Fran Sutherland
@fransez.bsky.social
Educational developer | Senior fellow #Iraqi HE researcher | former Education, Peace & Politics & Nahrein network | #LTHEChat | mum to a Klementine🍊🥁 | Dabbling here since the Xodus
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Join us tonight at 8 pm BST where we'll be exploring Teaching, Learning, Assessment and GenAI:Moving from Reaction to Intentional Practice with @hazelfarrell.bsky.social and @kenmccarthy.ie
Read the blog for more: lthechat.com/2026/01/16/l...
Read the blog for more: lthechat.com/2026/01/16/l...
LTHEchat 350: Teaching, Learning, Assessment and GenAI: Moving from Reaction to Intentional Practice
Generative AI has become part of higher education with remarkable speed. In a short period of time, it has entered classrooms, assessment design, academic writing, feedback processes, and professio…
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January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Join us tonight at 8 pm BST where we'll be exploring Teaching, Learning, Assessment and GenAI:Moving from Reaction to Intentional Practice with @hazelfarrell.bsky.social and @kenmccarthy.ie
Read the blog for more: lthechat.com/2026/01/16/l...
Read the blog for more: lthechat.com/2026/01/16/l...
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Looking forward to this!
Join us for #LTHEchat which will explore Teaching, Learning, Assessment and GenAI with the amazing @hazelfarrell.bsky.social & @kenmccarthy.ie tonight Wednesday 8-9pm GMT. lthechat.com/2026/01/16/l...
Join us for #LTHEchat which will explore Teaching, Learning, Assessment and GenAI with the amazing @hazelfarrell.bsky.social & @kenmccarthy.ie tonight Wednesday 8-9pm GMT. lthechat.com/2026/01/16/l...
LTHEchat 350: Teaching, Learning, Assessment and GenAI: Moving from Reaction to Intentional Practice
Generative AI has become part of higher education with remarkable speed. In a short period of time, it has entered classrooms, assessment design, academic writing, feedback processes, and professio…
lthechat.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Looking forward to this!
Join us for #LTHEchat which will explore Teaching, Learning, Assessment and GenAI with the amazing @hazelfarrell.bsky.social & @kenmccarthy.ie tonight Wednesday 8-9pm GMT. lthechat.com/2026/01/16/l...
Join us for #LTHEchat which will explore Teaching, Learning, Assessment and GenAI with the amazing @hazelfarrell.bsky.social & @kenmccarthy.ie tonight Wednesday 8-9pm GMT. lthechat.com/2026/01/16/l...
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Don’t forget to join us tomorrow, Wednesday 8-9pm BST, for #LTHEchat, which will explore Teaching, Learning, Assessment and GenAI: Moving from Reaction to Intentional Practice with @hazelfarrell.bsky.social and @kenmccarthy.ie
Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2026/01/16/l...
Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2026/01/16/l...
LTHEchat 350: Teaching, Learning, Assessment and GenAI: Moving from Reaction to Intentional Practice
Generative AI has become part of higher education with remarkable speed. In a short period of time, it has entered classrooms, assessment design, academic writing, feedback processes, and professio…
lthechat.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Don’t forget to join us tomorrow, Wednesday 8-9pm BST, for #LTHEchat, which will explore Teaching, Learning, Assessment and GenAI: Moving from Reaction to Intentional Practice with @hazelfarrell.bsky.social and @kenmccarthy.ie
Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2026/01/16/l...
Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2026/01/16/l...
Next week’s #LTHEchat ‘discussion will be grounded in the Manifesto for Generative AI in Higher Education, and informed by the wider work of GenAI:N3, a national initiative in Ireland supporting collaborative engagement with generative AI across higher education.’
Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore Teaching, Learning, Assessment and GenAI with @hazelfarrell.bsky.social and @kenmccarthy.ie on Wednesday 8-9pm GMT.
LTHEchat 350: Teaching, Learning, Assessment and GenAI: Moving from Reaction to Intentional Practice
Generative AI has become part of higher education with remarkable speed. In a short period of time, it has entered classrooms, assessment design, academic writing, feedback processes, and professional workflows. For many educators, its arrival felt sudden and difficult to make sense of, leaving little space to pause and consider what this shift means for learning, teaching, and academic practice.
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January 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Next week’s #LTHEchat ‘discussion will be grounded in the Manifesto for Generative AI in Higher Education, and informed by the wider work of GenAI:N3, a national initiative in Ireland supporting collaborative engagement with generative AI across higher education.’
