Andréia Vargas-Seymour (she/her)
@a-vargas-seymour.bsky.social
Senior Teaching Fellow in Education Development | PG Cert ULT Programme Co-Director
Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship/Educational Development Unit, Imperial College London
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/staff/educational-development/
Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship/Educational Development Unit, Imperial College London
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/staff/educational-development/
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LTHEChat 344: AdvanceHE fellowship: what are the benefits for different educator roles and how can we evidence our practice?
Join us on Bluesky with guest Rich Bale (@richbale.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 19th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT The Professional Standards Framework (PSF) and gaining…
Join us on Bluesky with guest Rich Bale (@richbale.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 19th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT The Professional Standards Framework (PSF) and gaining…
LTHEChat 344: AdvanceHE fellowship: what are the benefits for different educator roles and how can we evidence our practice?
Join us on Bluesky with guest Rich Bale (@richbale.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 19th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT The Professional Standards Framework (PSF) and gaining professional recognition through AdvanceHE fellowship have become ubiquitous across higher education, with colleagues in an increasingly diverse range of roles and contexts gaining recognition. As of the beginning of 2025, AdvanceHE had awarded 200,000 fellowships worldwide…
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November 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
LTHEChat 344: AdvanceHE fellowship: what are the benefits for different educator roles and how can we evidence our practice?
Join us on Bluesky with guest Rich Bale (@richbale.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 19th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT The Professional Standards Framework (PSF) and gaining…
Join us on Bluesky with guest Rich Bale (@richbale.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 19th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT The Professional Standards Framework (PSF) and gaining…
A new publication by @lsedatascience.bsky.social's GENIAL Hub Team maps student use of #GenAI onto Kolb's learning stages (see link in comments). The study offers a framework that allows educators to assess whether each stage is catalysed, disrupted, or skipped due to interactions with GenAI tools.
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
A new publication by @lsedatascience.bsky.social's GENIAL Hub Team maps student use of #GenAI onto Kolb's learning stages (see link in comments). The study offers a framework that allows educators to assess whether each stage is catalysed, disrupted, or skipped due to interactions with GenAI tools.
Interesting paper reframing the issue of AI and assessment as a 'wicked problem'. It's a helpful lens to look at the issue but at the same time it left me wondering: where do we go from here? So I'm back to where I started... #GenAI #Assessment #WickedProblems
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The wicked problem of AI and assessment
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has created significant assessment challenges in higher education. Universities and teachers have responded to these in various ways, including by way of ...
www.tandfonline.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Interesting paper reframing the issue of AI and assessment as a 'wicked problem'. It's a helpful lens to look at the issue but at the same time it left me wondering: where do we go from here? So I'm back to where I started... #GenAI #Assessment #WickedProblems
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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'Training LLMs can use 22 million litres of water'
Dr Ana Valdivia, Departmental Research Lecturer in AI, Government, and Policy at @oii.ox.ac.uk, highlights online activities that use far more water than storing old emails and photos.
#OxfordClimate
Dr Ana Valdivia, Departmental Research Lecturer in AI, Government, and Policy at @oii.ox.ac.uk, highlights online activities that use far more water than storing old emails and photos.
#OxfordClimate
August 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
'Training LLMs can use 22 million litres of water'
Dr Ana Valdivia, Departmental Research Lecturer in AI, Government, and Policy at @oii.ox.ac.uk, highlights online activities that use far more water than storing old emails and photos.
#OxfordClimate
Dr Ana Valdivia, Departmental Research Lecturer in AI, Government, and Policy at @oii.ox.ac.uk, highlights online activities that use far more water than storing old emails and photos.
#OxfordClimate
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My drawn statement on Ai as standalone from my now finished minicomic as syllabus for new liberal studies class! As promised this is shareable, printable - all from my site, feel free to make use of it, cite me & let me know how it’s received. Share away all here! spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...
August 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My drawn statement on Ai as standalone from my now finished minicomic as syllabus for new liberal studies class! As promised this is shareable, printable - all from my site, feel free to make use of it, cite me & let me know how it’s received. Share away all here! spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...
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A social constructivist perspective on the development of student feedback literacy over a 4-year period. Free eprints
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BARHM...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BARHM...
Towards an idealized model of feedback uptake: longitudinal development of feedback literacy from a social constructivist perspective
One of the potentials and challenges for the implementation of effective feedback processes lies in promoting and enacting purposeful student uptake of teacher written feedback. The theoretical fra...
www.tandfonline.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM
A social constructivist perspective on the development of student feedback literacy over a 4-year period. Free eprints
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BARHM...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BARHM...
I went down a rabbit hole that took me all the way to my MRes dissertation and back...
Reading about andragogy, I found out that the term was not actually coined by Knowles: it was first mentioned in the German book 'Plato's Educational Ideas' by the high-school teacher Alexander Kapp, in 1833. 1/5
Reading about andragogy, I found out that the term was not actually coined by Knowles: it was first mentioned in the German book 'Plato's Educational Ideas' by the high-school teacher Alexander Kapp, in 1833. 1/5
July 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I went down a rabbit hole that took me all the way to my MRes dissertation and back...
Reading about andragogy, I found out that the term was not actually coined by Knowles: it was first mentioned in the German book 'Plato's Educational Ideas' by the high-school teacher Alexander Kapp, in 1833. 1/5
Reading about andragogy, I found out that the term was not actually coined by Knowles: it was first mentioned in the German book 'Plato's Educational Ideas' by the high-school teacher Alexander Kapp, in 1833. 1/5
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Belonging can also mean being able to challenge dominant norms and discourses.
English universities now have a duty to uphold freedom of speech – here’s how it might affect students’ sense of belonging
Belonging can also mean being able to challenge dominant norms and discourses.
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July 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Belonging can also mean being able to challenge dominant norms and discourses.
Death by spreadsheet - is that a thing?!
I think it might be a thing... 😑☠️
I think it might be a thing... 😑☠️
July 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Death by spreadsheet - is that a thing?!
I think it might be a thing... 😑☠️
I think it might be a thing... 😑☠️
Assessment in the age of AI – unis must do more than tell students what not to do
theconversation.com/assessment-i...
theconversation.com/assessment-i...
Assessment in the age of AI – unis must do more than tell students what not to do
Simply setting rules around using AI is not enough. To ensure assessments are valid and fair, unis and teachers need to change the task itself.
theconversation.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Assessment in the age of AI – unis must do more than tell students what not to do
theconversation.com/assessment-i...
theconversation.com/assessment-i...
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Alex Steel from UNSW encourages a practical yet undervalued reflection for educators:
- Why am I offering this assessment?
- What course learning outcomes does it support?
- What am I hoping they will learn?
#HERDSA2025
- Why am I offering this assessment?
- What course learning outcomes does it support?
- What am I hoping they will learn?
#HERDSA2025
July 9, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Alex Steel from UNSW encourages a practical yet undervalued reflection for educators:
- Why am I offering this assessment?
- What course learning outcomes does it support?
- What am I hoping they will learn?
#HERDSA2025
- Why am I offering this assessment?
- What course learning outcomes does it support?
- What am I hoping they will learn?
#HERDSA2025
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The first Chemical Kitchen World of Food Workshop is today, with more to follow over July and August!
Find out more about the workshop series and how to get involved!
www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19578...
Find out more about the workshop series and how to get involved!
www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19578...
World of Food cooking workshop 1
Part of a series of hands-on World of Food cooking workshops, where staff and students will share personal stories about the food and culture that matter most to them.
www.imperial.ac.uk
July 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The first Chemical Kitchen World of Food Workshop is today, with more to follow over July and August!
Find out more about the workshop series and how to get involved!
www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19578...
Find out more about the workshop series and how to get involved!
www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19578...
'How can we make AI work for all?' Food for thought from The King's Festival of Artificial Intelligence @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social #AI #GenAI #ResponsibleAI #SustainableAI youtu.be/yeYM4yX5BCs?...
How Can We Make AI Work for All? | The King's Festival of Artificial Intelligence 2025
YouTube video by King's Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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June 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
'How can we make AI work for all?' Food for thought from The King's Festival of Artificial Intelligence @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social #AI #GenAI #ResponsibleAI #SustainableAI youtu.be/yeYM4yX5BCs?...
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Every frontier AI system should be grounded in a core commitment: to protect human joy and endeavour. Today, we launch LawZero, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing safe-by-design AI. lawzero.org
June 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Every frontier AI system should be grounded in a core commitment: to protect human joy and endeavour. Today, we launch LawZero, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing safe-by-design AI. lawzero.org
How do we navigate the tension between the need to prepare students for a world where #AI is ubiquitous and the need to ensure that engagement with this technology is ethical and sustainable? #EducationForSustainability #HigherEducation #EduSky #GenAI
A rush to embrace AI risks hampering universities’ net zero targets, with leaders being accused of generally overlooking the “hidden” huge environmental impact of the new technologies. @julietterowsell.bsky.social reports
#AcademicSky #EduSky
#AcademicSky #EduSky
Heavy AI use could wreck net zero goals, universities warned
Hidden environmental impact of roll-out of AI bots and assistants not well understood, experts warn, with much of it outsourced to big technology companies
www.timeshighereducation.com
May 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
How do we navigate the tension between the need to prepare students for a world where #AI is ubiquitous and the need to ensure that engagement with this technology is ethical and sustainable? #EducationForSustainability #HigherEducation #EduSky #GenAI
"[W]e are on a trajectory to build machines that are smarter and smarter. And one day, it's very plausible that they will be smarter than us, and then they will have their own agency, their own goals, which may not be aligned with ours. What happens to us then?" #AI #SaferAI
When I realized how dangerous the current agency-driven AI trajectory could be for future generations, I knew I had to do all I could to make AI safer. I recently shared this personal experience, and outlined the scientific solution I envision @TEDTalks⤵️
www.ted.com/talks/yoshua...
www.ted.com/talks/yoshua...
The catastrophic risks of AI — and a safer path
Yoshua Bengio — the world's most-cited computer scientist and a "godfather" of artificial intelligence — is deadly concerned about the current trajectory of the technology. As AI models race toward fu...
www.ted.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Have you read our latest blog post?✍️
We ran our annual Festival of Learning and Teaching with a focus on sustainability in higher education. Read our reflections from the event!
blogs.imperial.ac.uk/education-re...
We ran our annual Festival of Learning and Teaching with a focus on sustainability in higher education. Read our reflections from the event!
blogs.imperial.ac.uk/education-re...
Sustainability in higher education: Reflections from Festival of Learning and Teaching 2025 - Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship
A growing community of practice Each year, as the Imperial Festival of Learning and Teaching (FOLAT) grows, we welcome more colleagues from across faculties to come together, connect, and share their ...
blogs.imperial.ac.uk
May 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Have you read our latest blog post?✍️
We ran our annual Festival of Learning and Teaching with a focus on sustainability in higher education. Read our reflections from the event!
blogs.imperial.ac.uk/education-re...
We ran our annual Festival of Learning and Teaching with a focus on sustainability in higher education. Read our reflections from the event!
blogs.imperial.ac.uk/education-re...
I remember a colleague pointing out that students won't necessarily develop #InterculturalCompetence just by being part of a multicultural cohort - developing these skills needs explicit guidance and practice, as with language for learning. From @srhe.bsky.social : srheblog.com/2025/05/08/t...
Talking the talk: language for learning in higher education
by Estefania Gamarra, Marion Heron, Lewis Baker and Harriet Tenenbaum Do you remember when you started university, and you were expected to use a whole new language? We don’t just mean new nomencla…
srheblog.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I remember a colleague pointing out that students won't necessarily develop #InterculturalCompetence just by being part of a multicultural cohort - developing these skills needs explicit guidance and practice, as with language for learning. From @srhe.bsky.social : srheblog.com/2025/05/08/t...
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It’s @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social's Mental Health Awareness Week 💚
This year’s theme is community and we’re highlighting ways you can connect, reflect, and find support year-round. From wellbeing resources to workshops and volunteering 🤝
Explore what's on 🔗 imperial.ac.uk/be-inspired/...
This year’s theme is community and we’re highlighting ways you can connect, reflect, and find support year-round. From wellbeing resources to workshops and volunteering 🤝
Explore what's on 🔗 imperial.ac.uk/be-inspired/...
May 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It’s @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social's Mental Health Awareness Week 💚
This year’s theme is community and we’re highlighting ways you can connect, reflect, and find support year-round. From wellbeing resources to workshops and volunteering 🤝
Explore what's on 🔗 imperial.ac.uk/be-inspired/...
This year’s theme is community and we’re highlighting ways you can connect, reflect, and find support year-round. From wellbeing resources to workshops and volunteering 🤝
Explore what's on 🔗 imperial.ac.uk/be-inspired/...
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Now that the GenAI hype is dying down, we are seeing some great analyses of how this tech is actually finding a place in higher education. Magda Pischetola (UCPH) is doing some really interesting research in this area - listen to her talk about it here! www.buzzsprout.com/1301377/epis...
AI and the digital future(s) of universities - Education Technology Society
Where are universities going with digitisation and AI, and how does this fit with the views of staff and students? Dr. Magda Pischetola (University of Copenhagen) talks about her recent res...
www.buzzsprout.com
May 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Now that the GenAI hype is dying down, we are seeing some great analyses of how this tech is actually finding a place in higher education. Magda Pischetola (UCPH) is doing some really interesting research in this area - listen to her talk about it here! www.buzzsprout.com/1301377/epis...