Pete Evans
@eksplor.bsky.social
Lecturer in digital education | higher education strategy & policy | This is all me and not my employer
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One of the cool things about organizing at a massive worksite like a university (or a hospital, or an advanced auto factory, or...) is that you get to meet people who have superpowers you do not understand in the slightest. Finished a walkthrough and a got a tour of the lasers.
January 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
One of the cool things about organizing at a massive worksite like a university (or a hospital, or an advanced auto factory, or...) is that you get to meet people who have superpowers you do not understand in the slightest. Finished a walkthrough and a got a tour of the lasers.
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Here is your monthly guide to what's on in the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education this month. We look forward to seeing you at a future event. http://aldinhe.ac.uk/news/whats-on-this-month #LoveLD #LearningDevelopment #CPD #LearningDevelopers #ALDinHE
January 9, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Here is your monthly guide to what's on in the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education this month. We look forward to seeing you at a future event. http://aldinhe.ac.uk/news/whats-on-this-month #LoveLD #LearningDevelopment #CPD #LearningDevelopers #ALDinHE
A great paper on the state of academic publishing that is intensified by the GenAI in exploiting content and the generating slop
Is academic research experiencing the same ‘enshittification’ that Cory Doctorow identifies in online platforms?
Martina Linnenluecke and I say yes!
A summary of our paper is out today in The Conversation
Full paper at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
theconversation.com/the-5-stages...
Martina Linnenluecke and I say yes!
A summary of our paper is out today in The Conversation
Full paper at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
theconversation.com/the-5-stages...
The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.
theconversation.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
A great paper on the state of academic publishing that is intensified by the GenAI in exploiting content and the generating slop
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Are you studying for a doctorate at a UK university via a programme that is wholly or mostly online? If so, please take part in an anonymous, 10 min survey about the impacts of online doctoral study on wellbeing and share the link lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_....
Online doctoral researchers' wellbeing survey
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Are you studying for a doctorate at a UK university via a programme that is wholly or mostly online? If so, please take part in an anonymous, 10 min survey about the impacts of online doctoral study on wellbeing and share the link lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_....
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The Marshall Islands Just Quietly Implemented the First National Universal Basic Income (UBI)
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The Marshall Islands Just Quietly Implemented the First National Universal Basic Income (UBI)
How the Marshall Islands built the first nationwide universal basic income, funded by a US-capitalized Compact Trust Fund, and what it means for UBI everywhere.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The Marshall Islands Just Quietly Implemented the First National Universal Basic Income (UBI)
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Our annual Algerian Studies Master’s Dissertation Prize is now open for students at any UK university. If you get a high grade for a thesis related to #Algeria, apply & get your hard work recognised!
Deadline 30 November 2025, prizes announced January 2026, apply here: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
Deadline 30 November 2025, prizes announced January 2026, apply here: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
Algerian Studies Master's Dissertation Prize
The LSE Middle East Centre and the Society for Algerian Studies run a UK-wide prize for Master's dissertations on Algeria.
www.lse.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Our annual Algerian Studies Master’s Dissertation Prize is now open for students at any UK university. If you get a high grade for a thesis related to #Algeria, apply & get your hard work recognised!
Deadline 30 November 2025, prizes announced January 2026, apply here: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
Deadline 30 November 2025, prizes announced January 2026, apply here: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
Call for papers for the 2026 #Interdisciplinary #Learning and Teaching Conference at #Edinburgh Future Institute. Closing date for submissions is 16 Jan 2026 See interdisciplinaryuk.net/future-event...
Call for Papers Open!
Interdisciplinary Pathways: Engaging Learners and Creating Opportunities Call for papers Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh 16 April 2026 This year’s Conference …
interdisciplinaryuk.net
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Call for papers for the 2026 #Interdisciplinary #Learning and Teaching Conference at #Edinburgh Future Institute. Closing date for submissions is 16 Jan 2026 See interdisciplinaryuk.net/future-event...
