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Kelly Smith
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Enterprise and entrepreneurship educator at the University of Birmingham. Art collector and greyhound guardian. PFHEA, Fellow and Life Fellow of EEUK, and Fellow of ISBE.

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 6h
This week on Wonkhe: The external examiner system is respected, popular, and widespread. Vicki Stott asks how we can build on these strengths to improve the quality of provision further - across the UK and beyond
What external examiners do and why it matters
The external examiner system is respected, popular, and widespread. Vicki Stott asks how we can build on these strengths to improve the quality of provision further - across the UK and beyond
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 8h
'"We've got students who are first and second year who may not graduate and there's no solution at the moment. Not everybody can commute, it's not logistically practical," he [MP Bayo Alaba] said.'
University of Essex staff in Southend facing stress of closure
University staff in Southend speak of their anxiety after a sudden closure announcement.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 22h
An underappreciated aspect of modern life is that instead of struggling to meet your mates in the bewilderment of architecture that is Birmingham’s New Street Station you can now just say hey lads, I’ll be next to Ozzy the giant cyberpunk technocow
Ozzy the giant cyberpunk technocow

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 1d
I am a big kid and proud of it
Woman with a happy expression on her face sitting on a carousel horse out of sight. Gold spiral pole and red and yellow canvas overhead. Brightly painted carousel horses

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 1d
Just found @georgepenney.bsky.social via a repost by @unabridgedopinions.com. Everyday observations of joyful little moments. Already a new favourite to follow and enjoy. #ff #followfriday

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2d
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 3d
A record 90,000 UK undergraduates are living at home this year, according to new figures from the university admissions service

#EduSky #highered
More than half of disadvantaged students living at family home
Admissions chief fears rise of commuter students may limit access to courses for those from poorest backgrounds
www.timeshighereducation.com

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 4d
I so wanted to be Avon. Still do.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 4d
Televisual Advent Calendar #09 – Blake’s 7

No, not until free men can think and speak. Not until power is back with the honest man.

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Televisual Advent Calendar #09 - Blake’s 7 - James Clay Stuff
No, not until free men can think and speak. Not until power is back with the honest man. This is my 2019 Televisual Advent Calendar. I did a musical version in 2011 and a cinematic one in 2012. It is ...
jamesclay.net

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4d
'Introducing a lottery before peer review in the research funding application process can boost women’s chance of success by almost a quarter, a new study has found, with its authors saying that the approach can also reduce costs and make applying for funding less labour-intensive.' 1/2
Adding lottery to funding process ‘improves women’s success rates’
Lottery-first approach can increase applications and success rate of ‘structurally disadvantaged’ researchers, study finds
www.timeshighereducation.com

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 4d
Can’t put a price on joy!

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 4d
I understood the Vimes Boots Theory when the soles of my cheap shoes wore through on a walk next to the Humber bridge. After a long, soggy, and painful journey home, I invested in more expensive shoes that I couldn’t really afford at the time. Best decision. terrypratchett.com/explore-disc...

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 4d
Image was sent to me by a friend who saw it on Facebook. Would like to credit the originator but don’t know who they are.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 4d
To my #greyhound friends. Posted without comment.
Made up photo of a greyhound planting its paws and refusing to move as a world’s strongest man tries to shift it by pulling on a rope, attached to the hound by a back harness and strap.

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Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 4d
I know many others shared this previously, but I need to re-up the brilliant Pause Before You Prompt post & graphics because they're SO GOOD, with a hat tip to @mlboyd23.bsky.social : theimportantwork.substack.com/p/pause-befo...
Pause Before You Prompt
Empowering Students to Evaluate AI Tools in a Values-Based Framework
theimportantwork.substack.com

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 5d
The screenshot of Epstein’s discussion of climate-driven population culling appeared in my timeline immediately after two posts on the impact of extreme weather on low-income communities. Chilling.
13:04 g & Reposted by manes Olúfémi O. Taíwò • @olufemiotaiwo.... • 1h "Our analysis shows that in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve...highlighting increasing disparities in their built environments." - Nature0@nature.com • 1h Nature research paper: Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery go.nature.com/3YcD2ZS Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery - Nature Higher-income neighbourhoods rebuild and improve after disasters while lower... @ go.nature.com

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 5d
Last week on Wonkhe: Stephen Roper and Tim Vorley present new survey findings showing how financial sustainability concerns are reshaping university behaviour
Counting the cost of financial challenges in English higher education
Stephen Roper and Tim Vorley present new survey findings showing how financial sustainability concerns are reshaping university behaviour Stephen Roper and Tim Vorley present new survey findings showing...
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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 6d
I remember being fascinated by Martin Parr’s photographs of rhubarb farmers at Wakefield art gallery. RIP. hepworthwakefield.org/whats-on/the...
The Rhubarb Triangle And Other Stories: Photographs By Martin Parr
The Hepworth Wakefield presented the largest Martin Parr exhibition in the UK since 2002, comprising more than 370 photographs that spanned the past 40 years.
hepworthwakefield.org

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Peter Bradshaw @peterbradshaw1.bsky.social · 6d
Reupping here my review of Lee Shulman’s I am Martin Parr www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...
I Am Martin Parr review – enjoyable study of tragicomic Britain’s inspired photographer
Valuable documentary on the vigilant genius whose highly coloured 70s and 80s images revealed the white working class as never before
www.theguardian.com

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 6d
The muzzles are a wonderful touch too.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 6d
Fantastic sitting to show off the hair!

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 6d
And: What is this life, if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 6d
A little bit of heaven fell from out the sky one day, it landed in the ocean not so very far away. The general at the radar screen rubbed his hands in glee, and grinning, pushed the button that started World War Three. [from memory learned as a teenager so probably not as written]

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 6d
I love Strictly Come Dancing. #strictly #scd

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 7d
My cards and wrapping paper have arrived! It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
gailmyerscough.co.uk Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 7d
Hello!

It’s #SmallBusinessSaturday so if you don’t know me…

I’m Gail, a one woman business, based in #Manchester
I create bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards
gailmyerscough.co.uk
A collage of colourful items including art prints, a cushion, phone case, mug, T-shirt, and a photo of Gail.

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 7d
Doh. There is one. I just need to use it! Roll on next Friday!

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 7d
Perhaps we should get a #ff #followfriday tradition going here too. I now it’s Saturday now but #ff @oddthisday.bsky.social

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 7d
It’s the 92nd anniversary today of one of the finest examples of Betteridge’s Law (the one which states that any headline ending in a question mark can be answered by the word ‘no’)
Daily Sketch, 6 December 1933: IS THIS THE LOCH NESS MONSTER? Accompanied by a genuinely terrible, blurry, b/w image of god knows what, which might, arguably, if you squint, look vaguely fish-shaped

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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 7d
Hello!

It’s #SmallBusinessSaturday so if you don’t know me…

I’m Gail, a one woman business, based in #Manchester
I create bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards
gailmyerscough.co.uk
A collage of colourful items including art prints, a cushion, phone case, mug, T-shirt, and a photo of Gail.