Matt O'Leary
@profmattoleary.bsky.social
Professor of Education at BCU. I talk, teach & write about education policy & practice in further & higher education, especially teachers' professional learning. My recent books include: https://tinyurl.com/mr3t8yha & https://tinyurl.com/4k898kpp
Saturday 7-miler with the world's favourite spaniel
May 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Saturday 7-miler with the world's favourite spaniel
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L’observació entre iguals pot augmentar la percepció sobre la cultura col·laborativa del centre i el sentit d’agència col·lectiva, sense canvis significatius en l’actitud vers la col·laboració —tot i que, dins d’aquesta dimensió, sí que augmenta la preferència pel treball col·laboratiu. [4/21]
April 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
L’observació entre iguals pot augmentar la percepció sobre la cultura col·laborativa del centre i el sentit d’agència col·lectiva, sense canvis significatius en l’actitud vers la col·laboració —tot i que, dins d’aquesta dimensió, sí que augmenta la preferència pel treball col·laboratiu. [4/21]
Reposted by Matt O'Leary
Reposted by Matt O'Leary
TEDH Project Dissemination Event at Hue University of Education, Vietnam. The project partners are Birmingham City University, Hue University of Education, Vinh University, Viettel Company, and the British Council in Vietnam.
April 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
TEDH Project Dissemination Event at Hue University of Education, Vietnam. The project partners are Birmingham City University, Hue University of Education, Vinh University, Viettel Company, and the British Council in Vietnam.
🔔 NEW ARTICLE 🔔 'A Systematic Review of Reciprocal Peer Observation in Higher Education', co-authored with Mariona Corcelles Seuba, Maite Ortiz & David Duran from Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona & Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FNMTP...
A systematic review of reciprocal peer observation in higher education
This article presents a systematic literature review focused on the collaborative approach of Reciprocal Peer Observation (RPO) in Higher Education (HE). The aim was to analyse the effectiveness of...
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March 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🔔 NEW ARTICLE 🔔 'A Systematic Review of Reciprocal Peer Observation in Higher Education', co-authored with Mariona Corcelles Seuba, Maite Ortiz & David Duran from Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona & Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FNMTP...
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Another gorgeous day for Leo's Saturday six miler
March 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Another gorgeous day for Leo's Saturday six miler
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Learn about the need for greater collaboration between colleges, universities, and local authorities to tackle skills issues and drive long-term economic development in our new #ThinkFurther blog.
Read the full blog here:
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Read the full blog here:
www.aoc.co.uk/news-campaig...
March 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Learn about the need for greater collaboration between colleges, universities, and local authorities to tackle skills issues and drive long-term economic development in our new #ThinkFurther blog.
Read the full blog here:
www.aoc.co.uk/news-campaig...
Read the full blog here:
www.aoc.co.uk/news-campaig...
Reposted by Matt O'Leary
Reposted by Matt O'Leary
Would you like to understand more about the Ethnicity Awarding Gap, including practices and approaches for tackling it?
📅 Join our online event 'Making Sense of the Ethnicity Awarding Gap', where we will explore data to gain practical insight on the topic.
Register: tinyurl.com/2eujcznv
📅 Join our online event 'Making Sense of the Ethnicity Awarding Gap', where we will explore data to gain practical insight on the topic.
Register: tinyurl.com/2eujcznv
March 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Would you like to understand more about the Ethnicity Awarding Gap, including practices and approaches for tackling it?
📅 Join our online event 'Making Sense of the Ethnicity Awarding Gap', where we will explore data to gain practical insight on the topic.
Register: tinyurl.com/2eujcznv
📅 Join our online event 'Making Sense of the Ethnicity Awarding Gap', where we will explore data to gain practical insight on the topic.
Register: tinyurl.com/2eujcznv
Reposted by Matt O'Leary
Reposted by Matt O'Leary
🔔NEW PROJECT AWARD🔔 Delighted that our @qaaforhe.bsky.social application has been one of the 18 successful projects selected for funding ! Title of our project: “Supporting flexible pathways and effective student transitions in college-based higher education”, qaa.ac.uk/news-events/ne…
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February 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🔔NEW PROJECT AWARD🔔 Delighted that our @qaaforhe.bsky.social application has been one of the 18 successful projects selected for funding ! Title of our project: “Supporting flexible pathways and effective student transitions in college-based higher education”, qaa.ac.uk/news-events/ne…
It's days like this that make me thankful to be alive. Absolutely glorious weather!
January 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
It's days like this that make me thankful to be alive. Absolutely glorious weather!
Discussing the progress of doctoral students over this year with colleagues, TIME is the key enabler & barrier. Naturally, never having enough time is a given for p/t ss, but the way in which that limited time is conceptualised, protected & used is crucial to making progress & managing doctoral work
December 20, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Discussing the progress of doctoral students over this year with colleagues, TIME is the key enabler & barrier. Naturally, never having enough time is a given for p/t ss, but the way in which that limited time is conceptualised, protected & used is crucial to making progress & managing doctoral work
BLOG #5 from our @qaaforhe.bsky.social Collaborative Enhancement Project. Read the reflections of 3 members of academic staff who share their experiences of participating in a staff-student partnership through an innovative cycle of collaborative observation model: www.qaa.ac.uk/news-events/...
Being Co-Creators in the Learning Experience
This blog shares the reflections of three lecturers who participated in the project, Enhancing learning and teaching quality through collaborative observation, a model that invited staff and students ...
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December 17, 2024 at 5:34 PM
BLOG #5 from our @qaaforhe.bsky.social Collaborative Enhancement Project. Read the reflections of 3 members of academic staff who share their experiences of participating in a staff-student partnership through an innovative cycle of collaborative observation model: www.qaa.ac.uk/news-events/...
My article Rethinking teachers' professional learning through unseen observation has now been published in the printed version of the journal Professional Development in Education, Volume 50, 2024 - Issue 6. The full article is free to access and share here 😀: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Rethinking teachers’ professional learning through unseen observation
This conceptual paper discusses ‘unseen observation’ as an alternative model of classroom observation to support teachers’ professional learning. The paper starts with a critical synopsis of how ob...
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December 17, 2024 at 5:26 PM
My article Rethinking teachers' professional learning through unseen observation has now been published in the printed version of the journal Professional Development in Education, Volume 50, 2024 - Issue 6. The full article is free to access and share here 😀: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Full article: Sorting or supporting teachers? An exploration of the imbalanced role of classroom observation in the development and assessment of Vietnamese secondary schoolteachers www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 17, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Full article: Sorting or supporting teachers? An exploration of the imbalanced role of classroom observation in the development and assessment of Vietnamese secondary schoolteachers www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....