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Universities must become more open to non-academic talent: Both within management and the professoriate, the need for a wider range of experience and skills is only getting stronger, says Marcus Munafò
https://ow.ly/O8yL50X9Fjp
https://ow.ly/O8yL50X9Fjp
October 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Universities must become more open to non-academic talent: Both within management and the professoriate, the need for a wider range of experience and skills is only getting stronger, says Marcus Munafò
https://ow.ly/O8yL50X9Fjp
https://ow.ly/O8yL50X9Fjp
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And so it begins.
My prediction:
1) ‘back-office efficiencies’ (aka cull of professional services and academic-related staff inc programme admin, student support, teaching/learning support / digital learning support /libraries / professional development etc)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My prediction:
1) ‘back-office efficiencies’ (aka cull of professional services and academic-related staff inc programme admin, student support, teaching/learning support / digital learning support /libraries / professional development etc)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Greenwich and Kent announce merger to form 'super-university'
Universities are facing ongoing financial worries, with the regulator saying other mergers could follow.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
And so it begins.
My prediction:
1) ‘back-office efficiencies’ (aka cull of professional services and academic-related staff inc programme admin, student support, teaching/learning support / digital learning support /libraries / professional development etc)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My prediction:
1) ‘back-office efficiencies’ (aka cull of professional services and academic-related staff inc programme admin, student support, teaching/learning support / digital learning support /libraries / professional development etc)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Strange piece on #ukhe finance. No mention of the tripling of fees by the coalition government, the removal of number caps nor the problems of focusing funding on HE rather than a coherent tertiary system
Strange piece on #ukhe finance. No mention of the tripling of fees by the coalition government, the removal of number caps nor the problems of focusing funding on HE rather than a coherent tertiary system
The Guardian view on university finances: stop chipping away at a crumbling system | Editorial
Editorial: Economic and academic activity are bound up together. Charging international students more for less will not fix deep-seated problems
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Strange piece on #ukhe finance. No mention of the tripling of fees by the coalition government, the removal of number caps nor the problems of focusing funding on HE rather than a coherent tertiary system
Strange piece on #ukhe finance. No mention of the tripling of fees by the coalition government, the removal of number caps nor the problems of focusing funding on HE rather than a coherent tertiary system
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Nice trillions-dollar industry you got there. It would be a shame if anyone tested its claims empirically
"UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost"
www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/m...
www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/m...
M365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial
: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex
www.theregister.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Nice trillions-dollar industry you got there. It would be a shame if anyone tested its claims empirically
Interesting summary of Skills England's latest report on priority #skills for 2030: especially that only 70% of computing graduates go on to #employment in IT. www.bcs.org/articles-opi... #employability #highered #tertiaryed #vocationaled
Digital Skills Demand to 2030: Skills England’s latest assessment | BCS
www.bcs.org
September 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Interesting summary of Skills England's latest report on priority #skills for 2030: especially that only 70% of computing graduates go on to #employment in IT. www.bcs.org/articles-opi... #employability #highered #tertiaryed #vocationaled
The AI Literacy Framework from @ec.europa.eu. @oecd-ocde.bsky.social, Code. org & others. Details key skills students need to navigate and shape a world with #AI.
The feedback survey is still open to help shape the final version.
👉See ailiteracyframework.org #AIEd #DigitalEducation
The feedback survey is still open to help shape the final version.
👉See ailiteracyframework.org #AIEd #DigitalEducation
August 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The AI Literacy Framework from @ec.europa.eu. @oecd-ocde.bsky.social, Code. org & others. Details key skills students need to navigate and shape a world with #AI.
The feedback survey is still open to help shape the final version.
👉See ailiteracyframework.org #AIEd #DigitalEducation
The feedback survey is still open to help shape the final version.
👉See ailiteracyframework.org #AIEd #DigitalEducation
CfP for Nineteenth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies at Rhodes. Proposals due by 16 September on the theme of human-centred AI transformations. See cgscholar.com/cg_event/eve... #DigitalEducation #elearning #AIED #higherEd #education
Nineteenth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies
The e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies Research Network provides a forum to meet others in the field, share ideas, and publish your work.
cgscholar.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
CfP for Nineteenth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies at Rhodes. Proposals due by 16 September on the theme of human-centred AI transformations. See cgscholar.com/cg_event/eve... #DigitalEducation #elearning #AIED #higherEd #education
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"By positing superintelligence as the future goal, and in repeating over and over again that it will absolutely, positively be here almost immediately, Altman and Zuckerberg can then just take it as read that what we are dealing with today is 'AI', artificial intelligence."
“The current political economy of AI rests on positing future value returns that will only be possible after a technological breakthrough of such unprecedented extent it would entail a transformation of society so radical as to undermine the very conditions of capitalist profit.” - Samuel Chambers
The Political Economy of "AI"
Before straying to the theory dark side, I spent some time in college as an Economics major; I’ve always been strangely charmed by a silly joke I first heard back then.
open.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"By positing superintelligence as the future goal, and in repeating over and over again that it will absolutely, positively be here almost immediately, Altman and Zuckerberg can then just take it as read that what we are dealing with today is 'AI', artificial intelligence."
For the USA, it looks like students studying wholly online will outnumber on-campus students www.npr.org/2025/07/11/n... #highered #digitaleducation
More college students now learn entirely online than completely in-person
This year is the first time that more U.S. college students will learn entirely online compared to being fully in-person. And research shows most online programs cost as much or more than in-person.Th...
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August 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
For the USA, it looks like students studying wholly online will outnumber on-campus students www.npr.org/2025/07/11/n... #highered #digitaleducation
Special issue of New Media & Society on digital twinning at journals.sagepub.com/toc/nmsa/27/8 #digitalTwinning
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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August 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Special issue of New Media & Society on digital twinning at journals.sagepub.com/toc/nmsa/27/8 #digitalTwinning
#Edinburgh Critical AI in Education Network event on 1 September, 1 - 4 pm, to organise for a more critical voice on AI-adoption within #HigherEd. Book a seat at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/edinburgh-... #AIEd #UKHE
Edinburgh Critical AI in Education Network
The event is aimed at creating a space for critical discussion of AI across our universities in Edinburgh
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#Edinburgh Critical AI in Education Network event on 1 September, 1 - 4 pm, to organise for a more critical voice on AI-adoption within #HigherEd. Book a seat at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/edinburgh-... #AIEd #UKHE
New #open access book on Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online available as part of the excellent Issues in Distance Education services from @aupress.bsky.social at www.aupress.ca/books/120334... #pedagogy #DigitalEducation
Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online - Athabasca University Press
Instructors across higher education require inspiring and practical resources for creating, adapting to, and enhancing, online teaching and learning spaces. Faculty need to build collaborative, equita...
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July 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
New #open access book on Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online available as part of the excellent Issues in Distance Education services from @aupress.bsky.social at www.aupress.ca/books/120334... #pedagogy #DigitalEducation
Yes, a great question. it’s as if universities as institutions ignore all their academics warning them of the risks and costs of big tech, data extractivism etc
June 17, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Yes, a great question. it’s as if universities as institutions ignore all their academics warning them of the risks and costs of big tech, data extractivism etc
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Denmark's govt are going fullstack OS Linux. Humboldt Berlin uni are fullstack OS Linux. Lots of other German and Dutch unis are completely free of Global big tech. If UK universities are all verging on bankrupt, why are they pouring money into big tech (incl AI)? Why aren't they all OS Linux?
June 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Denmark's govt are going fullstack OS Linux. Humboldt Berlin uni are fullstack OS Linux. Lots of other German and Dutch unis are completely free of Global big tech. If UK universities are all verging on bankrupt, why are they pouring money into big tech (incl AI)? Why aren't they all OS Linux?