Pete Evans
@eksplor.bsky.social
Lecturer in digital education | higher education strategy & policy | This is all me and not my employer
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Our annual Algerian Studies Master’s Dissertation Prize is now open for students at any UK university. If you get a high grade for a thesis related to #Algeria, apply & get your hard work recognised!
Deadline 30 November 2025, prizes announced January 2026, apply here: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
Deadline 30 November 2025, prizes announced January 2026, apply here: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
Algerian Studies Master's Dissertation Prize
The LSE Middle East Centre and the Society for Algerian Studies run a UK-wide prize for Master's dissertations on Algeria.
www.lse.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Our annual Algerian Studies Master’s Dissertation Prize is now open for students at any UK university. If you get a high grade for a thesis related to #Algeria, apply & get your hard work recognised!
Deadline 30 November 2025, prizes announced January 2026, apply here: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
Deadline 30 November 2025, prizes announced January 2026, apply here: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
Call for papers for the 2026 #Interdisciplinary #Learning and Teaching Conference at #Edinburgh Future Institute. Closing date for submissions is 16 Jan 2026 See interdisciplinaryuk.net/future-event...
Call for Papers Open!
Interdisciplinary Pathways: Engaging Learners and Creating Opportunities Call for papers Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh 16 April 2026 This year’s Conference …
interdisciplinaryuk.net
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Call for papers for the 2026 #Interdisciplinary #Learning and Teaching Conference at #Edinburgh Future Institute. Closing date for submissions is 16 Jan 2026 See interdisciplinaryuk.net/future-event...
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Universities must become more open to non-academic talent: Both within management and the professoriate, the need for a wider range of experience and skills is only getting stronger, says Marcus Munafò
https://ow.ly/O8yL50X9Fjp
https://ow.ly/O8yL50X9Fjp
October 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Universities must become more open to non-academic talent: Both within management and the professoriate, the need for a wider range of experience and skills is only getting stronger, says Marcus Munafò
https://ow.ly/O8yL50X9Fjp
https://ow.ly/O8yL50X9Fjp
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And so it begins.
My prediction:
1) ‘back-office efficiencies’ (aka cull of professional services and academic-related staff inc programme admin, student support, teaching/learning support / digital learning support /libraries / professional development etc)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My prediction:
1) ‘back-office efficiencies’ (aka cull of professional services and academic-related staff inc programme admin, student support, teaching/learning support / digital learning support /libraries / professional development etc)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Greenwich and Kent announce merger to form 'super-university'
Universities are facing ongoing financial worries, with the regulator saying other mergers could follow.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
And so it begins.
My prediction:
1) ‘back-office efficiencies’ (aka cull of professional services and academic-related staff inc programme admin, student support, teaching/learning support / digital learning support /libraries / professional development etc)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My prediction:
1) ‘back-office efficiencies’ (aka cull of professional services and academic-related staff inc programme admin, student support, teaching/learning support / digital learning support /libraries / professional development etc)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Strange piece on #ukhe finance. No mention of the tripling of fees by the coalition government, the removal of number caps nor the problems of focusing funding on HE rather than a coherent tertiary system
Strange piece on #ukhe finance. No mention of the tripling of fees by the coalition government, the removal of number caps nor the problems of focusing funding on HE rather than a coherent tertiary system
The Guardian view on university finances: stop chipping away at a crumbling system | Editorial
Editorial: Economic and academic activity are bound up together. Charging international students more for less will not fix deep-seated problems
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:38 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Strange piece on #ukhe finance. No mention of the tripling of fees by the coalition government, the removal of number caps nor the problems of focusing funding on HE rather than a coherent tertiary system
Strange piece on #ukhe finance. No mention of the tripling of fees by the coalition government, the removal of number caps nor the problems of focusing funding on HE rather than a coherent tertiary system
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Nice trillions-dollar industry you got there. It would be a shame if anyone tested its claims empirically
"UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost"
www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/m...
www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/m...
M365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial
: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex
www.theregister.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Nice trillions-dollar industry you got there. It would be a shame if anyone tested its claims empirically
Interesting summary of Skills England's latest report on priority #skills for 2030: especially that only 70% of computing graduates go on to #employment in IT. www.bcs.org/articles-opi... #employability #highered #tertiaryed #vocationaled
Digital Skills Demand to 2030: Skills England’s latest assessment | BCS
www.bcs.org
September 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Interesting summary of Skills England's latest report on priority #skills for 2030: especially that only 70% of computing graduates go on to #employment in IT. www.bcs.org/articles-opi... #employability #highered #tertiaryed #vocationaled
The AI Literacy Framework from @ec.europa.eu. @oecd-ocde.bsky.social, Code. org & others. Details key skills students need to navigate and shape a world with #AI.
