bottom in the air playing on his bed with his Christmas present from his humans who love him so much.

Reposted by Steve Peers, Lesley A. Hall, Kelly Smith , and 1 more Steve Peers, Lesley A. Hall, Kelly Smith, Ann Bartow

Ed Morrish @edmorrish.bsky.social · 1d

i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry

merry christmas xx

A real Good Samaritan

One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.

www.bbc.co.uk

Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 1d

And will be singing ‘Get dressed you merry gentlemen’ from now on.

Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 1d

Had all 4 series in my audiobook library but not the Christmas Special. Now rectified! Listening now for the first time.

Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 1d

Wonderful photo

Reposted by Diane Coyle, Axel Bruns, David N. Thomas , and 10 more Diane Coyle, Axel Bruns, David N. Thomas, Tim Bale, Huw Price, Niels Werber, Kelly Smith, Mark Robinson, Paul Nightingale, Björn Heile, Claire Jowitt, Maksym Polyakov, Virginia Sapiro

Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 1d

The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!

Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 1d

And again with the correct hashtag! #duvetknowitschristmas

Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 1d

Daz wants you to know that although he’s been uprooted from his usual bedroom and made to sleep in a strange location, it’s OK and he’ll be fine. #duvetknowsitschristmas

Daz the greyhound sleeping on his relocated bed and duvet. He’s pleased to say he’s made a donation as part of the #duvetknowsitschristmas campaign.

Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 1d

Daz wants you to know that although he’s been uprooted from his usual bedroom and made to sleep in a strange location, it’s OK and he’ll be fine. #duvetknowsitschristmas

Reposted by Steve Peers, Tom Shakespeare, Richard Fletcher , and 3 more Steve Peers, Tom Shakespeare, Richard Fletcher, Elizabeth Stokoe, Kelly Smith, Katrina Navickas

Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 1d

Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...

Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden

Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing. What is it? Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025

www.gofundme.com

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Steve Peers, Tom Shakespeare , and 5 more Anna O. Law, Steve Peers, Tom Shakespeare, Richard Fletcher, Kelly Smith, Michael H. Whitworth, Katrina Navickas, Judith Jesch

Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 1d

This is the 15th year of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, which is preposterous. Rules: if you find yourself dealing with unusual / claustrophobic / gaudy sleeping arrangements this Christmas Eve, share a picture with the world. Use the hashtag (with capitalisation) and cc me if you can be bothered.

Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 2d

This shocked me. I have so many photos of sunsets, clouds, insects, shadows, strangely shaped trees, etc., etc. that I’ve taken to send to others to share the joy I feel. Countryside or city. Whether I start out happy or sad. Never thought others might not feel the same.

Bobby Duffy @bobbyduffy.bsky.social · 2d

Out today - 16% of public feel a profound sense of awe or wonder at the universe or nature DAILY, 12% say they NEVER feel that, with an even spread across range between. One of my favourite qs of year - don't often get sense of how different our mental models are

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/one-in-...

Reposted by Kelly Smith

Bobby Duffy @bobbyduffy.bsky.social · 2d

More on our sense of thankfulness generally, based on King-Ho Leung's excellent lecture here
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/one-in-... @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

One in five Britons feel 'suddenly and deeply thankful to be alive' on weekly basis – while one in seven never feel this way, study finds | King's College London

Public views on thankfulness, awe and wonder noticeably vary across different groups

www.kcl.ac.uk

Reposted by Kelly Smith

Bobby Duffy @bobbyduffy.bsky.social · 2d

Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 2d

We LOVE Brets crisps. So much so we’ve given them as Christmas presents to friends this year. Luckily none are on Bluesky to spoil the surprise (as far as we know). Got most flavours to try ourselves although some I can’t have as a non-meat eater.

Adrie van der Luijt @traumainformedcontent.com · 7d

Bret’s aïoli crisps are… well, garlicky. Would you serve them at a drinks party? 8.5/10

Reposted by Kelly Smith

Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s a poem called ‘Christmas without you is’.

Christmas without you is

A cracker in need of pulling.
A glass of wine that could do with more mulling.
A stocking lacking in presents.
A champagne cocktail without effervescence.
A Santa Claus who doesn’t convince.
A deep-filled mince pie with no deep-filled mince.
A Wise Man bereft of myrrh
(substitute gold or frankincense, if you prefyrrh).
A card you've written but forgotten to send.
It's A Wonderful Life without the bit at the end.
An out-of-tune carol.
A big tin of Roses with no Golden Barrel.
A Bowie without a Bing.
A merrily-on-high dong that’s lost its ding.
Mistletoe without a kiss.
That's what Christmas without you is.

Brian Bilston

Reposted by Olivier Klein, Steve Peers, Dave O’Brien , and 6 more Olivier Klein, Steve Peers, Dave O’Brien, Kelly Smith, David S. Cohen, Jennifer A. Johnson, Hisham Zerriffi, Asa McKercher, Peter Gratton

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 3d

The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 3d

Thought we were being cruel but now realise it was just a habit we all got into. We only have one though. The thought of two or more backing each other up is too much!

Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 3d

May have underplayed the grumbling! Was definitely in our faces and repeated two or three times a night. Ignoring took a MASSIVE effort. Amazed it worked but so glad it did. Looking back at years of constantly interrupted sleep wondering why we didn’t try it earlier. Even Daz seems happier!

Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 3d

Upset was verbal grumbling. No accidents involved. He still needs an urgent pop out now and then but tells us by pawing at the door and barking if necessary.

Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 3d

Daz needed to go 3am every night. We mentioned this to the vet at a regular checkup - he said ‘well don’t let him’. We came out and said to each other ‘but he needs to’! Then, on holiday, he suddenly didn’t. Back home we gave ignoring him a go. It worked! After 3-5 days of upset, he sleeps through!

Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 4d

When you say ‘actual tariffs’ do you mean those that entrants were actually accepted on rather than those seen in prospectuses? (I don’t know the answer but would be interested too).

Reposted by Kelly Smith

Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 4d

UK #HigherEd peeps - a dumb question, if I may - is there a public dataset with actual tariffs accepted by provider and subject, please?

I had thought that UCAS end of cycle data did this but can't find it ...

Reposted by Peter Thorne, Scott L. Greer, Steve Peers , and 6 more Peter Thorne, Scott L. Greer, Steve Peers, Kelly Smith, Smith, Jonathan Hopkin, Laura Huenneke, Stephen D. Murphy, Brooke Harrington

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 4d

suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:

they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.

Reposted by Kelly Smith

Bryan Blessed (Virgin Birth)👶🏾🌟 @bryb.bsky.social · 5d

Ever wonder what the single most important moment in all of all history ever was?
Well, wonder no more!

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Steve Peers, Kelly Smith , and 3 more Anna O. Law, Steve Peers, Kelly Smith, Alessandro Nai, Daxton R. Stewart, Karin Wulf

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 6d

THREAD.

My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.

I've collected his work here...

Bridget the cat infiltrates the 'Abbey Road' cover shoot and becomes THE definitive fifth Beatle.

Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 6d

Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it

AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals

Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.

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