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Kelly Smith
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Enterprise and entrepreneurship educator at the University of Birmingham. Art collector and greyhound guardian. PFHEA, Fellow and Life Fellow of EEUK, and Fellow of ISBE.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 1d
Need to be men’s to fit. Plus the cheaper the better as you will go through them! Well worth the try.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d
'Its popularity is rising fastest with younger internet users. It is now the sixth most visited organisation of any kind by UK users aged between 18 and 24, up from 10th a year earlier. More than three-quarters of that cohort now visit it.' Useful to know if you teach this age group.
Reddit overtakes TikTok in UK thanks to search algorithms and gen z
Platform is now Britain’s fourth most visited social media site as users seek out human-generated content
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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 1d
The best advice I ever received was from an elderly man in Huddersfield where ice on pavements is a regular occurrence: wear socks over your shoes. It works so well.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 2d
Agree with every word.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 2d
Almost exactly a decade ago I was absentmindedly looking at hashtags on Twitter and saw #oregonstandoff. And so began my obsession with US politics.
geoffnorx.bsky.social Geoff Norcross @geoffnorx.bsky.social · 2d
And thus began our decade of white men openly, brazenly and vigorously doing crimes and getting away with it.

“The refuge occupation was a rash before a fever, a symptom of our approaching political chaos.”

H/T @leahsottile.bsky.social
The Takeover of Malheur Kicked Off a Decade of Lawlessness
The wildlife refuge occupation set the stage for Trump, January 6, and so much more.
www.pdxmonthly.com

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Geoff Norcross @geoffnorx.bsky.social · 2d
And thus began our decade of white men openly, brazenly and vigorously doing crimes and getting away with it.

“The refuge occupation was a rash before a fever, a symptom of our approaching political chaos.”

H/T @leahsottile.bsky.social
The Takeover of Malheur Kicked Off a Decade of Lawlessness
The wildlife refuge occupation set the stage for Trump, January 6, and so much more.
www.pdxmonthly.com

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 2d
Bafflingly there are still people out there in the world who think being passionate about nature is “kind of weird”. or “a niche interest”. These people have it all wrong. Nature isn’t some quirky sideline to the main business. It IS the main business. Nature is us.
A lovely fluffy buff-tailed bumblebee I photographed a few summers ago.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 2d
The Daily Mail doesn’t link to the report they say is calling for an end to exams. It isn’t something I recognise. Exams are seen globally as a contributor to awarding gaps - not just relating to ethnicity - but we haven’t called for an end of them. A mix of assessment is needed.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 2d
We’ve made it into the Daily Mail!

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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 2d
"British uni urges end to exams because 'they favour white students'"
British uni urges end to exams because 'they favour white students'
The university - part of the prestigious Russell Group of universities - made the astonishing claim in a new paper about how to 'decolonise' its business school.
bit.ly

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Teaching in Higher Education @teachinginhe.bsky.social · 2d
New publication alert! 🚨

University student experiences of feedback: timing and credibility are key

By Alison Willis et al.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#HigherEducation #Feedback
A screenshot of the first page of the article from the journal Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Perspectives titled: University student experiences of feedback: timing and credibility are key by Alison Willis, Tracey Sempowicz and Ann Robertson. The screenshot includes the abstract of the article (available via the link). A screenshot of the cover of the journal Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Perspectives. The cover is red with a black band on the edge.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 2d
Ooh now there’s a thought…

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d
Wild London review – honestly, telly does not get any better than this
Wild London review – honestly, telly does not get any better than this
Mischievous and glorious, David Attenborough brings his lifelong sense of wonder to the city’s wildlife, from foxes to peregrine falcons, in this exquisite and endlessly moving special
www.theguardian.com

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 2d
Daz says happy birthday. He’s enjoying being 10 too.
Daz the greyhound. Ears up and smiling.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 3d
I’m biased but I think Daz looks so good in his cold weather coat.
Daz the greyhound out for a walk with a thick bright red coat with gold trim on. Contrasts with his black fur, white toes, and beautifully greying face. Daz the greyhound out for a walk with a thick bright red coat with gold trim on. Contrasts with his black fur, white toes, and beautifully greying face.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 3d
New Year tradition. Watching The World’s Strongest Man.

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 3d
Happy New Year everyone especially my #Playschool Babies. Remember to spread as much unconditional love, joy, peace, kindness and positivity wherever you go. Keep hope in your heart and make your world shine with happiness ❤️

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 3d
Love this song

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 3d
Watched Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for the umpteenth time today. My favourite film of all time. Sang along to every word and laughed in advance to what I knew was coming. From the ashes of disaster come the roses of success!

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 4d
Love the way she turns around to take back her Rabbit as soon as she can.

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 4d
From BBC news

The AI in this case is, I think, machine learning, which is not the same as the LLMs in things like ChatGPT

A bit more familiarity with what AI means (myself included here) and we’d be better at telling good from poisonous uses
A BBC news screenshot, the headline reads “A wave paralysed me but AI could help me walk again”

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 4d
Daz was having difficulty getting in and out of cars and going up stairs when he was 9ish. We tried collagen powder on his food and it was miraculous. He’s getting stiffer again now at 10, tripping now and then and even doing the splits when running. Vet checkup yesterday suggested daily paracetamol

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 4d
Best of 2025: Awarding gaps based on ethnicity were a concern in 2025, but the ways in which they were conceptualized, analyzed, and addressed proved to be far from perfect. Katharine Hubbard suggested a more nuanced approach.
It’s time to decolonise the awarding gap
Awarding gaps based on ethnicity are a concern, but the way we conceptualise analysing and addressing them are far from perfect. Katharine Hubbard suggests a more nuanced approach
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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 6d
Excellent advice. Big savings for me too.
bolt451.bsky.social Deck the Halls with Bolt451 @bolt451.bsky.social · 6d
Fellow Chronic Illness Cuties, this is vital.

I once got bored and worked out specifically How much I save in a year, its a £114.50 a year, and my meds add up to about five times that!
poopraven.bsky.social AK Faulkner @poopraven.bsky.social · 6d
Good morning! If you are in England and recieve an average of over one prescription item a month, GET A PREPAYMENT CERTIFICATE and save yourself money!

www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-pre...

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 6d
Best of 2025: Jim Dickinson explored new polling that revealed a worsening picture of students' physical and mental health, undermining their academic success.
Latest from Belong – students' health is not OK, and that's not OK
Jim Dickinson explores new polling that reveals a worsening picture of students' physical and mental health, undermining their academic success
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Deck the Halls with Bolt451 @bolt451.bsky.social · 6d
Fellow Chronic Illness Cuties, this is vital.

I once got bored and worked out specifically How much I save in a year, its a £114.50 a year, and my meds add up to about five times that!

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 6d
I changed the template for my daily #HigherEducationPostcard to explicitly ask people to share the post if they liked it, and it made a positive difference

We all just need to re-learn how to make BlueSky a more engaging place

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Neil Mosley @neilmosley.bsky.social · 6d
"In terms of specialisation, there are universities that focus on areas of strength, but there are others which...have tended to develop portfolios in predictable subject areas pursuing homogeneity through online learning rather than specialisation."
2025 Q4 Review: Online learning developments in UK higher education — Neil Mosley Consulting
A quarterly review of policy changes, edtech developments and new online degrees changing the landscape of online learning in UK higher education.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 6d
Angélique-Marguerite du Coudray, 18thc French midwife who designed various innovative textile models to teach midwife trainees about delivering babies, saving the lives of thousands of mothers & infants #Womensart Find out more re women's weird/wonderful textile arts in bookshop.org/beta-search?...
Photo of a midwifes hand made models created in beige textile resembling an infant, womb, umbilical cord and placenta

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 7d
Happy birthday to Ivor The Engine, the little Welsh railway engine from the Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company, who first appeared on our screens today in 1959. Toot-toot!
#onthisday #otd #wales