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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 4d

I agree. There is a distinction between using software to help address specific learning differences and one that increasingly incorporates tools to re-write work to meet a brief and locates/inserts citations and references so you don't have to read them.

Jed Brown @jedbrown.org · Aug 18

It is not "attribution and sourcing" to generate post-hoc citations that have not been read and did not inform the student's writing. Those should be regarded as fraudulent: artifacts testifying to human actions and thought that did not occur.
www.theverge.com/news/760508/...

For help with attribution and sourcing, Grammarly is releasing a citation finder agent that automatically generates correctly formatted citations backing up claims in a piece of writing, and an expert review agent that provides personalized, topic-specific feedback.

Screenshot from Grammarly's demo of inserting a post-hoc citation.
https://www.grammarly.com/ai-agents/citation-finder

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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 6d

Hmmn. UK media discovers story about the precariousness of UK Higher Education whilst the government sticks its fingers in its ears and goes nyah nyah nothing to see here shocker.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 15d

"I have no regrets at all"

Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey sends a message from the Global Sumud Flotilla.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 19d

So to recap:

🟣Farage made Gill Welsh UKIP leader

🟣Gill left UKIP 2 days after Farage and has admitted to his first count of Russian bribery THE SAME DAY

💎Gill joined Brexit party and re-elected to Brexit Party during the bribes period

💎Gill made Welsh Reform UK leader

11/14

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks to everyone who is chipping into this tonight.

MSM is letting us all down. We’re growing the authentic news alternative… from the bottom up.

See: chuffed.org/project/byli...

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Sawn Bones KC @seanjones.org · Sep 15

TLDR: Make racism shameful again. While you’re at it add fascism too.

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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · Sep 15

Soooo. What's the best KPop: Demon Hunters song?

And why is it Free.

Asking for a friend.

a cartoon character with purple hair and a braid

ALT: a cartoon character with purple hair and a braid

media.tenor.com

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · Sep 14

Feels like now would be a perfect time for a successor to Rock Against Racism, not as a reaction or a ‘counter protest’ but an affirmation of something good

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Sep 14

.but it should not be beyond capacity of civil society to organise against what is happening now - through demonstrations, public campaigns, etc. Not just on Bluesky.

[Rock Against Racism emerged at the time of economic crisis and an unpopular Labour govt, after all.]

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · Sep 13

Some more direct incitement from Musk

This man burned his sheep's clothing a long time ago and is now fully leaning into his right wing white supremacist nationalism

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · Sep 13

Any Conference Questions?
#edchat #HigherEd #academia

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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · Sep 12

This is a readable & logical analysis of the straits we face from @matthewbarnard.phd . There are no quick fixes, there is a fundamental reframing & rethinking of what higher education 'is' required to move the political dial. Question is who is leading that?

blog.matthewbarnard.phd/this-governm...

This Government, This Crisis.

Higher Education funding is in crisis and the present Labour government is not making comforting noises. Until recently, the Government has been mostly silent on Higher Education, even their manifesto...

blog.matthewbarnard.phd

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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · Sep 10

I can only say O word so many times, but HE is already distorted and dominated by the interests of a small number of institutions. The very system and crisis situation it has created is a major driver for oligopoly in HE.

Rob 🏳️‍🌈 @rotster.bsky.social · Sep 10

And so it begins.

My prediction:

1) ‘back-office efficiencies’ (aka cull of professional services and academic-related staff inc programme admin, student support, teaching/learning support / digital learning support /libraries / professional development etc)

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Greenwich and Kent announce merger to form 'super-university'

Universities are facing ongoing financial worries, with the regulator saying other mergers could follow.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · Sep 10

The more watertight our dispute and construction of the ballot the less opportunity for either vexatious or even legitimate opposition to it in the courts. Partic important in context of ensuring statutory immunity.

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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · Sep 10

That's not the question or suggestion Jo. Employers have and will use legal remedy if they believe they have grounds to do so, irrespective of whether we believe something to be lawful. If we have legal advice an employer can't challenge on grounds stated above then that's good news!

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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · Sep 10

Hmmn. GMB have said they are NOT balloting - though our comms say they are (maybe we know something the GMB members don't?). I believe Unison have a policy of disaggregated ballots. And Unite haven't said they will aggregate yet. Might be some hyperbole at play here!

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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thanks Bijan.

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