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by Margot C. Finn — Reposted by Leo McCann, Lesley A. Hall

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'While researchers typically publish in academic journals and books, the authors found, higher education managers are more likely to consult practice-oriented journals, newsletters, conference inputs and social media platforms such as LinkedIn.'

Physician, heal thyself.
HE research ‘rarely informs administrators’ decisions’
Knowledge transfer should include the university itself, says thinktank after identifying disconnect between managers and those who study them
www.timeshighereducation.com
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Reposted by Leo McCann, Brigitte Nerlich, David Hopkins , and 2 more

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Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-eq...
Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU
Proposed job losses almost triple since March as unions prepare to vote on nationwide industrial action
www.timeshighereducation.com
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by Leo McCann

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Out today: my review of Ed Gillett's book 'Party Lines' in ephemera. I argue the book is a great contribution to our histories of dance music, but is his interpretation too bleak?

ephemerajournal.org/contribution...
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by Leo McCann

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Some useful responses to our letter below: thanks for your thoughts.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Preparing students for a world shaped by artificial intelligence | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to a letter which said that AI is undermining learning at universities
www.theguardian.com

by Leo McCann

leomc76.bsky.social
Some interesting and thoughtful responses to our letter - thank you. The situation regarding GenAI and assessments and learning is clearly very troubling. We need serious consideration of this, probably at a national level.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Preparing students for a world shaped by artificial intelligence | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to a letter which said that AI is undermining learning at universities
www.theguardian.com
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by Leo McCann

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"Print to PDF" gets a lot of usage
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by Leo McCann

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Just had an unexpected royalty payment from Sage, from books published about ten years ago. I'm guessing this is from licensing my books to #GenAI 'training' without asking permission? Is this normal? What do authors make of this?
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by Leo McCann

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For anyone interest in leadership in all its forms, this webinar is happening later today. Our guest speaker is Jaqui Lindridge, Chief Paramedic Officer at South East Coast Ambulance Service.

Please feel free to attend / share the flyer!
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Leo McCann @leomc76.bsky.social · Sep 8
Interested in #leadership, especially in public sector / health / emergency services? Please join us at the 'Journal of Paramedic Practice' leadership webinar on 23 September, 6-7pm BST. It's a friendly, interactive environment for the exchange of ideas and experience - all welcome!
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by Leo McCann

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Indeed, a very weird article. Also it ignores that this government has no interest in protecting universities. Labour's priority is to play to potential and actual Reform voters, so we can forget about anything that might help universities (as supposed bastions of 'woke').

by Leo McCann

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Attica! Attica!
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by Leo McCann

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A whole series of important and accurate points. Marking undergraduate work in the last 12 months or so has been extremely challenging. There is very widespread student misuse of AI. Students are being constantly prompted to use it by tech companies and media.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
How AI is undermining learning and teaching in universities | Letter
Letter: Prof Leo McCann and Prof Simon Sweeney say student misuse of generative artificial intelligence is widespread and we must be sceptical of its usefulness
www.theguardian.com
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by Leo McCann

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GenAI is already failing students horribly in higher education. Its effects in schools could be yet more serious.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
How AI is undermining learning and teaching in universities | Letter
Letter: Prof Leo McCann and Prof Simon Sweeney say student misuse of generative artificial intelligence is widespread and we must be sceptical of its usefulness
www.theguardian.com
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by Leo McCann

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How AI is undermining learning and teaching in universities | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian share.google/HwT4lS2JrDuu...
How AI is undermining learning and teaching in universities | Letter
Letter: Prof Leo McCann and Prof Simon Sweeney say student misuse of generative artificial intelligence is widespread and we must be sceptical of its usefulness
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Reposted by Leo McCann

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Claims of the novelty of AI and its potential for innovation in education always make me wince a bit because really it continues a bunch of long-running tendencies in the sector. It’s an *intensifier* rather than an innovation. Some examples… www.forbes.com/councils/for...
The Impact Of AI Tools On The Next Decade Of Education Innovation
Education technology is more of a commitment to shaping a future where every learner has the tools to succeed.
www.forbes.com
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by Leo McCann

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Maybe it's time to go and make yourself a nice cup of tea? Your sentiment score might move up into the high 0.1s.
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by Leo McCann

