Richard Freeman
@rpjf68.bsky.social
Professor, Head of the Centre for Doctoral Education at UCL Institute of Education and Deputy Director of UBEL ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership
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On day 3 of Love Data Week, we are delving into the world of open data!
Today we're highlighting the doctoral research of @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social who used open bibliographic data to identify research priorities during the interwar years at the IOE.
Read it now👉 buff.ly/6pIDfay
#LoveData26
Today we're highlighting the doctoral research of @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social who used open bibliographic data to identify research priorities during the interwar years at the IOE.
Read it now👉 buff.ly/6pIDfay
#LoveData26
Open Data: A Window into Doctoral Research (1916-2025) | UCL Open@UCL Blog
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February 11, 2026 at 11:15 AM
On day 3 of Love Data Week, we are delving into the world of open data!
Today we're highlighting the doctoral research of @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social who used open bibliographic data to identify research priorities during the interwar years at the IOE.
Read it now👉 buff.ly/6pIDfay
#LoveData26
Today we're highlighting the doctoral research of @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social who used open bibliographic data to identify research priorities during the interwar years at the IOE.
Read it now👉 buff.ly/6pIDfay
#LoveData26
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💜🎂 Happy 200th birthday @ucl.ac.uk!
In 1826, UCL was founded as London’s very first university with a progressive vision: higher education for all, regardless of religion or social background.
Today we mark our Bicentenary and the beginning of a year of celebration! #UCL200
In 1826, UCL was founded as London’s very first university with a progressive vision: higher education for all, regardless of religion or social background.
Today we mark our Bicentenary and the beginning of a year of celebration! #UCL200
February 11, 2026 at 2:25 PM
💜🎂 Happy 200th birthday @ucl.ac.uk!
In 1826, UCL was founded as London’s very first university with a progressive vision: higher education for all, regardless of religion or social background.
Today we mark our Bicentenary and the beginning of a year of celebration! #UCL200
In 1826, UCL was founded as London’s very first university with a progressive vision: higher education for all, regardless of religion or social background.
Today we mark our Bicentenary and the beginning of a year of celebration! #UCL200
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"It would be a great shame for the UK if we were to lose the benefits of our ties with China by allowing a culture of suspicion and dialogue of hostility to proliferate," writes @ucl.ac.uk president Michael Spence in @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/sino...
Sinophobia is a disservice to the UK
Chinese academics, students and partners bring great benefits that the UK would be very foolish to spurn, says Michael Spence
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:57 AM
"It would be a great shame for the UK if we were to lose the benefits of our ties with China by allowing a culture of suspicion and dialogue of hostility to proliferate," writes @ucl.ac.uk president Michael Spence in @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/sino...
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📣Weekly webinar “Here or There? Educational ‘In-Betweenness’ for Prospective International Students in China”. This webinar explores the liminal experiences of prospective international students who defer study abroad and remain in their home countries.
➡️ Register shorturl.at/UWxHW
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January 30, 2026 at 11:25 AM
📣Weekly webinar “Here or There? Educational ‘In-Betweenness’ for Prospective International Students in China”. This webinar explores the liminal experiences of prospective international students who defer study abroad and remain in their home countries.
➡️ Register shorturl.at/UWxHW
➡️ Register shorturl.at/UWxHW
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“We believe that children and young people’s rights must be respected, and their role as citizens – not citizens-to-be – must be recognised” -@professorliwei.bsky.social
How we’re championing youth voices, decision making, and safeguarding education access: https://uclioe.info/3LJe7L4
#EducationDay
How we’re championing youth voices, decision making, and safeguarding education access: https://uclioe.info/3LJe7L4
#EducationDay
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 AM
“We believe that children and young people’s rights must be respected, and their role as citizens – not citizens-to-be – must be recognised” -@professorliwei.bsky.social
How we’re championing youth voices, decision making, and safeguarding education access: https://uclioe.info/3LJe7L4
#EducationDay
How we’re championing youth voices, decision making, and safeguarding education access: https://uclioe.info/3LJe7L4
#EducationDay
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Sir Paul Nurse is an impressive scientist but what the Royal Society needs is Dorothy Bishop to take the helm and clean the place out. Fellows who bring the Society into disrepute need tougher action than himpathy.
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
‘Lots of people don’t want to do it’: Paul Nurse on his controversial second term as Royal Society president
The Nobel prize winner discusses claims of a ‘boys’ club’, Elon Musk’s fellowship and rightwing attacks on science
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Sir Paul Nurse is an impressive scientist but what the Royal Society needs is Dorothy Bishop to take the helm and clean the place out. Fellows who bring the Society into disrepute need tougher action than himpathy.
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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We are shocked and saddened to share news of the death of Dr Paul Ayris, Pro-Vice-Provost (LCCOS: Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science). Paul will be hugely missed in LCCOS and beyond, and our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues.
