Dan Bishop
@nervybish.bsky.social
Not sure about any of it. Trying to stay optimistic though. Welsh, academic, currently stinking up Leicester.
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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If you can figure out how to give a one year old an age appriopriate understanding of polo you've probably earned this insane salary....
There's a whole other world out there: www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...
Private Tutor - London, England, Oxfordshire - Tes Jobs
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October 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
If you can figure out how to give a one year old an age appriopriate understanding of polo you've probably earned this insane salary....
Glynne (relatively) succinctly articulates many of my own misgivings about HEI responses to AI.
Plus some uncharacteristic optimism:
‘We may even see universities boasting, “Our degrees are hard; some people fail”’
We shall see…
substack.com/@glynnewilli...
Plus some uncharacteristic optimism:
‘We may even see universities boasting, “Our degrees are hard; some people fail”’
We shall see…
substack.com/@glynnewilli...
Don’t blame the robot
The crisis of academic standards in our universities didn't start with AI
substack.com
August 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Glynne (relatively) succinctly articulates many of my own misgivings about HEI responses to AI.
Plus some uncharacteristic optimism:
‘We may even see universities boasting, “Our degrees are hard; some people fail”’
We shall see…
substack.com/@glynnewilli...
Plus some uncharacteristic optimism:
‘We may even see universities boasting, “Our degrees are hard; some people fail”’
We shall see…
substack.com/@glynnewilli...
“Another way of looking at it: the skills of 37% of graduates are underused at work.” 💯
Another way of looking at it: the skills of 37% of graduates are underused at work. UK lags other countries at basic & intermediate level. Better but barely top 10 in OECD at Level 4+, but with an over reliance on FT undergrad degrees at 18 to get there.
🌏 '37% of UK graduates are overqualified, the highest of any OECD country'
📷 Larissa Marioni, @niesrorg.bsky.social , explores the Great British skills mismatch and the regional challenge to productivity
feweek.co.uk/the-great-br...
📷 Larissa Marioni, @niesrorg.bsky.social , explores the Great British skills mismatch and the regional challenge to productivity
feweek.co.uk/the-great-br...
July 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“Another way of looking at it: the skills of 37% of graduates are underused at work.” 💯
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"Next year, I’m going back to closed-computer, hand-written summaries and in-person essay-based exams. It is less efficient. My students may not thank me. I’m OK with both." @drkorica.bsky.social of @ieseg.fr explains why she banning #AI in class: ow.ly/qbXe50WkTLj #edusky #academicsky #teaching
‘As a teacher of responsible business, I’m banning GenAI in my classroom’
We need our students to develop intellectual curiosity, to respect each other enough to want to hear each other, and become informed, thoughtful citizens, writes Maja Korica. Generative AI is getting ...
ow.ly
July 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
"Next year, I’m going back to closed-computer, hand-written summaries and in-person essay-based exams. It is less efficient. My students may not thank me. I’m OK with both." @drkorica.bsky.social of @ieseg.fr explains why she banning #AI in class: ow.ly/qbXe50WkTLj #edusky #academicsky #teaching
“GenAI can simulate all of the steps: it can summarize readings, pull out key concepts, draft text, and even generate ideas for discussion. But that would be like going to the gym and asking a robot to lift weights for you.”
I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
Teachers Are Not OK
AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."
www.404media.co
June 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
“GenAI can simulate all of the steps: it can summarize readings, pull out key concepts, draft text, and even generate ideas for discussion. But that would be like going to the gym and asking a robot to lift weights for you.”
This is very much a thing.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Working at the level above: university promotion policies as a tool for wage theft and underpayment
Higher education has a strong relationship with wage theft, which has been examined throughout years of research, reports, and government enquiries. This paper examines the practices of wage theft ...
www.tandfonline.com
October 17, 2024 at 9:26 PM
This is very much a thing.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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If you told people in other countries that 1 year was far too long for an apprenticeship, they’d look at you oddly. Risk here is we get more ‘apprenticeships’ but don’t tackle 26% fall in employer training since 2005. Lesson of history: don’t water down definition of apprenticeship.
🌹Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer pledges to 'get our skills system right'
Levy reform (confirmed by DfE after his #LabourConferece24 speech) to involve:
🌬️Shorter apprenticeships
❌Level 7 levy restrictions
💸(Paid?) 'foundation' apprenticeships
feweek.co.uk/shorter-appr...
Levy reform (confirmed by DfE after his #LabourConferece24 speech) to involve:
🌬️Shorter apprenticeships
❌Level 7 levy restrictions
💸(Paid?) 'foundation' apprenticeships
feweek.co.uk/shorter-appr...
Shorter apprenticeships and level 7 levy restrictions confirmed by Starmer
PM also pledges to introduce 'foundation' apprenticeships
feweek.co.uk
September 24, 2024 at 6:45 PM
If you told people in other countries that 1 year was far too long for an apprenticeship, they’d look at you oddly. Risk here is we get more ‘apprenticeships’ but don’t tackle 26% fall in employer training since 2005. Lesson of history: don’t water down definition of apprenticeship.
I think this stark graph explains part of the productivity problem...
Great the FT covers adult skills today. Mind blowing chart from L&W data. Employers & govt investing less. Those with lowest quals & opportunities missing out the most. Holding back growth & fairness. Hope the new govt changes this. on.ft.com/3YMzYp5
August 20, 2024 at 3:07 PM
I think this stark graph explains part of the productivity problem...
I'm no AI expert, but this does seem like pretty dystopian stuff.
The entire idea of outsourcing the scientific ecosystem to LLMs — as described below — is a concept error that I can scarcely begin to get my head around.
sakana.ai/ai-scientist/
sakana.ai/ai-scientist/
August 14, 2024 at 11:26 AM
I'm no AI expert, but this does seem like pretty dystopian stuff.
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Cabin crew: Is there a Dr on board?
Me: I am a Dr
Cabin crew: Thank God. We have a question about the 18th century textile trade in Northern Africa
Me: Ah. I'm afraid my PhD is in the ceramics of Northern Europe, 1672 - 1701
Me: I am a Dr
Cabin crew: Thank God. We have a question about the 18th century textile trade in Northern Africa
Me: Ah. I'm afraid my PhD is in the ceramics of Northern Europe, 1672 - 1701
October 30, 2023 at 7:08 PM
Cabin crew: Is there a Dr on board?
Me: I am a Dr
Cabin crew: Thank God. We have a question about the 18th century textile trade in Northern Africa
Me: Ah. I'm afraid my PhD is in the ceramics of Northern Europe, 1672 - 1701
Me: I am a Dr
Cabin crew: Thank God. We have a question about the 18th century textile trade in Northern Africa
Me: Ah. I'm afraid my PhD is in the ceramics of Northern Europe, 1672 - 1701
So. Here we are. *Looks around, whistles awkwardly*. Any recommendations for who to follow are gratefully received. 👍
November 2, 2023 at 8:45 PM
So. Here we are. *Looks around, whistles awkwardly*. Any recommendations for who to follow are gratefully received. 👍