'Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance': "Ignorant of Africa’s own traditions and history of political economy, they believed that their own countries’ economic success was transferable to an Africa they considered a blank slate" - Bronwen Everill blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

Back from Beautiful British Columbia to an equally beautiful British garden in London. Looking forward to meeting the IOE’s doctoral researchers tomorrow.

Heard @lottiehoare.bsky.social present on Slade’s 1954 'Child Drama', found serendipitously on @ioelibrary.bsky.social's open shelves. The image echoes Slade’s theory and Hoare's use of #rhizomaticlearning. See #AltText. #LibrarianSky don’t overlook the value of older books on open shelves. #HistEd

Reading David Gillborn’s 'White Lies' (2024). His definition of white supremacy — a system where white dominance and entitlement are built into everyday life — isn’t new. We know this. But maybe that’s the problem. If it’s still shaping the world, maybe we should be talking about it more, not less.

The ‘Flower’ exhibition at the #Saatchi is superb. Worth a visit if you haven’t been to it yet www.saatchigallery.com/exhibition/f...

Are you a human? Then UCL's (@ucl.ac.uk) new #copyright card game is for you! Read more about this game created by @christined.bsky.social and come and see the demo of the game at the Student Centre on 27th March between 12 and 4 pm: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/copyright/20...

Enjoyed presenting my paper at @ihr.bsky.social-ICHRE on the silences of #eugenics & #imperialism in teacher training, showing how selecting the 'right type' of student led to an elitism or what I call, a form of ‘teacher engineering, further de-democratising the profession #teachertraining #HistEd

New research portal “History of Education Switzerland” now online – a resource also for international users bildungsgeschichte.ch #HistEd #HistEdSwiss It allows refining by type of material, years, language etc. Jetzt muss ich nur noch an meinen Lesekenntnissen in Deutsch arbeiten!

Today's AI moment: While working on a presentation for doctoral students, Microsoft Copilot independently discovered my doctoral thesis, declared me an expert in the field, and then get all excited when I revealed it was actually talking to the author! 😄 #AI #AcademicHumour

Happy Boxing Day! Hope you enjoyed the Christmas pudding yesterday. Interesting article on its origin and where in the Empire the ingredients come from: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The Calendar also has a wonderful Christmas Quiz on #Copyright by UCL's Dr Christina Doauti @christined.bsky.social at ucl-global.libwizard.com/f/copyright_... #AcademicSky #IPRSky #CopyrightSky

Loving the @uclopenscience.bsky.social's Advent Calendar and @uclpress.bsky.social's #OA book by @ioe.bsky.social's Professors Aldrich and Woodin. uclpress.co.uk/book/the-ucl... Ten years since the IOE-UCL merger - feels like yesterday. #AcademicSky #InstitutionalHistories

If you’re in London, please go see the Soho Xmas Lights designed by children as part of a citizen science project. The project is the brainchild of an IOE doctoral student, Antonio Capelao. Please also consider donating to the project gofund.me/f22be66d #CitizenScience #AcacdemicSky

UCL students & staff: understanding copyright supports open, creative and ethical research. Be part of developing UCL’s Copyright Literacy Strategy shorturl.at/oFaIs. Does the strategy address your priorities? Give us your views! Image AI-generated in MS Co-Pilot. #AcademicSky #CopyrightSky #IPRSky

It’s been a pleasure to have had Pia Russell, @UCL’s 2023 ‘Liberating the Collection’ fellow, work on the @IOELibrary’s #historicaltextbooks collection. Read about her work on #decolonisingthecurriculum @UCLSpecColl’s blog blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll... #academicsky #edusky #textbookresearch

It's time to celebrate & recognise outstanding contributions to open science! Apply now for the UCL Open Science & Scholarship Awards, open to all students and staff. Deadline: 01/09. Apply, nominate a colleague and spread the word!
buff.ly/45RmHgr @ioe.bsky.social #openscience, #openscholarship

It is with great sadness that we share the news of Sir Peter Newsam's death. He was director of the Institute from 1989 to 1994. The IOE Library, also called the Newsam Library, was his vision. See: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2022/09/... and the obituary in the Guardian theguardian.com/education/20...