The feedback survey is still open to help shape the final version.
👉See ailiteracyframework.org #AIEd #DigitalEducation
The feedback survey is still open to help shape the final version.
👉See ailiteracyframework.org #AIEd #DigitalEducation
August 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The AI Literacy Framework from @ec.europa.eu. @oecd-ocde.bsky.social, Code. org & others. Details key skills students need to navigate and shape a world with #AI.
The feedback survey is still open to help shape the final version.
👉See ailiteracyframework.org #AIEd #DigitalEducation
The feedback survey is still open to help shape the final version.
👉See ailiteracyframework.org #AIEd #DigitalEducation
CfP for Nineteenth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies at Rhodes. Proposals due by 16 September on the theme of human-centred AI transformations. See cgscholar.com/cg_event/eve... #DigitalEducation #elearning #AIED #higherEd #education
Nineteenth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies
The e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies Research Network provides a forum to meet others in the field, share ideas, and publish your work.
cgscholar.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
CfP for Nineteenth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies at Rhodes. Proposals due by 16 September on the theme of human-centred AI transformations. See cgscholar.com/cg_event/eve... #DigitalEducation #elearning #AIED #higherEd #education
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"By positing superintelligence as the future goal, and in repeating over and over again that it will absolutely, positively be here almost immediately, Altman and Zuckerberg can then just take it as read that what we are dealing with today is 'AI', artificial intelligence."
“The current political economy of AI rests on positing future value returns that will only be possible after a technological breakthrough of such unprecedented extent it would entail a transformation of society so radical as to undermine the very conditions of capitalist profit.” - Samuel Chambers
The Political Economy of "AI"
Before straying to the theory dark side, I spent some time in college as an Economics major; I’ve always been strangely charmed by a silly joke I first heard back then.
open.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"By positing superintelligence as the future goal, and in repeating over and over again that it will absolutely, positively be here almost immediately, Altman and Zuckerberg can then just take it as read that what we are dealing with today is 'AI', artificial intelligence."
For the USA, it looks like students studying wholly online will outnumber on-campus students www.npr.org/2025/07/11/n... #highered #digitaleducation
More college students now learn entirely online than completely in-person
This year is the first time that more U.S. college students will learn entirely online compared to being fully in-person. And research shows most online programs cost as much or more than in-person.Th...
www.npr.org
August 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
For the USA, it looks like students studying wholly online will outnumber on-campus students www.npr.org/2025/07/11/n... #highered #digitaleducation
Special issue of New Media & Society on digital twinning at journals.sagepub.com/toc/nmsa/27/8 #digitalTwinning
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August 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Special issue of New Media & Society on digital twinning at journals.sagepub.com/toc/nmsa/27/8 #digitalTwinning
#Edinburgh Critical AI in Education Network event on 1 September, 1 - 4 pm, to organise for a more critical voice on AI-adoption within #HigherEd. Book a seat at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/edinburgh-... #AIEd #UKHE
Edinburgh Critical AI in Education Network
The event is aimed at creating a space for critical discussion of AI across our universities in Edinburgh
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#Edinburgh Critical AI in Education Network event on 1 September, 1 - 4 pm, to organise for a more critical voice on AI-adoption within #HigherEd. Book a seat at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/edinburgh-... #AIEd #UKHE
New #open access book on Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online available as part of the excellent Issues in Distance Education services from @aupress.bsky.social at www.aupress.ca/books/120334... #pedagogy #DigitalEducation
Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online - Athabasca University Press
Instructors across higher education require inspiring and practical resources for creating, adapting to, and enhancing, online teaching and learning spaces. Faculty need to build collaborative, equita...
www.aupress.ca
July 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
New #open access book on Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online available as part of the excellent Issues in Distance Education services from @aupress.bsky.social at www.aupress.ca/books/120334... #pedagogy #DigitalEducation
Yes, a great question. it’s as if universities as institutions ignore all their academics warning them of the risks and costs of big tech, data extractivism etc
June 17, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Yes, a great question. it’s as if universities as institutions ignore all their academics warning them of the risks and costs of big tech, data extractivism etc
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Denmark's govt are going fullstack OS Linux. Humboldt Berlin uni are fullstack OS Linux. Lots of other German and Dutch unis are completely free of Global big tech. If UK universities are all verging on bankrupt, why are they pouring money into big tech (incl AI)? Why aren't they all OS Linux?
June 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Denmark's govt are going fullstack OS Linux. Humboldt Berlin uni are fullstack OS Linux. Lots of other German and Dutch unis are completely free of Global big tech. If UK universities are all verging on bankrupt, why are they pouring money into big tech (incl AI)? Why aren't they all OS Linux?
Join us for a vibrant, student-led conference showcasing critical, creative, &scholarly work in #digitaleducation by students & alumni of the MSc Digital Education Programme @morayhouse.bsky.social University of Edinburgh. Free and online. Tickets at
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-ed... #ukhe
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-ed... #ukhe
Digital Education Student Conference 2025
Join us on 20-21 May for a vibrant, student-led conference that showcases recent critical, creative and scholarly work in digital education!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Join us for a vibrant, student-led conference showcasing critical, creative, &scholarly work in #digitaleducation by students & alumni of the MSc Digital Education Programme @morayhouse.bsky.social University of Edinburgh. Free and online. Tickets at
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-ed... #ukhe
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-ed... #ukhe
Call for abstracts for Special Issue of #postdigital #Science and #Education in the Majority World - deadline 1 May 2025. Edited by colleagues at Centre for Research in Digital Education www.de.ed.ac.uk
link.springer.com/journal/4243...
link.springer.com/journal/4243...
Postdigital Science and Education
Postdigital Science and Education is the pioneering academic journal focusing on postdigital themes and research approaches in education.
Links various ...
link.springer.com
April 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Call for abstracts for Special Issue of #postdigital #Science and #Education in the Majority World - deadline 1 May 2025. Edited by colleagues at Centre for Research in Digital Education www.de.ed.ac.uk
link.springer.com/journal/4243...
link.springer.com/journal/4243...
A valuable read from @stoweboyd.bsky.social for all higher education managers in a time of crisis on institutional resilience and the dangers of focusing on efficiency and cost reduction above all #highereducation #universities #resilience #adaptivecapacities www.stoweboyd.io?utm_source=n...
Stowe Boyd | Substack
Politics, culture, philosophy, and miscellaneous ruminations. Click to read Stowe Boyd, a Substack publication. Launched a year ago.
www.stoweboyd.io
April 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
A valuable read from @stoweboyd.bsky.social for all higher education managers in a time of crisis on institutional resilience and the dangers of focusing on efficiency and cost reduction above all #highereducation #universities #resilience #adaptivecapacities www.stoweboyd.io?utm_source=n...
Includes the university of #edinburgh ‘s MSc in Digital Education www.de.ed.ac.uk/mscde
#digitaleducation
#digitaleducation
April 16, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Includes the university of #edinburgh ‘s MSc in Digital Education www.de.ed.ac.uk/mscde
#digitaleducation
#digitaleducation
Applications open for Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships for the innovative MSc Digital Education at @morayhouse.bsky.social #digitaleducation #EdTech Info session 30 April 11am (UK time) to learn more.
📧 Contact: digitaled@ed.ac.uk
🔗 Info + how to apply: edin.ac/4jkcmPE
📧 Contact: digitaled@ed.ac.uk
🔗 Info + how to apply: edin.ac/4jkcmPE
edin.ac
April 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Applications open for Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships for the innovative MSc Digital Education at @morayhouse.bsky.social #digitaleducation #EdTech Info session 30 April 11am (UK time) to learn more.
📧 Contact: digitaled@ed.ac.uk
🔗 Info + how to apply: edin.ac/4jkcmPE
📧 Contact: digitaled@ed.ac.uk
🔗 Info + how to apply: edin.ac/4jkcmPE
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A hugely important article, exploring postdigital perspectives on the Global South... link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Postdigital Science and Education and The Majority World - Postdigital Science and Education
Postdigital Science and Education -
link.springer.com
March 18, 2025 at 6:47 AM
A hugely important article, exploring postdigital perspectives on the Global South... link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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“Interest by prospective international students in the ‘Big Four’ study destinations – the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia – declined by 14% in the year ending January 2025. This decline follows a 22% decline the previous year.” More ➣ @uniworldnews.bsky.social
Decline in interest in ‘Big Four’ study destinations
Interest by prospective international students in the ‘Big Four’ study destinations – the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia – decli...
www.universityworldnews.com
March 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“Interest by prospective international students in the ‘Big Four’ study destinations – the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia – declined by 14% in the year ending January 2025. This decline follows a 22% decline the previous year.” More ➣ @uniworldnews.bsky.social
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A6: Good, old fashioned VLE, open source preferably. In the post apocalyptic world, I’d gather a bunch of rebels and we’d co-create a great digital learning ecosystem. Mad Max style #LTHEChat
February 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A6: Good, old fashioned VLE, open source preferably. In the post apocalyptic world, I’d gather a bunch of rebels and we’d co-create a great digital learning ecosystem. Mad Max style #LTHEChat