Paul Kleiman
@paulrk.bsky.social
Fragments at the edge of educational, cultural, political chaos.
HE Consultant. Visiting Professor. PFHEA. Strategic thinker. Assessment radical. Creativity expert. Learning Outcomes heretic. Narrowboat owner. Blog: stumblingwithconfidence.com
HE Consultant. Visiting Professor. PFHEA. Strategic thinker. Assessment radical. Creativity expert. Learning Outcomes heretic. Narrowboat owner. Blog: stumblingwithconfidence.com
Still chasing Saturn.
September 30, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Still chasing Saturn.
Saturn was at its brightest and nearest last night.
September 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Saturn was at its brightest and nearest last night.
No chance of a blood moon yesterday evening Cornwall - too light, too cloudy, too low - but compensated by a spectacular sunset.
September 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
No chance of a blood moon yesterday evening Cornwall - too light, too cloudy, too low - but compensated by a spectacular sunset.
80 years ago today, my mum - then 19 years old - typed this in her journal.
#history #onthisday #familyhistory
#history #onthisday #familyhistory
July 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
80 years ago today, my mum - then 19 years old - typed this in her journal.
#history #onthisday #familyhistory
#history #onthisday #familyhistory
A couple of drawings from my ‘Drawing from Experience’ session on the emotional impact of assessment at the #ahe2025 conference. We don’t talk enough about this! #Edusky #Academicsky
June 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A couple of drawings from my ‘Drawing from Experience’ session on the emotional impact of assessment at the #ahe2025 conference. We don’t talk enough about this! #Edusky #Academicsky
Our garden. (Volume up)
May 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Our garden. (Volume up)
Cornflowers are just stunningly beautiful.
May 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Cornflowers are just stunningly beautiful.
A4 Hmmmm…..
You need…
Flexible mind-sets (people)
Adaptable teaching spaces (environment)
Efficient/effective systems
Need to address all three together. #lthechat
You need…
Flexible mind-sets (people)
Adaptable teaching spaces (environment)
Efficient/effective systems
Need to address all three together. #lthechat
April 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A4 Hmmmm…..
You need…
Flexible mind-sets (people)
Adaptable teaching spaces (environment)
Efficient/effective systems
Need to address all three together. #lthechat
You need…
Flexible mind-sets (people)
Adaptable teaching spaces (environment)
Efficient/effective systems
Need to address all three together. #lthechat
F-AI-L: forget about assessment?
"Assessment is seriously and fundamentally damaged and no amount of major or minor engineering is going to fix it.....There is a growing recognition that #highereducation requires a paradigm shift....."
stumblingwithconfidence.com/2025/04/02/f...
"Assessment is seriously and fundamentally damaged and no amount of major or minor engineering is going to fix it.....There is a growing recognition that #highereducation requires a paradigm shift....."
stumblingwithconfidence.com/2025/04/02/f...
April 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
F-AI-L: forget about assessment?
"Assessment is seriously and fundamentally damaged and no amount of major or minor engineering is going to fix it.....There is a growing recognition that #highereducation requires a paradigm shift....."
stumblingwithconfidence.com/2025/04/02/f...
"Assessment is seriously and fundamentally damaged and no amount of major or minor engineering is going to fix it.....There is a growing recognition that #highereducation requires a paradigm shift....."
stumblingwithconfidence.com/2025/04/02/f...
‘Beyond horizon, tale is told,
Believed as true by some,
That silver sea turns into gold
And hope does truth become.’
Dennis Lange
Believed as true by some,
That silver sea turns into gold
And hope does truth become.’
Dennis Lange
March 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
‘Beyond horizon, tale is told,
Believed as true by some,
That silver sea turns into gold
And hope does truth become.’
Dennis Lange
Believed as true by some,
That silver sea turns into gold
And hope does truth become.’
Dennis Lange
Lovely walk yesterday from St. Agnes’ Head to Wheal Coates along a section of the South West Coastal path in Cornwall.
March 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Lovely walk yesterday from St. Agnes’ Head to Wheal Coates along a section of the South West Coastal path in Cornwall.
Spectacular skies over Devon and Cornwall yesterday as we drove back home from the north. Even managed to catch Mercury, below the moon 3rd photo, though we didn’t know it.
March 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Spectacular skies over Devon and Cornwall yesterday as we drove back home from the north. Even managed to catch Mercury, below the moon 3rd photo, though we didn’t know it.
February 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM