Dr Nazlin Bhimani
@nazlinbhimani.bsky.social
Research Support & Special Collections Librarian at UCL IOE. Also Canadian and a lapsed musician. Researching the history of education, teachers, interwar, eugenics and imperialism. #EduSky #LibrarianSky #HistEd https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/48571-naz
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Launched as a competitor to Wikipedia, Elon Musk's #Grokipedia is one of the first LLM-based attempts to create an encyclopaedia.
@gildersleve.uk finds it compares poorly to Wikipedia, but the latter faces challenges as AI tools cannibalise its content and audiences.
@lseimpactblog.bsky.social
@gildersleve.uk finds it compares poorly to Wikipedia, but the latter faces challenges as AI tools cannibalise its content and audiences.
@lseimpactblog.bsky.social
Grokipedia falls flat, but AI is already rewriting Wikipedia’s future - Impact of Social Sciences
Launched as a competitor to Wikipedia, Grokipedia is one of the first LLM based encyclopaedias, but how does it compare to the last best place on the internet?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Launched as a competitor to Wikipedia, Elon Musk's #Grokipedia is one of the first LLM-based attempts to create an encyclopaedia.
@gildersleve.uk finds it compares poorly to Wikipedia, but the latter faces challenges as AI tools cannibalise its content and audiences.
@lseimpactblog.bsky.social
@gildersleve.uk finds it compares poorly to Wikipedia, but the latter faces challenges as AI tools cannibalise its content and audiences.
@lseimpactblog.bsky.social
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‘“Resistance” spans the hundred years or so during which the photographic print was the primary medium of visual communication. Aesthetically and technically, this makes sense. Politically, however, it’s curious.’
@trillingual.bsky.social on Steve McQueen.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@trillingual.bsky.social on Steve McQueen.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daniel Trilling · At Modern Two: Protest Photography
Although the events depicted in Resistance are familiar territory for an exhibition concerned with social history –...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
‘“Resistance” spans the hundred years or so during which the photographic print was the primary medium of visual communication. Aesthetically and technically, this makes sense. Politically, however, it’s curious.’
@trillingual.bsky.social on Steve McQueen.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@trillingual.bsky.social on Steve McQueen.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
If libraries and archives fall, so do the disciplines that rely on them. Treating some disciplines as optional weakens the entire research ecosystem. #AcademicTribes #IOEIDL
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
If libraries and archives fall, so do the disciplines that rely on them. Treating some disciplines as optional weakens the entire research ecosystem. #AcademicTribes #IOEIDL
‘Many of the questionable papers Pirelli identified have yet to be retracted, including one containing a user manual for a university IT system’. That one takes the biscuit! #ACM
An international computing society has begun retracting conference papers for “citation falsification” only months after the sleuth who flagged the suspect articles was convicted for defamation in a lawsuit filed by one of the offending authors.
Computing society pulls works for ‘citation falsification’ months after sleuth is convicted of defamation
Solal Pirelli An international computing society has begun retracting conference papers for “citation falsification” only months after the sleuth who flagged the suspect articles was convicted for …
retractionwatch.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
‘Many of the questionable papers Pirelli identified have yet to be retracted, including one containing a user manual for a university IT system’. That one takes the biscuit! #ACM
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📘 New from UCL Press: Object-Based Learning by Thomas Kador — a free, open access textbook for teaching with objects in HE.
Perfect for museum studies, history, anthropology & more.
📥 Download: t.co/5bEU2cpAU3
#OpenAccess #HigherEd #Twitterstorians #anthrotwitter t.co/HMCuUqMvds
Perfect for museum studies, history, anthropology & more.
📥 Download: t.co/5bEU2cpAU3
#OpenAccess #HigherEd #Twitterstorians #anthrotwitter t.co/HMCuUqMvds
September 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
📘 New from UCL Press: Object-Based Learning by Thomas Kador — a free, open access textbook for teaching with objects in HE.
Perfect for museum studies, history, anthropology & more.
📥 Download: t.co/5bEU2cpAU3
#OpenAccess #HigherEd #Twitterstorians #anthrotwitter t.co/HMCuUqMvds
Perfect for museum studies, history, anthropology & more.
📥 Download: t.co/5bEU2cpAU3
#OpenAccess #HigherEd #Twitterstorians #anthrotwitter t.co/HMCuUqMvds
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On 13 Nov, Rachel Rosen and Eve Dickson will discuss how the ‘No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF)’ immigration policy enforces destitution and debt.
They will explore its effects on families, offering insights into anti-migrant rhetoric, social justice and belonging.
www.ucl.ac.uk/events/events/...
They will explore its effects on families, offering insights into anti-migrant rhetoric, social justice and belonging.
www.ucl.ac.uk/events/events/...
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
On 13 Nov, Rachel Rosen and Eve Dickson will discuss how the ‘No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF)’ immigration policy enforces destitution and debt.
They will explore its effects on families, offering insights into anti-migrant rhetoric, social justice and belonging.
www.ucl.ac.uk/events/events/...
