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Paul Kleiman
@paulrk.bsky.social
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Fragments at the edge of educational, cultural, political chaos.
HE Consultant. Visiting Professor. PFHEA. Strategic thinker. Assessment radical. Creativity expert. Learning Outcomes heretic. Narrowboat owner. Blog: stumblingwithconfidence.com
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Thank you, Shell!
February 5, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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A Story of Christmas Eve.
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#christmas
Grief crept up on me, unexpectedly: a story of Christmas Eve.
As a Jewish family, we don’t really do Christmas. Yes, we’ll gather together, have a big meal, play board games, and watch far too much television. But that’s because it’s a…
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December 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Wishing you and Phil all the very best for 2026.
with warm regards
Paul x
December 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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#AcademicSky
Poster with the words: Assessment is an art not a science. Let’s just admit it and stop pretending it is a science. But we should strive for our students and ourselves to practice it to the best of our abilities.
November 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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We have a resident robin in our garden. It is here every day and follows me around when I’m in the garden and allows me to get very close. #birds #garden
Close up photo of a robin sitting g on a branch.
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Girl on woodland path
Earphones in. Oblivious
To the robin’s song.
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Still chasing Saturn.
Photo of Saturn showing its rings.
September 30, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Saturn was at its brightest and nearest last night.
Photo of Saturn (quite small) but showing its rings.
September 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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No chance of a blood moon yesterday evening Cornwall - too light, too cloudy, too low - but compensated by a spectacular sunset.
Photo of spectacular sunset.
September 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Years ago, I was footling around on the piano after a conference dinner when someone asked if I could play her favourite tune Autumn Leaves. I couldn't but went home & learnt it. Now, every year, I record it and send it to her. So, @profsallybrown.bsky.social this is for you x
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Les Feuilles Mortes | Autumn Leaves 2025
YouTube video by Paul Kleiman
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September 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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80 years ago today, my mum - then 19 years old - typed this in her journal.
#history #onthisday #familyhistory
July 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Pieces: some recent and some not so recent posts mainly about education, creativity and assessment, with a few more personal pieces thrown in for good measure.
#highereducation #Academicsky #Edusky
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Pieces
Some recent and not so recent posts, mainly about education, creativity and assessment, with a few more personal pieces thrown in for good measure.
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July 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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That went well!
From AHE to A&E.
From the wonderful AHE conference in Manchester to A&E in Truro.
(Don’t ask…..well, if you insist, three cracked ribs from a bad fall).
Heigh ho.
June 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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More examples of ‘Drawing from Experience’ using visualisation to reveal the emotional impact of assessment on academics. #AHEconf2025
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Revealing assessment through drawing
When leading workshops on assessment I often start with a ’warm-up’ exercise in which the participants, supplied with sheets of paper and plenty of coloured pens, are asked to draw/make marks on pa…
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June 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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More examples of ‘Drawing from Experience’ using visualisation to reveal the emotional impact of assessment on academics. #ahe2025
stumblingwithconfidence.com/2022/06/23/r...
Revealing assessment through drawing
When leading workshops on assessment I often start with a ’warm-up’ exercise in which the participants, supplied with sheets of paper and plenty of coloured pens, are asked to draw/make marks on pa…
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June 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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A couple of drawings from my ‘Drawing from Experience’ session on the emotional impact of assessment at the #ahe2025 conference. We don’t talk enough about this! #Edusky #Academicsky
June 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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A1 A passionate openness to share and learn #lthechat
June 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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A brush, with solitude and silence.

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A brush, with silence and solitude
I really enjoy painting. Not the sort of thing one might frame and hang on a wall, but the actual walls one might hang them on. The larger the better. And I’m trying to work out why I like it…
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May 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Cornflowers are just stunningly beautiful.
May 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Exactly 80 years ago today my mother typed this in her journal. She was 19 years old.
#history
Typed full-page document about the end of WW2 and the news about the Nazi concentration and death camps.
May 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Sorry to have missed tonight’s #LTHEchat with Sally & Phil. But there were compensations.
April 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Evenin’ all.
April 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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The whisky is finished. Night all and thanks #lthechat
April 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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A6 From a teaching perspective, what is there not to like about block learning? #lthechat
a cartoon character from south park is standing in front of a sign that says south park
ALT: a cartoon character from south park is standing in front of a sign that says south park
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April 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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A5 Good design and taking a holistic approach to the whole programme design is absolutely key. So much in HE doesn’t work well (or not at all) due to poor design. #lthechat
April 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM