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Sarune Savickaite, PhD
@sarune.bsky.social
Psychologist/Educator at the UofExeter - cognition - immersive (XR) education - perceptual differences and executive function in neurodiversity - AI - HCI - robotics! Also - art, books and cats!
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Q5. If 'flourishing lives in the operational details,' what one thing would streamline HE workloads?

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January 28, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Q3. What enables staff to feel as though their development, wellbeing and contributions are valued?

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January 29, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Q1. Leaders should create the conditions in which academics may flourish. What does flourishing in the workplace look like / mean to you?

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January 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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2 days to go before the #LTHEchat this week!

This week we will feature @hazelfarrell.bsky.social ell.bsky.social and @kenmcarthy.ie exploring Teaching, Learning, Assessment and GenAI: Moving from Reaction to Intentional Practice.

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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 19, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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Baseless Skepticism

"When skepticism lacks empirical grounding or logical justification, it ceases to function as a truth-seeking instrument and becomes a performative posture of intellectual superiority."

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January 8, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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Q5. How would staff wellbeing and workload be affected by these expectations? #LTHEchat
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January 7, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Q4. With PGT coming into focus, how can we better support our Level 7 students right now? #LTHEchat
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January 7, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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Q1. What do you think the new "lowest rating" rule means for how we prioritise our work? #LTHEchat
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January 7, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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Q2. What feels most challenging about meeting the new quality expectations?
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January 7, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Happy to share that I’ve joined the #LTHEchat organising committee 🎉

Looking forward to learning lots, contributing to the chats, and being part of such a thoughtful HE teaching community.

#LTHEchat #HigherEd #LearningAndTeaching #AcademicLife #EdDev #TeachingCommunity
January 7, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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Don't forget to join us for #LTHEchat this evening at 8pm GMT!
Checkout the blogpost here: lthechat.com/2026/01/05/l...
January 7, 2026 at 3:08 PM
at ALT/Jisc event today. The last time I was in Birkbeck was in 2010, when I decided to retrain as a psychologist and took evening classes here. It was also a turmolous time when student riots were taking place. Birkbeck will be a special place as incubator of my academic dreams ❤️
June 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Continuing my exploration of identity!

"Seeing others embrace a life that doesn’t revolve around romantic relationships helps me to accept and even celebrate my own choices."

drsarune.substack.com/p/code-of-two
June 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
just gave my personal website a much-needed refresh: www.sarune.info. It’s a space for my work, thoughts, and the occasional daydream. Take a look if you’re curious about immersive tech, neurodiversity, or the inner life of an overthinking academic 🌿
#NewWebsite #DigitalIdentity #AcademicLife
Sarune Savickaite // VR, Cognition, Perception, Autism & Creativity
PhD candidate at the University of Glasgow. Interested in research on Virtual Reality, Autism, Creativity, Perception, Vision and Cognition.
www.sarune.info
May 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
May 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Highly recommend this read to anyone working on workplace culture, equity, or simply wondering why things feel "off" even when everything looks fine on paper.
May 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
May 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Decolonising of the curriculum is not my area of research, but it is a huge point for higher education sector so I am very happy that I can attend this conference today in Exeter. Learning a lot!
May 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"What looks like discipline is often desperation. It’s not always about being clean or precise; it’s about calming the internal storm, scratching that invisible itch."

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May 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
We hear a lot of buzz about “interdisciplinary work” these days. But how can we truly be interdisciplinary when we discourage curiosity beyond the boundaries of a single field? When we view people with wide-ranging interests as unfocused, or worse, unserious?

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April 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It’s a quiet kind of exclusion. As if we are welcome—as long as we don’t speak too loudly, or at all. Many choose to stay quiet, to blend in.

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April 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM