Tristan McCowan
@mccowan.bsky.social
Professor of International Education at UCL
Pinned
One week left to submit to the Climate-U conference!
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June 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
One week left to submit to the Climate-U conference!
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Climate-U conference open for submissions!
5-8 Nov in Belém (Brazil) and online. Event is free of charge.
Submissions welcome on all aspects of HE and the climate crisis (individual paper, symposium, workshop or artistic)
www.climate-uni.com/network-conf...
5-8 Nov in Belém (Brazil) and online. Event is free of charge.
Submissions welcome on all aspects of HE and the climate crisis (individual paper, symposium, workshop or artistic)
www.climate-uni.com/network-conf...
Network Conference 2025 | Climate-Uni.com
Climate-Uni.com | Network Conference 2025: Higher Education and the Climate Crisis | Transforming Universities for a Changing Climate. Network lead 2025 UFPA, Brazil.
www.climate-uni.com
May 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Climate-U conference open for submissions!
5-8 Nov in Belém (Brazil) and online. Event is free of charge.
Submissions welcome on all aspects of HE and the climate crisis (individual paper, symposium, workshop or artistic)
www.climate-uni.com/network-conf...
5-8 Nov in Belém (Brazil) and online. Event is free of charge.
Submissions welcome on all aspects of HE and the climate crisis (individual paper, symposium, workshop or artistic)
www.climate-uni.com/network-conf...
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Universities can play a pivotal role in addressing the climate crisis – yet this potential is not always realised.
On 8 May, join @mccowan.bsky.social for the launch of Universities and Climate Action, which unravels the impact of universities on climate change.
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/202...
On 8 May, join @mccowan.bsky.social for the launch of Universities and Climate Action, which unravels the impact of universities on climate change.
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/202...
Universities and Climate Action: Book launch and debate | IOE - Faculty of Education and Society
This seminar debates the pivotal role universities across the world have to play in addressing the climate crisis.
www.ucl.ac.uk
April 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Universities can play a pivotal role in addressing the climate crisis – yet this potential is not always realised.
On 8 May, join @mccowan.bsky.social for the launch of Universities and Climate Action, which unravels the impact of universities on climate change.
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/202...
On 8 May, join @mccowan.bsky.social for the launch of Universities and Climate Action, which unravels the impact of universities on climate change.
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/202...
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✅We’re extending abstracts deadline: 14 March 2025
✅We’ve interesting abstracts from Chile Columbia Brazil Spain Italy USA
✅We’d love more from these & other LA countries
✅Do share widely @mccowan.bsky.social @profgerber.bsky.social @rkshanks.bsky.social @suzanneegan.bsky.social
#EduSky #LawSky
✅We’ve interesting abstracts from Chile Columbia Brazil Spain Italy USA
✅We’d love more from these & other LA countries
✅Do share widely @mccowan.bsky.social @profgerber.bsky.social @rkshanks.bsky.social @suzanneegan.bsky.social
#EduSky #LawSky
⭐️CfP Special Issue #HumanRights #Education in #LatinAmerica
Editors: Leonel Pérez Expósito Univesidad Autónoma Metropolitana #Mexico
Melina Porto Universidad Nacional de La Plata, #Argentina
Abstracts by 03.05.2025
Submissions 31.08.2025
⭐️Get the word out!
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Editors: Leonel Pérez Expósito Univesidad Autónoma Metropolitana #Mexico
Melina Porto Universidad Nacional de La Plata, #Argentina
Abstracts by 03.05.2025
Submissions 31.08.2025
⭐️Get the word out!
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Human Rights Education in Latin America
think.taylorandfrancis.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
✅We’re extending abstracts deadline: 14 March 2025
✅We’ve interesting abstracts from Chile Columbia Brazil Spain Italy USA
✅We’d love more from these & other LA countries
✅Do share widely @mccowan.bsky.social @profgerber.bsky.social @rkshanks.bsky.social @suzanneegan.bsky.social
#EduSky #LawSky
✅We’ve interesting abstracts from Chile Columbia Brazil Spain Italy USA
✅We’d love more from these & other LA countries
✅Do share widely @mccowan.bsky.social @profgerber.bsky.social @rkshanks.bsky.social @suzanneegan.bsky.social
#EduSky #LawSky
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Nordic Perspectives on Human Rights Education
See what @beategold.bsky.social & I set out to do
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC5G...
See what @beategold.bsky.social & I set out to do
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC5G...
Nordic Perspectives on Human Rights Education
YouTube video by Universitetet i Agder
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March 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Nordic Perspectives on Human Rights Education
See what @beategold.bsky.social & I set out to do
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC5G...
See what @beategold.bsky.social & I set out to do
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC5G...
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Never forget that the oil industry is actively working to make planet Earth uninhabitable for the sake of profit.
#MakeOilHistory
Exclusive: BP to ditch renewables goals and return focus to fossil fuels
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
#MakeOilHistory
Exclusive: BP to ditch renewables goals and return focus to fossil fuels
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Exclusive: BP to ditch renewables goals and return focus to fossil fuels
BP's chief executive will scrap a target to increase renewable generation 20-fold by 2030, returning the focus to fossil fuels, as part of a strategy shift announced on Wednesday to tackle investor concerns over earnings, two sources told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Never forget that the oil industry is actively working to make planet Earth uninhabitable for the sake of profit.
#MakeOilHistory
Exclusive: BP to ditch renewables goals and return focus to fossil fuels
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
#MakeOilHistory
Exclusive: BP to ditch renewables goals and return focus to fossil fuels
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
The climate crisis calls for a radical rethinking of education as a force for ecological and social renewal.
📢 Have insights? Share a short contribution by 28 Feb to help shape “Key Insights on Education for Planetary Futures”, launched at Climate Week NYC & COP30.
🔗 Submit here: lnkd.in/gMjkrMp4
📢 Have insights? Share a short contribution by 28 Feb to help shape “Key Insights on Education for Planetary Futures”, launched at Climate Week NYC & COP30.
🔗 Submit here: lnkd.in/gMjkrMp4
February 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The climate crisis calls for a radical rethinking of education as a force for ecological and social renewal.
📢 Have insights? Share a short contribution by 28 Feb to help shape “Key Insights on Education for Planetary Futures”, launched at Climate Week NYC & COP30.
🔗 Submit here: lnkd.in/gMjkrMp4
📢 Have insights? Share a short contribution by 28 Feb to help shape “Key Insights on Education for Planetary Futures”, launched at Climate Week NYC & COP30.
🔗 Submit here: lnkd.in/gMjkrMp4
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As Editor, I’m really excited about this initiative, and really looking forward to working closely with Melina Porto & Leonel Pérez Expósito
Do share this opportunity with colleagues working on human rights-based education in the region
Do share this opportunity with colleagues working on human rights-based education in the region
⭐️CfP Special Issue #HumanRights #Education in #LatinAmerica
Editors: Leonel Pérez Expósito Univesidad Autónoma Metropolitana #Mexico
Melina Porto Universidad Nacional de La Plata, #Argentina
Abstracts by 03.05.2025
Submissions 31.08.2025
⭐️Get the word out!
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Editors: Leonel Pérez Expósito Univesidad Autónoma Metropolitana #Mexico
Melina Porto Universidad Nacional de La Plata, #Argentina
Abstracts by 03.05.2025
Submissions 31.08.2025
⭐️Get the word out!
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Human Rights Education in Latin America
think.taylorandfrancis.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
As Editor, I’m really excited about this initiative, and really looking forward to working closely with Melina Porto & Leonel Pérez Expósito
Do share this opportunity with colleagues working on human rights-based education in the region
Do share this opportunity with colleagues working on human rights-based education in the region
Reposted by Tristan McCowan
I'm running another webinar for anyone interested in studying a fully online PhD in Education and Social Justice within an international cohort @edreslancaster.bsky.social on Monday evening www.lancaster.ac.uk/events/phd-e.... You'll have an opportunity to hear about the PhD and ask questions.
PhD Education & Social Justice Applicant Webinar - 3rd February, Monday 3 February, 7:30pm - Lancaster University
This online webinar is for anyone interested in applying for our fully online PhD Education and Social Justice programme in October 2025. You will have the opportunity to hear more about the PhD and t...
www.lancaster.ac.uk
February 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I'm running another webinar for anyone interested in studying a fully online PhD in Education and Social Justice within an international cohort @edreslancaster.bsky.social on Monday evening www.lancaster.ac.uk/events/phd-e.... You'll have an opportunity to hear about the PhD and ask questions.
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No, I don't need a bloody copilot for this document, thank you.
Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.
Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.
January 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
No, I don't need a bloody copilot for this document, thank you.
Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.
Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.
The most depressing thing about the Trump administration has ended up being the spinelessness and capitulation of other world leaders
January 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The most depressing thing about the Trump administration has ended up being the spinelessness and capitulation of other world leaders
What executive orders would you sign on your first day as president?
January 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
What executive orders would you sign on your first day as president?
Join us for a collaborative roundtable discussion on ‘Key Insights on Education for Planetary Futures.’
Mon 20th Jan, 5-6pm (UTC) online
www.learning-planet.org/event/key-in...
Mon 20th Jan, 5-6pm (UTC) online
www.learning-planet.org/event/key-in...
Key Insights on Education for Planetary Futures - LearningPlanet Festival
Join us for a collaborative roundtable discussion as we launch the process of gathering contributions for the inaugural 'Key Insights on Education for Planetary Futures.' This annual series aims to sy...
www.learning-planet.org
January 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Join us for a collaborative roundtable discussion on ‘Key Insights on Education for Planetary Futures.’
Mon 20th Jan, 5-6pm (UTC) online
www.learning-planet.org/event/key-in...
Mon 20th Jan, 5-6pm (UTC) online
www.learning-planet.org/event/key-in...
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Registration now open for the @cghe.bsky.social 2025 conference - at @oxforddeptofed.bsky.social and online on 3-4 April
Great programme of international speakers!
www.researchcghe.org/events/cghe-...
Great programme of international speakers!
www.researchcghe.org/events/cghe-...
CGHE 2025 Conference: Global Rupture? Geopolitics, policy repair and the reimagining of higher education | Centre for Global Higher Education
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January 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Registration now open for the @cghe.bsky.social 2025 conference - at @oxforddeptofed.bsky.social and online on 3-4 April
Great programme of international speakers!
www.researchcghe.org/events/cghe-...
Great programme of international speakers!
www.researchcghe.org/events/cghe-...
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Our new open-access paper examines how international professional mobility contributes to professional expertise, intercultural competence, and career development, highlighting reintegration challenges & broader societal impacts. Explore the findings here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Our new open-access paper examines how international professional mobility contributes to professional expertise, intercultural competence, and career development, highlighting reintegration challenges & broader societal impacts. Explore the findings here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
“The king?!” Said my three-year-old daughter this afternoon.
“There aren't kings and queens any more, only people”.
If only, if only.
“There aren't kings and queens any more, only people”.
If only, if only.
January 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“The king?!” Said my three-year-old daughter this afternoon.
“There aren't kings and queens any more, only people”.
If only, if only.
“There aren't kings and queens any more, only people”.
If only, if only.
Reposted by Tristan McCowan
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Translation: It’s going to be bad. Really, really bad. It’s happening sooner, and faster, and more drastically than anyone thought. And science doesn’t care if you believe in climate change or not.
#Climate
#Environment
#Science
🧪🪐🌎🌍🌏
Translation: It’s going to be bad. Really, really bad. It’s happening sooner, and faster, and more drastically than anyone thought. And science doesn’t care if you believe in climate change or not.
#Climate
#Environment
#Science
🧪🪐🌎🌍🌏
Climate Models Can’t Explain What’s Happening to Earth
Global warming is moving faster than the best models can keep a handle on.
www.theatlantic.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Translation: It’s going to be bad. Really, really bad. It’s happening sooner, and faster, and more drastically than anyone thought. And science doesn’t care if you believe in climate change or not.
#Climate
#Environment
#Science
🧪🪐🌎🌍🌏
Translation: It’s going to be bad. Really, really bad. It’s happening sooner, and faster, and more drastically than anyone thought. And science doesn’t care if you believe in climate change or not.
#Climate
#Environment
#Science
🧪🪐🌎🌍🌏
Mixed feelings after discovering that my new family nickname is not in fact ‘Iron Man’, but ‘Ironing Man’
December 27, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Mixed feelings after discovering that my new family nickname is not in fact ‘Iron Man’, but ‘Ironing Man’
Happy Solstice everyone!
December 21, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Happy Solstice everyone!
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This is what I keep telling students: you think AI is producing "good writing" and that it "thinks" because you have not actually learned what good writing and what critical thinking is, and if you want to survive in this hellscape, you have to learn these without AI.
The drum we need to keep beating: if students don't learn how to do things better than AI does, AI will take their jobs. The only way to learn that is *without using AI in the learning process*.
December 19, 2024 at 3:56 PM
This is what I keep telling students: you think AI is producing "good writing" and that it "thinks" because you have not actually learned what good writing and what critical thinking is, and if you want to survive in this hellscape, you have to learn these without AI.
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Vacancy for a researcher working with @alinecourtois.bsky.social @sazanajayadeva.bsky.social and me on a new project on the 'Virtual Mobilities of International Students'. Based at @uniofbath.bsky.social
Deadline for applications: 5 Jan 2025
Please repost - thanks!
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
Deadline for applications: 5 Jan 2025
Please repost - thanks!
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
CH12254 Research Assistant/Research Associate - Jobs at Bath
Research Assistant/ Research Associate
www.bath.ac.uk
December 11, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Vacancy for a researcher working with @alinecourtois.bsky.social @sazanajayadeva.bsky.social and me on a new project on the 'Virtual Mobilities of International Students'. Based at @uniofbath.bsky.social
Deadline for applications: 5 Jan 2025
Please repost - thanks!
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
Deadline for applications: 5 Jan 2025
Please repost - thanks!
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
Apply by 9th Jan
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CIES HE SIG Student Travel Awards 2025.pdf
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December 18, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Apply by 9th Jan
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Hundred years of solitude is one of my favourite books. But I always remember García Márquez vowed it should never go on screen. Does it feel like a bit of a betrayal to watch it now?
December 15, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Hundred years of solitude is one of my favourite books. But I always remember García Márquez vowed it should never go on screen. Does it feel like a bit of a betrayal to watch it now?
Join our upcoming CGHE webinar with @leerensimer.bsky.social and Mario Azevedo
Tues 10th Dec, 2-3pm GMT
www.researchcghe.org/events/brazi...
Tues 10th Dec, 2-3pm GMT
www.researchcghe.org/events/brazi...
Brazil’s transition to donor partner in higher education and science: a distinctive South-South Cooperation rationale? | Centre for Global Higher Education
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December 6, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Join our upcoming CGHE webinar with @leerensimer.bsky.social and Mario Azevedo
Tues 10th Dec, 2-3pm GMT
www.researchcghe.org/events/brazi...
Tues 10th Dec, 2-3pm GMT
www.researchcghe.org/events/brazi...