Rob McKay
@rob-mckay.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Enterprise Practice at Manchester Metropolitan University- I work with business owners and managers to make working lives better. #andragogy #narrative #leadership #strategy #innovation
Great opportunity to join the best department, in one of the best Business Schools in the UK - triple accredited, plus Small Business Charter, just named Modern University of the Year by Times/Sunday Times
#academicsky #academia #businessschool
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#academicsky #academia #businessschool
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Lecturer (Enterprise or Sustainability) - (8581) | Manchester Metropolitan University Careers
All about Manchester Metropolitan - an exciting, modern university in the heart of one of the UK's great student cities.
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September 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Great opportunity to join the best department, in one of the best Business Schools in the UK - triple accredited, plus Small Business Charter, just named Modern University of the Year by Times/Sunday Times
#academicsky #academia #businessschool
manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...
#academicsky #academia #businessschool
manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...
I recently attended the UIIN 2025 conference on university interactions with industry, presenting with my colleague Chris Taylor from the Centre for #Enterprise at Manchester Metropolitan University on our work on story structures to engage #SMEs in #innovation processes. #academic #academicsky
June 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I recently attended the UIIN 2025 conference on university interactions with industry, presenting with my colleague Chris Taylor from the Centre for #Enterprise at Manchester Metropolitan University on our work on story structures to engage #SMEs in #innovation processes. #academic #academicsky
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March 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Behold: the audio equivalent of having a slickly designed Powerpoint with vacuous content
Zoom bias: The social costs of having a 'tinny' sound during video conferences — A tinny voice caused by a cheap mic, researchers say, could sink their chances. #AcademicSky
Zoom bias: The social costs of having a 'tinny' sound during video conferences
Most job candidates know to dress nicely for Zoom interviews and to arrange a professional-looking background for the camera. But a new Yale study suggests they also ought to test the quality of their...
phys.org
March 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Behold: the audio equivalent of having a slickly designed Powerpoint with vacuous content
100% this - we only learn in three ways:
Play (de-risked, experimental version of doing it for real)
Being told stories (when playing can't be de-risked)
Doing it for real (all the risk)
Dismissing play from learning is about as short-sighted as it gets
Play (de-risked, experimental version of doing it for real)
Being told stories (when playing can't be de-risked)
Doing it for real (all the risk)
Dismissing play from learning is about as short-sighted as it gets
Playing smarter: How play builds human intelligence
Learning through play literally builds brains. Policymakers and funding gatekeepers for state education programmes must understand this much better
#Edu #EduSky @drpam.bsky.social @bylines.scot
Learning through play literally builds brains. Policymakers and funding gatekeepers for state education programmes must understand this much better
#Edu #EduSky @drpam.bsky.social @bylines.scot
Playing smarter: How play builds human intelligence
Learning through play literally builds brains. Policymakers and funding gatekeepers for state education programmes must understand this much better
bylines.scot
March 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
100% this - we only learn in three ways:
Play (de-risked, experimental version of doing it for real)
Being told stories (when playing can't be de-risked)
Doing it for real (all the risk)
Dismissing play from learning is about as short-sighted as it gets
Play (de-risked, experimental version of doing it for real)
Being told stories (when playing can't be de-risked)
Doing it for real (all the risk)
Dismissing play from learning is about as short-sighted as it gets
I suspect this will crash and burn, because these four have become enamoured with the technology and lost sight of the value proposition.
I've never met anyone who buys books only because they're cheap.
I've never met anyone who buys books only because they're cheap.
A new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence
New publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 alone
A new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence.
www.thebookseller.com
November 26, 2024 at 11:37 AM
I suspect this will crash and burn, because these four have become enamoured with the technology and lost sight of the value proposition.
I've never met anyone who buys books only because they're cheap.
I've never met anyone who buys books only because they're cheap.
Great FREE & OPEN TO ALL webinar for #SME managers coming up as part of our #HelpToGrow alumni programme. Expert advice on maximising your Social Media presence. Register here to attend:
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Help to Grow: Management Alumni Webinar - Social Media That Converts
Our series of seven webinars covers contemporary topics in leadership and management
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November 26, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Great FREE & OPEN TO ALL webinar for #SME managers coming up as part of our #HelpToGrow alumni programme. Expert advice on maximising your Social Media presence. Register here to attend:
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We might have finally found a meaningful use-case for Blockchain.
NEW on Wonkhe: With the Lifelong Learning Entitlement now a reality, Brooke Storer-Church argues that it's time to reopen the argument about getting credit transfer working https://buff.ly/4fz7VyI
November 12, 2024 at 10:02 AM
We might have finally found a meaningful use-case for Blockchain.
The UK is long overdue rediscovering the value of serendipity.
A drive to make UK research more focused and targeted needs to be carefully managed to avoid fostering elitism, exacerbating financial issues and leaving the country poorly prepared for unforeseen problems, experts have warned
#highered #AcademicSky
#highered #AcademicSky
Call for more focused research ‘risks fostering academic elitism’
Experts fear ‘high-risk strategy’ as universities urged to double down on existing strengths and retrench from other areas
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 9, 2024 at 9:11 AM
The UK is long overdue rediscovering the value of serendipity.
The three institutional social media responses to TEF announcements:
Gold: "WE GOT TEF GOLD!"
Silver: < dignified silence >
Bronze: "Here is a link to work by one of our academics on why the TEF methodology is inherently flawed"
Gold: "WE GOT TEF GOLD!"
Silver: < dignified silence >
Bronze: "Here is a link to work by one of our academics on why the TEF methodology is inherently flawed"
September 20, 2024 at 9:49 AM
The three institutional social media responses to TEF announcements:
Gold: "WE GOT TEF GOLD!"
Silver: < dignified silence >
Bronze: "Here is a link to work by one of our academics on why the TEF methodology is inherently flawed"
Gold: "WE GOT TEF GOLD!"
Silver: < dignified silence >
Bronze: "Here is a link to work by one of our academics on why the TEF methodology is inherently flawed"
War of Jenkins Ear 1739 to 1748
This may explain why I'm only a Dad to dogs.
This may explain why I'm only a Dad to dogs.
I have a running theory that all dads can have their personality types inferred by their answer to “what is your favorite war?” It’s like astrology, but for dads
August 20, 2024 at 3:45 PM
War of Jenkins Ear 1739 to 1748
This may explain why I'm only a Dad to dogs.
This may explain why I'm only a Dad to dogs.