‘This week’s #LTHEchat is for you if you’ve experienced redundancy, are currently navigating your way through it, have experienced being under threat of redundancy, or are quietly wondering how you’d cope if it came your way’
Join us tomorrow (Weds) 8pm for #LTHEchat with @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social
Join us tomorrow (Weds) 8pm for #LTHEchat with @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social
Don’t forget to join us tomorrow, Wednesday 8-9pm BST, for #LTHEchat, which will explore Redundancy, Resilience, and Finding What’s Next with @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social.
Read the blog post at:
Read the blog post at:
LTHEchat 349: Redundancy, Resilience, and Finding What’s Next
There’s no nice way to talk about redundancy. It doesn’t arrive as a single moment, even when there is a single date attached to it. It arrives in phases: uncertainty, waiting, the conversation its…
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January 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
‘This week’s #LTHEchat is for you if you’ve experienced redundancy, are currently navigating your way through it, have experienced being under threat of redundancy, or are quietly wondering how you’d cope if it came your way’
Join us tomorrow (Weds) 8pm for #LTHEchat with @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social
Join us tomorrow (Weds) 8pm for #LTHEchat with @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social
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Q6. What would a healthier quality assurance culture look like to you?
Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response
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Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response
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January 7, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Q6. What would a healthier quality assurance culture look like to you?
Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response
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Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response
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Q5. How would staff wellbeing and workload be affected by these expectations? #LTHEchat
Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response
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Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response
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January 7, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Q5. How would staff wellbeing and workload be affected by these expectations? #LTHEchat
Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response
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Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response
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Q1. What do you think the new "lowest rating" rule means for how we prioritise our work? #LTHEchat
Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response
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Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response
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January 7, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Q1. What do you think the new "lowest rating" rule means for how we prioritise our work? #LTHEchat
Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response
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Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response
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A very useful post it is too - for everyone in HE. Quality, the OfS and TEF changes - how is it all coming together?
January 7, 2026 at 8:03 PM
A very useful post it is too - for everyone in HE. Quality, the OfS and TEF changes - how is it all coming together?
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New preprint! @marentierra.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I have been working on what CAIL means to showcase & propagate the idea of thinking very differently to tech industry norms on "artificial intelligence"
Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
New preprint! @marentierra.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I have been working on what CAIL means to showcase & propagate the idea of thinking very differently to tech industry norms on "artificial intelligence"
Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat with guests @puiyin.bsky.social, @katharinehubbard.bsky.social, Dr Kevin Campbell-Karn, Professor David Webster and Paula Han on Wednesday 7th January at 8pm GMT to discuss Navigating the New OfS Quality Era: What It Means for Students, Staff and the Sector.
LTHEchat 348: Navigating the New OfS Quality Era and What It Means for Students, Staff, and the Sector
The Office for Students’ (OfS) latest proposal represents a significant shift in how teaching quality and student outcomes will be assessed. The message is clear: every higher education provider will be pulled into a single, integrated quality-assessment system that blends the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) with core regulatory conditions. For the sector, it’s a moment of scrutiny, but also a chance to rethink how we support students.
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January 5, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat with guests @puiyin.bsky.social, @katharinehubbard.bsky.social, Dr Kevin Campbell-Karn, Professor David Webster and Paula Han on Wednesday 7th January at 8pm GMT to discuss Navigating the New OfS Quality Era: What It Means for Students, Staff and the Sector.
Two of the best new young bands in #sheffield the Klementines indie pop rock and Tellyeaters, tix here for Jan24th at the Greystones 🎶 🧡🎸🥁 wegottickets.com/event/686696/
Spinning Penny, The Klementines and Tellyeaters
Hot Dog Promotion presents ‘ sounds of a Steel City’ , showcasing some of Sheffields finest up and coming artistes at the Iconic Greystones .
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December 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Two of the best new young bands in #sheffield the Klementines indie pop rock and Tellyeaters, tix here for Jan24th at the Greystones 🎶 🧡🎸🥁 wegottickets.com/event/686696/
A steel band playing Tchaikovsky (beautifully!) was not on my to be expected list at the Pro Chancellor inauguration and graduation ceremony held by @edeqservices.bsky.social yesterday! A unique offer for business, OD and development inc diplomas, L7 and MBA, well worth investigating.
December 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
A steel band playing Tchaikovsky (beautifully!) was not on my to be expected list at the Pro Chancellor inauguration and graduation ceremony held by @edeqservices.bsky.social yesterday! A unique offer for business, OD and development inc diplomas, L7 and MBA, well worth investigating.
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Aside from all the other concerns, it's noticeable how the government is still ignoring the theft of intellectual property from its own citizens by AI companies in favour of encouraging external investment from big tech.
Amidst all the Budget noise I didn't notice this coming out
www.gov.uk/government/n...