They will explore its effects on families, offering insights into anti-migrant rhetoric, social justice and belonging.
www.ucl.ac.uk/events/events/...
‘We must put an end to the eugenic dehumanisation of many people of colour, of those individuals with learning disabilities …. We must stop the eugenic rationalisation of their supposed “backwardness,” “inferiority,” and of their “flawed” identity.’ Marius Turda pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
“Eugenics is an integral aspect of our global scientific and political culture:” interview with Marius Turda
Despite public condemnation after the defeat of Nazism, eugenic ideas continue to persist into the twenty-first century in different countries and contexts and with varying forms of intensity and support, as seen in events such as the covid-19 ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 AM
‘We must put an end to the eugenic dehumanisation of many people of colour, of those individuals with learning disabilities …. We must stop the eugenic rationalisation of their supposed “backwardness,” “inferiority,” and of their “flawed” identity.’ Marius Turda pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
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Want to join our research team?
We're looking for an experienced professional to conduct new quantitative and qualitative research on race and inequalities in the UK.
Closing date Sunday 23 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT.
www.runnymedetrust.org/careers/rese...
We're looking for an experienced professional to conduct new quantitative and qualitative research on race and inequalities in the UK.
Closing date Sunday 23 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT.
www.runnymedetrust.org/careers/rese...
Researcher
Runnymede is the UK's leading independent race equality think tank.
www.runnymedetrust.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Want to join our research team?
We're looking for an experienced professional to conduct new quantitative and qualitative research on race and inequalities in the UK.
Closing date Sunday 23 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT.
www.runnymedetrust.org/careers/rese...
We're looking for an experienced professional to conduct new quantitative and qualitative research on race and inequalities in the UK.
Closing date Sunday 23 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT.
www.runnymedetrust.org/careers/rese...
A wide-ranging discussion on #OpenAccess, covering the not-so-transformative publisher agreements, #AI, #Copyright, and @UCL’s updated publications policy. Well worth a listen if you missed the webinar.
In case you missed our #OAWeek webinar, or wanted to watch it again (there was a lot to process!), the full recording is now available ✨
Find it via our latest blog post 👉 buff.ly/jkI0ffa
Find it via our latest blog post 👉 buff.ly/jkI0ffa
November 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A wide-ranging discussion on #OpenAccess, covering the not-so-transformative publisher agreements, #AI, #Copyright, and @UCL’s updated publications policy. Well worth a listen if you missed the webinar.
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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🗨️ "Those tasked with interpreting the news often come from a very narrow range of backgrounds, and there is little sign of progress"
Our research found that the percentage of privately educated newspaper columnists has risen to 50%.
Our research found that the percentage of privately educated newspaper columnists has risen to 50%.
Half of newspaper columnists were privately educated, Sutton Trust reveals
Research from the Sutton Trust has found that the percentage of newspaper columnists who went to private school has risen to 50% in 2025.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🗨️ "Those tasked with interpreting the news often come from a very narrow range of backgrounds, and there is little sign of progress"
Our research found that the percentage of privately educated newspaper columnists has risen to 50%.
Our research found that the percentage of privately educated newspaper columnists has risen to 50%.
'Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance': "Ignorant of Africa’s own traditions and history of political economy, they believed that their own countries’ economic success was transferable to an Africa they considered a blank slate" - Bronwen Everill blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
'Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance': "Ignorant of Africa’s own traditions and history of political economy, they believed that their own countries’ economic success was transferable to an Africa they considered a blank slate" - Bronwen Everill blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
"Our scholarly mission is not just to study justice but to enact it. Every research choice carries ethical weight. Racially just scholarship refuses epistemicide, honours multiple ways of knowing, and stands in the power of accountable, transformative inquiry." @dr-willo.bsky.social @ bit.ly/3WhnfrW
Towards racially just research and scholarship practices
In recognition of Black History Month, this reflection explores what it means to engage in racially just research and scholarship… (read more)
blogs.ucl.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"Our scholarly mission is not just to study justice but to enact it. Every research choice carries ethical weight. Racially just scholarship refuses epistemicide, honours multiple ways of knowing, and stands in the power of accountable, transformative inquiry." @dr-willo.bsky.social @ bit.ly/3WhnfrW
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I was delighted to speak to Alan Finlayson for the @lrb.co.uk's On Politics. We take on the digital right (and online left), the champions of inegalitarianism, print and social democracy, Farage as influencer and... whether the internet is just right-wing.
October 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"If the model behind #Grokipedia relies on the same data and algorithms, it is difficult to see how an AI-driven encyclopedia could avoid reproducing the very biases that Musk attributes to #Wikipedia." theconversation.com/grokipedia-e...
Grokipedia: Elon Musk is right that Wikipedia is biased, but his AI alternative will be the same at best
Musk’s new WIkipedia rival aims to offer the same service but without the political bias.
theconversation.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:07 AM
"If the model behind #Grokipedia relies on the same data and algorithms, it is difficult to see how an AI-driven encyclopedia could avoid reproducing the very biases that Musk attributes to #Wikipedia." theconversation.com/grokipedia-e...
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@ucl.ac.uk Staff and Students - join us for an Open Access Week webinar in which four speakers will consider the question: Who Owns Our Knowledge?
Wednesday 22 October, 11am - 12:30pm 📆
We hope you can make it! 👉 buff.ly/g0vGFc8
(Graphic from Open Access Week website, photo by Greg Rakozy)
Wednesday 22 October, 11am - 12:30pm 📆
We hope you can make it! 👉 buff.ly/g0vGFc8
(Graphic from Open Access Week website, photo by Greg Rakozy)
October 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
@ucl.ac.uk Staff and Students - join us for an Open Access Week webinar in which four speakers will consider the question: Who Owns Our Knowledge?
Wednesday 22 October, 11am - 12:30pm 📆
We hope you can make it! 👉 buff.ly/g0vGFc8
(Graphic from Open Access Week website, photo by Greg Rakozy)
Wednesday 22 October, 11am - 12:30pm 📆
We hope you can make it! 👉 buff.ly/g0vGFc8
(Graphic from Open Access Week website, photo by Greg Rakozy)
“The data on which they are based are not shared, the methodology is partially disseminated, which means that these rankings are not reproducible and cannot be questioned ....” sciencebusiness.net/news/univers... #UniversityRankings
Why Sorbonne pulled out of university ranking
France’s Sorbonne University plans to leave the Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings, adding its name to a growing number of universities rejecting lists that play one institution off against another...
sciencebusiness.net
October 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
“The data on which they are based are not shared, the methodology is partially disseminated, which means that these rankings are not reproducible and cannot be questioned ....” sciencebusiness.net/news/univers... #UniversityRankings
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This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.
No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.
No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.
October 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.
No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.
No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.
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In a world where disagreement often leads to division, how can we Disagree Well?
The new Disagreeing Well online course explores
• Practical strategies for respectful dialogue
• Tools to stay grounded
• Real-world examples
Free and online for all:
www.ucl.ac.uk/about/disagree...
The new Disagreeing Well online course explores
• Practical strategies for respectful dialogue
• Tools to stay grounded
• Real-world examples
Free and online for all:
www.ucl.ac.uk/about/disagree...
October 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
In a world where disagreement often leads to division, how can we Disagree Well?
The new Disagreeing Well online course explores
• Practical strategies for respectful dialogue
• Tools to stay grounded
• Real-world examples
Free and online for all:
www.ucl.ac.uk/about/disagree...
The new Disagreeing Well online course explores
• Practical strategies for respectful dialogue
• Tools to stay grounded
• Real-world examples
Free and online for all:
www.ucl.ac.uk/about/disagree...
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👀 If you wondered, how does one learn 'Britishness'? hear about the dilemmas involved at @ucl-cmcb.bsky.social's discussion -
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-a...
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-a...
October 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
👀 If you wondered, how does one learn 'Britishness'? hear about the dilemmas involved at @ucl-cmcb.bsky.social's discussion -
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-a...
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-a...
Essential viewing: Storyville documentary, 'The Librarians'. In small towns across America, librarians are now the first responders to safeguard #intellectualfreedom, despite facing growing attacks by Republicans. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
#TheLibrarians #IntellectualFreedom #BannedBooks
#TheLibrarians #IntellectualFreedom #BannedBooks
Storyville - The Librarians
A Storyville documentary that explores how librarians across the US are risking their safety to defend free speech as book bans and censorship threaten democracy from within.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Essential viewing: Storyville documentary, 'The Librarians'. In small towns across America, librarians are now the first responders to safeguard #intellectualfreedom, despite facing growing attacks by Republicans. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
#TheLibrarians #IntellectualFreedom #BannedBooks
#TheLibrarians #IntellectualFreedom #BannedBooks
Just read Navin Kikabhai’s brilliant article on how #disability is erased, mis-framed & sidelined in HEIs. Requires a hard think among those of us working on #EDI issues, incl. #AthenaSwan. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-4446.12969
How educational systems respond to diversity, inclusion and social justice: Disability, power, discipline, territoriality and deterritorialization
This paper presents a critical examination of a vexed issue relating to how educational systems respond to diversity, inclusion, and social justice. Whilst there are unique factors specific to the va...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Just read Navin Kikabhai’s brilliant article on how #disability is erased, mis-framed & sidelined in HEIs. Requires a hard think among those of us working on #EDI issues, incl. #AthenaSwan. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-4446.12969
History on Loop: "The disproportionate use of #schoolexclusions against pupils from ... Black Caribbean, Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller children, exposes the deep-rooted racial inequalities that persist within our education system." - Runnymede Trust www.runnymedetrust.org/publications... #BHM25
History on loop: the sustained impact of school exclusions on Black communities
School exclusions are a form of structural racism, and indicate deep failings within educational settings.
www.runnymedetrust.org
October 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
History on Loop: "The disproportionate use of #schoolexclusions against pupils from ... Black Caribbean, Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller children, exposes the deep-rooted racial inequalities that persist within our education system." - Runnymede Trust www.runnymedetrust.org/publications... #BHM25
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October 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM