Richard Budd
@ddubdrahcir.bsky.social
He/Him.
Lecturer in Higher Education, Lancaster University, UK
HE, in particular social justice, lived experience (esp. students), decolonising, policy, geographies, organisational cultures.
I think out loud on here: https://ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com
Lecturer in Higher Education, Lancaster University, UK
HE, in particular social justice, lived experience (esp. students), decolonising, policy, geographies, organisational cultures.
I think out loud on here: https://ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com
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Richard Budd
@ddubdrahcir.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Thanks to new followers and a renewed hi to old friends. In case you're wondering who I am and what I'm into, here's a mini introduction/reminder.
I'm omnivorous when it comes to #highereducation, having taught/read/dabbled/supervised across a range of areas but I'm really interested in...
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I'm omnivorous when it comes to #highereducation, having taught/read/dabbled/supervised across a range of areas but I'm really interested in...
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Delighted to have this paper out in Disability & Society on autistic students' & graduates' experiences of negotiating diagnoses / identities whilst at university.
Important insights for other autistic ppl at uni + staff and peers. It's #openaccess via link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Important insights for other autistic ppl at uni + staff and peers. It's #openaccess via link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Delighted to have this paper out in Disability & Society on autistic students' & graduates' experiences of negotiating diagnoses / identities whilst at university.
Important insights for other autistic ppl at uni + staff and peers. It's #openaccess via link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Important insights for other autistic ppl at uni + staff and peers. It's #openaccess via link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Here's a piece by Emily Gray and me in University World News about our recent article on university staff experiences of gender-related violence in Australia and England: www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
There's a link in the piece to the full article, which is available open access.
There's a link in the piece to the full article, which is available open access.
Gender-related campus violence is a problem for staff too
Research on sexual violence in universities tends to focus on students, but a study across two countries – England and Australia – shows that staf...
www.universityworldnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Here's a piece by Emily Gray and me in University World News about our recent article on university staff experiences of gender-related violence in Australia and England: www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
There's a link in the piece to the full article, which is available open access.
There's a link in the piece to the full article, which is available open access.
Was part of a panel with @rhordosy.bsky.social , @mannymadriaga.bsky.social and @soniailie.bsky.social as @srhe.bsky.social network convenors talking about wider widening participation dynamics for Cambridge Faculty of Education's new THRiVE research group.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Was part of a panel with @rhordosy.bsky.social , @mannymadriaga.bsky.social and @soniailie.bsky.social as @srhe.bsky.social network convenors talking about wider widening participation dynamics for Cambridge Faculty of Education's new THRiVE research group.
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"Such reliance on rankings means that universities are shaped not by the needs of society or by innovations driven from inside the international higher-education community, but by unappointed third-party ranking agencies."
New article by @lizziegadd.bsky.social.
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
New article by @lizziegadd.bsky.social.
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
To reform universities, first tackle global rankings
Universities are in thrall to a rankings system that prioritizes narrow aspects of academic life. Three changes would give institutions the freedom to explore fresh ways of working.
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"Such reliance on rankings means that universities are shaped not by the needs of society or by innovations driven from inside the international higher-education community, but by unappointed third-party ranking agencies."
New article by @lizziegadd.bsky.social.
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
New article by @lizziegadd.bsky.social.
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Really enjoyed contributing to the @wonkhe.bsky.social Festival of HE panel on knowledge & skills with Gemma Marsh, Tony Moss and @debbiemcvitty.bsky.social. Heartened by the panel's shared pragmatic commitment to making education meaningfully accessible to a diverse a range of students.
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Really enjoyed contributing to the @wonkhe.bsky.social Festival of HE panel on knowledge & skills with Gemma Marsh, Tony Moss and @debbiemcvitty.bsky.social. Heartened by the panel's shared pragmatic commitment to making education meaningfully accessible to a diverse a range of students.
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We're looking for a Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning to contribute to our PhD in E-Research and TEL for 12 months. Please share: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning
Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning in the School of Social Sciences, Lancaster University (Temporary one-year post).The School of Social Sciences seeks to appoint a full-time Lecturer in Technol...
hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
We're looking for a Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning to contribute to our PhD in E-Research and TEL for 12 months. Please share: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Great to see my article with Emily M. Gray is now published open access.
Gender-related violence in Australian and UK universities
We analyse interview data from two projects undertaken in Australia and England to explore gender-related violence (GRV) and its impact on university staff. This focus is novel and important as mos...
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Great to see my article with Emily M. Gray is now published open access.
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Quoted on the danger of putting too much weight on TEF judgements by using them to allocate resources because it will completely undermine the TEF's already limited validity as a measure of educational quality in this @timeshighered.bsky.social piece www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/tef-so...
Is the TEF a solution that has finally found a problem?
The Teaching Excellence Framework’s reliance on existing outcomes and satisfaction data, as proxies for teaching quality, has always invited criticism. But with the OfS now proposing to use it to asse...
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Quoted on the danger of putting too much weight on TEF judgements by using them to allocate resources because it will completely undermine the TEF's already limited validity as a measure of educational quality in this @timeshighered.bsky.social piece www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/tef-so...
Nobody is more surprised than me that I'll be a keynote speaker for the Emerging Researchers' Group at the European Educational Research Association Conference in Tampere in August 2026.
(Conference submissions open from the 1st of December, by the way.)
eera-ecer.de/conferences/...
(Conference submissions open from the 1st of December, by the way.)
eera-ecer.de/conferences/...
Keynote Speakers | EERA
eera-ecer.de
November 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Nobody is more surprised than me that I'll be a keynote speaker for the Emerging Researchers' Group at the European Educational Research Association Conference in Tampere in August 2026.
(Conference submissions open from the 1st of December, by the way.)
eera-ecer.de/conferences/...
(Conference submissions open from the 1st of December, by the way.)
eera-ecer.de/conferences/...
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Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I will be hosting an applicant webinar for our HEREE programme from 17.00-18.00 (UK time) on Wed 26th November on Zoom. Register here: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-scien...
PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement Applicant Webinar - 26th November 2025, Wednesday 26 November, 5:00pm - Lancaster University
Interested in applying for our fully online PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement in October 2026? Join one of our monthly online webinars. You will have the opportunity to hear mo...
www.lancaster.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I will be hosting an applicant webinar for our HEREE programme from 17.00-18.00 (UK time) on Wed 26th November on Zoom. Register here: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-scien...
I took a deeper look at the HEPI/Kaplan Soft Power "Index".
To me what it isn't saying - what is effectively being taken for granted - is far more important and interesting than what it purportedly tells us (which is of very little real value).
ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/s...
To me what it isn't saying - what is effectively being taken for granted - is far more important and interesting than what it purportedly tells us (which is of very little real value).
ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/s...
Soft Power Rankings? What the…?
World leading, or not…? Something caught my eye online recently – the publication of the “HEPI/Kaplan Soft Power Index” (LINK). I clicked on it out of curiosity and almost instantly wished I …
ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I took a deeper look at the HEPI/Kaplan Soft Power "Index".
To me what it isn't saying - what is effectively being taken for granted - is far more important and interesting than what it purportedly tells us (which is of very little real value).
ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/s...
To me what it isn't saying - what is effectively being taken for granted - is far more important and interesting than what it purportedly tells us (which is of very little real value).
ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/s...
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Delighted my article 'The definition of educational quality in a quasi-marketised HE system: stumbling towards a knowledge crisis' is now published open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... & even happier it's part of a brilliant special issue edited by @jo-annebaird.bsky.social & Gemma Moss
The definition of educational quality in a quasi-marketised higher education system: stumbling towards a knowledge crisis
In this article, I examine the definition of educational quality in the English higher education system. I examine three phases in the measurement of educational quality, each prompted by the repor...
www.tandfonline.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Delighted my article 'The definition of educational quality in a quasi-marketised HE system: stumbling towards a knowledge crisis' is now published open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... & even happier it's part of a brilliant special issue edited by @jo-annebaird.bsky.social & Gemma Moss
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me, @profstevenjones.bsky.social and others on the dangers of the Skills White Paper proposals for measuring and assuring the quality of education offered by HE institutions: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/risk-st...
Risk of ‘standardisation’ as ministers mull progression measures
Universities would look to ‘game’ new metric for testing learning gain, critics warn, with external examination defended as ‘best we’ve got’
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
me, @profstevenjones.bsky.social and others on the dangers of the Skills White Paper proposals for measuring and assuring the quality of education offered by HE institutions: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/risk-st...
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There is still time to register for this applicant webinar this Thursday for our part-time fully online PhD in Higher Education. I look forward to seeing you there.
Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I will be hosting an applicant webinar for our HEREE programme from 13.00-14.00 (UK time) on Thurs 30th October on Zoom. Register here: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-scien...
PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement Applicant Webinar - 30th October 2025, Thursday 30 October, 1:00pm - Lancaster University
Interested in applying for our fully online PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement in October 2026? Join one of our monthly online webinars. You will have the opportunity to hear mo...
www.lancaster.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
There is still time to register for this applicant webinar this Thursday for our part-time fully online PhD in Higher Education. I look forward to seeing you there.
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I'm looking forward to being part of a panel at the launch event of the Language Education Technology Research Group tomorrow.
The Future of Technology in Language Education
Wednesday 29 October, 2025
13:30-15:00
www.lancaster.ac.uk/confucius-in...
The Future of Technology in Language Education
Wednesday 29 October, 2025
13:30-15:00
www.lancaster.ac.uk/confucius-in...
The Future of Technology in Language Education, Wednesday 29 October, 1:30pm - Lancaster University
All welcome to join 'The Future of Technology in Language Education' event.
This event will launch the Language Education Technology Research Group.
www.lancaster.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I'm looking forward to being part of a panel at the launch event of the Language Education Technology Research Group tomorrow.
The Future of Technology in Language Education
Wednesday 29 October, 2025
13:30-15:00
www.lancaster.ac.uk/confucius-in...
The Future of Technology in Language Education
Wednesday 29 October, 2025
13:30-15:00
www.lancaster.ac.uk/confucius-in...
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🎓 New publication alert 📢
Open access in British Educational Research Journal:
"System failure? Exploring the interplay of fear of failure, competition, cooperation and sense of belonging in education in England and Flanders" with @carolynjackson.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
Open access in British Educational Research Journal:
"System failure? Exploring the interplay of fear of failure, competition, cooperation and sense of belonging in education in England and Flanders" with @carolynjackson.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
<em>British Educational Research Journal</em> | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Fear of failure is damaging in a host of ways yet is rife in many schools. Drawing on self-worth theory, we explore whether fear of academic failure is higher in education systems with features that ...
doi.org
October 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🎓 New publication alert 📢
Open access in British Educational Research Journal:
"System failure? Exploring the interplay of fear of failure, competition, cooperation and sense of belonging in education in England and Flanders" with @carolynjackson.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
Open access in British Educational Research Journal:
"System failure? Exploring the interplay of fear of failure, competition, cooperation and sense of belonging in education in England and Flanders" with @carolynjackson.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
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Excited to announce that the #SocMedHE25 keynote speaker will be @andytattersall! Andy will be speaking on '#AcademicTwitter Is Dead — What Died, What Survived, What’s Next?'. For more info, including the CFP and registration, see the website at: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/k...
Keynote speaker
We are excited to announce that Andy Tattersall will be the keynote speaker at the conference! #AcademicTwitter Is Dead — What Died, What Survived, What’s Next X was once the number one place for …
socmedhe25.wordpress.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Excited to announce that the #SocMedHE25 keynote speaker will be @andytattersall! Andy will be speaking on '#AcademicTwitter Is Dead — What Died, What Survived, What’s Next?'. For more info, including the CFP and registration, see the website at: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/k...
First day working in my new office, re-engaging with a paper I've not been able to work on for a few weeks for various (marking) reasons.
It's not too bad, if - ahem - still 3k too long.
#academicwriting #academiclife
It's not too bad, if - ahem - still 3k too long.
#academicwriting #academiclife
October 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
First day working in my new office, re-engaging with a paper I've not been able to work on for a few weeks for various (marking) reasons.
It's not too bad, if - ahem - still 3k too long.
#academicwriting #academiclife
It's not too bad, if - ahem - still 3k too long.
#academicwriting #academiclife
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Quoted as questioning “the wisdom of positioning a direct link between HE and the labour market,” over which HE has no control; instead universities "offer students... ways of engaging with the world that allow them to make use of the knowledge they’ve studied, to engage with the world in a new way"
Universities have long trumpeted graduates' employment advantages. But as the jobs market dries up, this could come back to bite them, writes @julietterowsell.bsky.social (feat @profstevenjones.bsky.social @paulashwin.bsky.social) www.timeshighereducation.com/news/faith-u...
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Quoted as questioning “the wisdom of positioning a direct link between HE and the labour market,” over which HE has no control; instead universities "offer students... ways of engaging with the world that allow them to make use of the knowledge they’ve studied, to engage with the world in a new way"
Reposted by Richard Budd
Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I will be hosting an applicant webinar for our HEREE programme from 13.00-14.00 (UK time) on Thurs 30th October on Zoom. Register here: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-scien...
PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement Applicant Webinar - 30th October 2025, Thursday 30 October, 1:00pm - Lancaster University
Interested in applying for our fully online PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement in October 2026? Join one of our monthly online webinars. You will have the opportunity to hear mo...
www.lancaster.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I will be hosting an applicant webinar for our HEREE programme from 13.00-14.00 (UK time) on Thurs 30th October on Zoom. Register here: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-scien...
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Registration for #SocMedHE25 is now open! The early bird rate is £95, available until 31st October, before the standard rate of £105. We hope to see you in Lancaster! Start your registration here: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/r...
Registration
Booking to attend the conference is now open! The delegate rate to attend the conference is £95 early bird (until 31st October), or £105 standard rate after that. Please use the following link to r…
socmedhe25.wordpress.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Registration for #SocMedHE25 is now open! The early bird rate is £95, available until 31st October, before the standard rate of £105. We hope to see you in Lancaster! Start your registration here: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/r...
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BERA
@BERANews
Upcoming event
Leadership in a Time of Monsters: Responding to Contemporary Challenges
@azumahcarol
7 Oct 2025
Register here: bera.ac.uk/event/leader...
@BERANews
Upcoming event
Leadership in a Time of Monsters: Responding to Contemporary Challenges
@azumahcarol
7 Oct 2025
Register here: bera.ac.uk/event/leader...
Leadership in a Time of Monsters: Responding to Contemporary Challenges
We live in an era when the old-world order has passed but a new world order is yet to fully take shape: evocatively described by Antonio Gramsci as a time of monsters. Marked by profound global...
bera.ac.uk
August 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
BERA
@BERANews
Upcoming event
Leadership in a Time of Monsters: Responding to Contemporary Challenges
@azumahcarol
7 Oct 2025
Register here: bera.ac.uk/event/leader...
@BERANews
Upcoming event
Leadership in a Time of Monsters: Responding to Contemporary Challenges
@azumahcarol
7 Oct 2025
Register here: bera.ac.uk/event/leader...
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The problem with many university strategies is that they’re completely divorced from reality. Launched with fanfare, press releases and high quality videos, the people of the university mostly roll their eyes because there is no acknowledgement of the problems that need to be solved. 1/
September 24, 2025 at 4:58 AM
The problem with many university strategies is that they’re completely divorced from reality. Launched with fanfare, press releases and high quality videos, the people of the university mostly roll their eyes because there is no acknowledgement of the problems that need to be solved. 1/
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Do you work in #HEAccess and want to know how to present more effectively in your outreach? I'm delighted to be running a one-day training session with NEON and kindly hosted by Kings College London.
Sign up here.
www.educationopportunities.co.uk/events/neon-...
Sign up here.
www.educationopportunities.co.uk/events/neon-...
NEON Access Academy Training - Engaging your audience: presentation skills for outreach - NEON
In Person Event – Kings College London. How do you grab the attention of a group of teens at 9am on a Monday morning? How can you change the course of a life through what you say? Whether public speak...
www.educationopportunities.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Do you work in #HEAccess and want to know how to present more effectively in your outreach? I'm delighted to be running a one-day training session with NEON and kindly hosted by Kings College London.
Sign up here.
www.educationopportunities.co.uk/events/neon-...
Sign up here.
www.educationopportunities.co.uk/events/neon-...
Attended a great symposium on #decolonising today, and it's striking how equity/inclusion work in UK HE feels so precarious. In spite of the election of a (slightly?) more progressive government, budget cuts and redundancies coupled with far right resurgence make for worrying times.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
September 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Attended a great symposium on #decolonising today, and it's striking how equity/inclusion work in UK HE feels so precarious. In spite of the election of a (slightly?) more progressive government, budget cuts and redundancies coupled with far right resurgence make for worrying times.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?