But thanks to the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk live blog, I didn't miss it ...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
But thanks to the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk live blog, I didn't miss it ...
AI to power national renewal as government announces billions of additional investment and new plans to boost UK businesses, jobs and innovation
A major package of new reforms and investment will put AI at heart of government’s mission to drive growth, create jobs and spread prosperity across the country.
www.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Aside from all the other concerns, it's noticeable how the government is still ignoring the theft of intellectual property from its own citizens by AI companies in favour of encouraging external investment from big tech.
‘How can you be released, you’re not (even) here’.
By Henrik Andersen
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By Henrik Andersen
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Haunted Life: Sovereignty, Affect, and Impunity in Iraq
The 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq unleashed aspirations for democratic governance grounded in human rights and dignity. While some promises have been met, many have not. During the past 20 years, th...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
‘How can you be released, you’re not (even) here’.
By Henrik Andersen
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
By Henrik Andersen
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Feels for all the animals and humans like me who chuffin’ hate fireworks! Cannot believe this day ‘n age we still allow randoms to let off mini bombs for days and hours on end. If anyone knows of any petitions worth signing, please post them for me below 😂🙏🏼
November 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Feels for all the animals and humans like me who chuffin’ hate fireworks! Cannot believe this day ‘n age we still allow randoms to let off mini bombs for days and hours on end. If anyone knows of any petitions worth signing, please post them for me below 😂🙏🏼
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Join us for #LTHEchat with @dralison.bsky.social and @bethflloyd.bsky.social at 8pm GMT today. Read the blog here:
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LTHE Chat 342: Digital Leadership for Inclusive and Strategic Change
Join us on Bluesky with guest Alison Purvis (@dralison.bsky.social) and Beth Fielding-Lloyd (@bethflloyd.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 5th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT Digital leadership in higher educa…
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November 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Join us for #LTHEchat with @dralison.bsky.social and @bethflloyd.bsky.social at 8pm GMT today. Read the blog here:
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What do cat parents do with a super hungry (greedy?) kitty? My lil beast needs to lose a few grams but - it’s proving impossible. Constantly hungry, scouting for crumbs and pestering Licks sinks and drains if there’s nothing else. Any advice?!
November 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
What do cat parents do with a super hungry (greedy?) kitty? My lil beast needs to lose a few grams but - it’s proving impossible. Constantly hungry, scouting for crumbs and pestering Licks sinks and drains if there’s nothing else. Any advice?!
Indie-pop rockstas The Klementines doing their own gig at new #sheffield venue Mary St Live. Punky Mannequins and folky Scarlett Kirwan supporting. Scan the QR to donate an entry fee in advance. 🎃 dress up optional 👻
October 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Indie-pop rockstas The Klementines doing their own gig at new #sheffield venue Mary St Live. Punky Mannequins and folky Scarlett Kirwan supporting. Scan the QR to donate an entry fee in advance. 🎃 dress up optional 👻
A stunning read finally available open access - by Ben Robin-D’Cruz
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Iraq’s Rhizomatic State and the Politics of Impunity
Drawing on Deleuze and Guattari, this article adopts the idea of a ‘rhizomatic state’ to define the struggle for impunity at the heart of contested security in Iraq. This denotes a form of decenter...
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October 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
A stunning read finally available open access - by Ben Robin-D’Cruz
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Can you help #warpawsrescue in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan? They’ve lost vital funding which means they can’t now feed or support animals affected through the legacy of war and conflict. May have to close by Christmas.
Various donation options below, pls help/share if you can!
Various donation options below, pls help/share if you can!
October 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Can you help #warpawsrescue in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan? They’ve lost vital funding which means they can’t now feed or support animals affected through the legacy of war and conflict. May have to close by Christmas.
Various donation options below, pls help/share if you can!
Various donation options below, pls help/share if you can!
‘Power without conscience’ is a warning we can’t ignore. We are calling for urgent regulation and human-centred control of military AI systems.
@CDroegeICRC, ICRC chief legal officer, shared at the UN Security Council #UNGA80
www.icrc.org/en/statement...
@CDroegeICRC, ICRC chief legal officer, shared at the UN Security Council #UNGA80
www.icrc.org/en/statement...
UN Security Council: We cannot let AI be deployed on the battlefield without oversight and regulation
www.icrc.org
September 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
‘Power without conscience’ is a warning we can’t ignore. We are calling for urgent regulation and human-centred control of military AI systems.
@CDroegeICRC, ICRC chief legal officer, shared at the UN Security Council #UNGA80
www.icrc.org/en/statement...
@CDroegeICRC, ICRC chief legal officer, shared at the UN Security Council #UNGA80
www.icrc.org/en/statement...