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Kelly Smith
@smithkj.bsky.social
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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 · 10h
Daz’ too! 10 years old in a couple of weeks.
Daz the greyhound looking into the camera. Black with white paws showing and a greying muzzle.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 10h
Saw this and thought ‘but badgers are cute’! Went and read up on the differences between European and American badgers. Didn’t realise there was more than one type with different diets and different levels of aggressiveness.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 23h
Long may it last. I’m feeling the same so far this morning. Think it’s because there are actually gaps in my diary and I’m going to have some thinking space this week! And because Xmas is in sight too.

Reposted by Dave O’Brien, Kelly Smith

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 1d
Last week on Wonkhe: HESA researcher Tej Nathwani unpacks what would happen to our understanding of graduate outcomes if survey response rates continue to fall
What might lower response rates mean for Graduate Outcomes data?
HESA researcher Tej Nathwani unpacks what would happen to our understanding of graduate outcomes if survey response rates continue to fall
buff.ly

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 1d
Played your video to Daz. He did the tilty head thing, ran to the back door and barked. Couldn’t video him and play your video at the same time unfortunately.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 2d
Play at being Chancellor! Well worth a go. Puts difficult decisions into perspective. I would have like an option to increase/decrease income tax at different levels though.

Reposted by Kelly Smith

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Mark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 3d
The Budget is due on 26 November.

If you have sometimes thought that you could do a better job than the Chancellor, now is your chance to find out if you are right.

99-percent.org/if-you-were-...
If You Were Chancellor… - 99%
Now is your chance to see if you would deliver national renewal The Budget is due on November 26. Like all Budgets it will enable the Treasury to set the […]
99-percent.org

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 3d
Or the people who say ‘I’ve got a way with dogs’ and go straight in for Daz’s face after we’ve warned them not to. Sigh.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 3d
Like your yellow flag. We’ve got a ‘nervous rescue’ one. Been thinking of getting ‘cantankerous old git - keep away’ one!

Reposted by Kelly Smith, Katrina Navickas

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 3d
Let's play Bucks Name or Name Name

Reposted by Kelly Smith

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Dale McDowell @dalelmcdowell.bsky.social · 4d
The fact that people make, but never seem to use, silent fireworks just enrages me. We know what loud bangs do to animals and humans with PTSD and still can't seem to do the right thing.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 4d
I love Ozzy the Bull.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 5d
Sending healing vibes

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 5d
Their skin is so thin and tears so easily. Daz had a big split down his side caused by over enthusiastic play with a whippet. Looked horrendous and needed an oversight stay at the vets. Healed really nicely with no scar.

Reposted by Kelly Smith

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 5d
'The Royal Society...is among those urging the government to go much further with a new baccalaureate-style qualification that allows children to study a broader range of subjects, combining humanities and sciences or vocational and academic subjects as they progress through school.' 1/2
The government has flunked its curriculum review
Keir Starmer promised radical change to an outdated education system that fails our children and our employers. This is not it
observer.co.uk

Reposted by Marc Lynch, Loretta Lees, Christian Odendahl , and 7 more

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Alison Killing @alisonkilling.bsky.social · 5d
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com

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Mark Baxter @sparkbadger.bsky.social · 5d
Poet Liz Berry returns to a now empty building that she has a close personal link with - Selly Oak Library in Birmingham. Liz is back outside the building, to write a poem about the library's recent demise www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Empty Spaces, Liz Berry - Selly Oak Library, Birmingham
Poet Liz Berry mourns the abandoned Selly Oak Library in Birmingham.
www.bbc.co.uk

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 5d
This isn’t a story about university losing its value. It’s a story about Britain becoming a lower wage economy.
University still pays off – even in lower-wage Britain
This isn’t a story about university losing its value. It’s a story about Britain becoming a lower wage economy.
tcnv.link

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 5d
Any thoughts on the impact of the curriculum review on access to higher education for disadvantaged groups?

Given that prior attainment, particularly at GCSE, is the biggest barrier for free school meal children to attend HE, it's good to see the review focused on inequalities

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 6d
Sending you huge Panther shaped hugs. Love is a wonderful, painful thing.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 6d
Found some wonderful greyhound-loving friends on here. Reminded me how lucky we are to have found Daz. He arrived ‘with issues’ but turned into such a loving boy. This is my favourite view of him, grinning with joy at going on an adventure!
Daz the greyhound with a big grin and ears up looking out of the front window of the car he’s sitting in. Richard driving with red cap on.

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Kelly Smith, Margot C. Finn

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 7d
Based on this @russellgroup.bsky.social analysis which shows industry needs a wide range of skills - eg 40% of high-tariff graduates working in defence studied humanities and social sciences
www.russellgroup.ac.uk/policy/polic...
Our analysis shows UK defence businesses are benefiting from the skills of high-tariff graduates who studied everything from geography to history or modern languages.

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Lesley A. Hall, Kelly Smith , and 2 more

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 7d
‘If the industrial strategy is to succeed, we’ll need English graduates as well as engineers, historians alongside computer scientists, and social scientists together with health professionals.’
www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/do-we-n... @timeshighered.bsky.social
Do we need humanities graduates to deliver the industrial strategy?
Policymakers should take a broad view of the value of degree courses when building our future workforce, says Charlotte Hallahan
www.timeshighereducation.com

Reposted by Steven French, Kelly Smith

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 7d
Conversation last night reminded me of the main thesis of my most cited paper. If governments obsess about eliminating all free riding they are going to make things miserable for many, including people who have no intention of cheating. (Discussion prompted by assessment in age of AI.)

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 9d
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 9d
It’s not easy but well worth it.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 9d
We learned his triggers and how to avoid them. He wears a muzzle to doggy day care because of his sleep startle and because of his happy nips. We also have a yellow ‘nervous rescue’ attachment for his lead. He barks at people in the house so we move him to another room and one of us sits with him.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 9d
Daz came with anxiety issues and lashed out when it all got too much. Now a very loving boy (although still barks at other non-greys and doesn’t like people in the house). Wouldn’t be without him.

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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 10d
NEW on Wonkhe: Yes, there is a graduate earnings premium (even if you account for prior qualifications) bit.ly/3JraIzq

Reposted by Kelly Smith, Jérôme Denis, Michael Veale , and 1 more

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 11d
Logged in to ScholarOne for the journal I co-edit and jfc we had as many submissions in 2 weeks as we used to receive in 6 months 😱 Just so you understand why journal desk rejects these days give no feedback - we just can't at this wild volume. Is it the same for other journals and editors?