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I can imagine. Sometimes the LLMs throw out these weird, erroneous, ghost academic references. Kind of 'best guess mashups', along the lines of the kind of stuff specific academics write, but inaccurate and nonexistent. Meantime the real sources do exist, and are easy to find, download and read.
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by Leo McCann

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I still have a 10inch laptop running XP. Disabled the network card, obvs. Good for writing when you need zero interruptions. Word works really well on it.
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by Leo McCann

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Some more thoughts on this from myself and a colleague at York. I'm increasingly thinking that we need some kind of national policy change to confront these issues.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
How AI is undermining learning and teaching in universities | Letter
Letter: Prof Leo McCann and Prof Simon Sweeney say student misuse of generative artificial intelligence is widespread and we must be sceptical of its usefulness
www.theguardian.com

by Leo McCann — Reposted by Michael H. Whitworth, Ian Bruff

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Thinking of using #ChatGPT for 'help' with assessments? Think again. #university #AI

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
How AI is undermining learning and teaching in universities | Letter
Letter: Prof Leo McCann and Prof Simon Sweeney say student misuse of generative artificial intelligence is widespread and we must be sceptical of its usefulness
www.theguardian.com
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by Margot C. Finn — Reposted by Leo McCann, Anna O. Law

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Vacuous, generic and scattershot advice for incoming 1st years on the use of AI at university. Especially liking 'Chin recommends giving it class notes and asking it to generate practice exam questions.' Surely we can't be the only programme that supplies students with past & practice exams?
How to use ChatGPT at university without cheating: ‘Now it’s more like a study partner’
The ubiquitous AI tool has a divisive effect on educators with some seeing it a boon and others a menace. So what should you know about where to draw the line between check and cheat?
www.theguardian.com
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by Leo McCann

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So, they are going for some kind of holding company model? Two large organisations 'managed' by a distance. I don't know the details, but I'm not sure how this helps anyone. Seems like British Leyland 1970s approach.
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by Leo McCann

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Inside the nerve centre of HAL9000?
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by Leo McCann

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Interested in #leadership, especially in public sector / health / emergency services? Please join us at the 'Journal of Paramedic Practice' leadership webinar on 23 September, 6-7pm BST. It's a friendly, interactive environment for the exchange of ideas and experience - all welcome!
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by Leo McCann

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"I'm defecting to the Soviet Union."

Reposted by Leo McCann

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journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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by Leo McCann

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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Clearly much is amiss in UK universities. But this article is mean spirited and inaccurate on many points.
As thousands more teenagers scramble for university places, I have to ask – why? | Simon Jenkins
Student debt increasing, graduate salaries dropping, high-skilled jobs thin on the ground – higher education in the UK is a mess, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by Leo McCann

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📍 Bradford UCU are on strike again today against vicious cuts that would axe 300+ jobs and close key courses.

✊ Send solidarity - give them a visit, a like, or a share today to show your support.
Strike Strike
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Reposted by Leo McCann, Lisa Diedrich, François Guesnet

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U Chicago AAUP fights back docs.google.com/document/d/1...
AAUP AHD open letter
This is an open letter from members of the University of Chicago community to the university administration. It is sponsored by UChicago AAUP, but you do not need to be a member to sign (though we enc...
docs.google.com
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Reposted by Leo McCann, Margot C. Finn, Christine Kooi

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For all of the educators trying to deal with AI, I did a deep dive in early June and these are the four articles I decided to assign to my students.

1. This is the longest of the bunch, but so wonderfully comprehensive.

www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
www.technologyreview.com
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by Prem Sikka — Reposted by Leo McCann, Prem Sikka

premnsikka.bsky.social
FTSE 100 CEOs netted £550m in pay packets, 11% hike.

Shareholder revolts make no difference, execs collect up to 1,112 average worker pay. Corporations are private fiefdoms of execs.

Workers in same companies relying on food banks and charity.

Worker real average pay stuck at 2008 level.
FTSE 100 bosses rake in a record £550m haul
The number of significant shareholder protests has more than doubled so far this year compared with a year ago, with 11 FTSE 100 companies seeing revolts of more than 20 per cent.
www.thisismoney.co.uk
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