Read our tribute: https://bit.ly/3XZKE25
Read our tribute: https://bit.ly/3XZKE25
In memoriam: Dr Paul Ayris, BA, PhD, FRHist
Remembering Dr Paul Ayris, Pro-Vice-Provost (LCCOS).
www.ucl.ac.uk
December 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
We are shocked and saddened to share news of the death of Dr Paul Ayris, Pro-Vice-Provost (LCCOS: Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science). Paul will be hugely missed in LCCOS and beyond, and our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues.
Read our tribute: https://bit.ly/3XZKE25
Read our tribute: https://bit.ly/3XZKE25
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The death of Dr Paul Ayris is huge loss to UCL, to @uclpress.bsky.social and to the open access/scholarly communications community more broadly.
His open access Thomas Cranmer’s Register
A record of archiepiscopal administration in diocese and province is published by the Press in January. 1/2
His open access Thomas Cranmer’s Register
A record of archiepiscopal administration in diocese and province is published by the Press in January. 1/2
Thomas Cranmer’s Register
Discover Thomas Cranmer’s Register (1533–1553), a pivotal Reformation document revealing England’s break from Rome and the rise of Protestantism. This open access book offers unprecedented access with...
uclpress.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The death of Dr Paul Ayris is huge loss to UCL, to @uclpress.bsky.social and to the open access/scholarly communications community more broadly.
His open access Thomas Cranmer’s Register
A record of archiepiscopal administration in diocese and province is published by the Press in January. 1/2
His open access Thomas Cranmer’s Register
A record of archiepiscopal administration in diocese and province is published by the Press in January. 1/2
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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This week on Wonkhe: Is there a way to bring more diversity to doctoral recruitment? For Richard Freeman and the Bloomsbury Learning Exchange personal connections and support are key
How to level the PhD playing field
Is there a way to bring more diversity to doctoral recruitment? For Richard Freeman and the Bloomsbury Learning Exchange personal connections and support are key
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December 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This week on Wonkhe: Is there a way to bring more diversity to doctoral recruitment? For Richard Freeman and the Bloomsbury Learning Exchange personal connections and support are key
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Great piece by @rpjf68.bsky.social on ongoing efforts by Bloomsbury Learning Exchange to make postgraduate research more accessible wonkhe.com/blogs/how-to...
How to level the PhD playing field
Is there a way to bring more diversity to doctoral recruitment? For Richard Freeman and the Bloomsbury Learning Exchange personal connections and support are key
wonkhe.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Great piece by @rpjf68.bsky.social on ongoing efforts by Bloomsbury Learning Exchange to make postgraduate research more accessible wonkhe.com/blogs/how-to...
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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If libraries and archives fall, so do the disciplines that rely on them. Treating some disciplines as optional weakens the entire research ecosystem. #AcademicTribes #IOEIDL
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
If libraries and archives fall, so do the disciplines that rely on them. Treating some disciplines as optional weakens the entire research ecosystem. #AcademicTribes #IOEIDL
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In the last few days, the Times has had to delete two stories. One because someone pretended to be former Mayor Bill de Blasio to a reporter and one because they wrote up nonsense about Torsten Bell's expenses.
Needs a new editor badly.
Needs a new editor badly.
October 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
In the last few days, the Times has had to delete two stories. One because someone pretended to be former Mayor Bill de Blasio to a reporter and one because they wrote up nonsense about Torsten Bell's expenses.
Needs a new editor badly.
Needs a new editor badly.
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?
Reform’s Sarah Pochin forced to apologise after claiming adverts 'full of black people' drive her 'mad’ | LBC
The Runcorn and Helsby MP was responding to a viewer live on air who complained about the demographics of advertising.
www.lbc.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?
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Dr Rebekah Smith McGloin (Chair) has made the following statement on behalf of UKCGE about the Government’s Post-16 Education White Paper, published this week. Full details on the news story linked below. ukcge.ac.uk/news-and...
October 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Dr Rebekah Smith McGloin (Chair) has made the following statement on behalf of UKCGE about the Government’s Post-16 Education White Paper, published this week. Full details on the news story linked below. ukcge.ac.uk/news-and...
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UKCGE to Partner on £3.4m Project on AI Researcher Development Network.
UKCGE | UKCGE to Partner on £3.4m Project on AI Researcher…
A joint project from Aston University and the University of Leeds to set up an artificial intelligence (AI) tools researcher development network has won…
ukcge.ac.uk
October 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
UKCGE to Partner on £3.4m Project on AI Researcher Development Network.
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Considering a career as an Educational Psychologist?
Join us for our #DEdPsy programme open evening on October 9th, 6-8 pm!
Register at the link below.
Join us for our #DEdPsy programme open evening on October 9th, 6-8 pm!
Register at the link below.
IOE DEdPsy Open Evening 2025
Thinking of becoming an Educational Psychologist? Join this event to hear about making a difference to children and young people, their families and schools.
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Considering a career as an Educational Psychologist?
Join us for our #DEdPsy programme open evening on October 9th, 6-8 pm!
Register at the link below.
Join us for our #DEdPsy programme open evening on October 9th, 6-8 pm!
Register at the link below.
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I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
September 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