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UPDATES on all things T&L - 19.06.26

Quick favourites
OneHE Activity - from Lisa Clughen: From me to you: https://onehe.org/activities/from-me-to-you-a-collaborative-classroom-activity/

By our Anne Karpf: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/09/dementia-rebels-diagnosed-determined-change-peoples-minds ***

London Review of Books - Vol. 48 No. 10 · 4 June 2026
Squadrons of Pigs - Stefan Collini on the university system - https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n10/stefan-collini/squadrons-of-pigs - bonfire of the universities?


#155: Representing polyvocality in research: In this post Daisy Abbott explores Polyvocality – the practice of representing and foregrounding multiple voices, perspectives, or interpretations within research (and by implication within our teaching), particularly those that have been marginalised or excluded from dominant narratives: https://aldinhe.ac.uk/take5-155-representing-polyvocality-in-research/

#156: This short and sweet is brought to you by Joanne Craven who held an engaging session provocatively entitled ‘Pointless Play’ as part of the University of Liverpool’s Islands of Innovation 2025. Joanne draws on her experience as an educational games designer to argue for the power of the playful state - and kindness - in learning: https://aldinhe.ac.uk/take5-156moustaches-and-rollercoasters-holding-playful-spaces/

LDP Podcasts
28.05.26: This month Chahna Gonsalves of KCL, on the transparency trap and interpretive load - how we think our institutional Generative AI policies are surely making things clear for students, only to trap them in an interpretative morass where the risks of getting it wrong are high. You can read more about it in her recent article: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6lu2azNBLxO9iMFue0V9Vl?si=5tUuluBhSOq5j2EIznEZAQ&nd=1&dlsi=71f0649ed2db4533

L&T Chatshow Podcasts
27.05.26: Dan Cornwell-Groves on Team Based learning: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3P9vt8kPbmi4Qj3VB6jiUq

03.06.26: Karen Lander discussing her research leading to a resit road map:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3YPCCbIJLhaYcpARL7x7za

10.06.26: Table-top role-playing games and how the mechanics can be used in various aspects of learning: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2wNlemLrEv5cxxHteDS3g8

17.06.26: Ben Walker and Andrew Stork discussing how personal tutoring has changed post-pandemic: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3LM5fyAaW4USOEaf4tNXAF

Teaching in HE Podcasts
28.05.26: Denise Maduli-Williams shares how to engage learners in online courses on episode 624 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast: https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/how-to-engage-learners-in-online-courses-with-denise-maduli-williams/

RAISE
28.05.26: In What My Students’ Silences Taught Me More Than Their Answers – A Collaborative Account, undergraduate student Huynh Trang Tuan Tuong and lecturer Mary Moschou (UWE Bristol) come together to explore silence from both student and staff perspectives. https://www.raise-network.com/post/what-my-students-silences-taught-me-more-than-their-answers-a-collaborative-account

SEDA
03.06.26: Beautiful thought-provoking blog on emotional space in the writing workshop: https://thesedablog.wordpress.com/2026/06/03/cultivating-creative-resilience-in-the-writing-workshop/

OTHER INTERESTING STUFF
For July: registrations are now open for the University of Hull’s annual Teaching and Learning Conference - online, free event Wednesday 8th July - full details of the conference and register: https://sway.cloud.microsoft/gTf5Fb0JDYM8H6ol?ref=Link

28.05.26: The Educationalist blog: https://educationalist.substack.com/p/you-are-here

28.05.26: Sarah Howley - her HE Enables Story: https://open.spotify.com/episode/25jxSffIIC7bxgOodVOfiA?si=d5a75e05927b47b6&nd=1&dlsi=063527465bb4483b

UCL Press is delighted to announce the publication of a new open access book that may be of interest to list subscribers: Critical Perspectives on Academic Writing: The politics and practices of writing development in UK higher education, edited by Ayanna Prevatt-Goldstein and David Mallows (Editor): https://uclpress.co.uk/book/critical-perspectives-on-academic-writing/

Critical Perspectives on Academic Writing Critical Perspectives on Academic Writing offers a timely, theoretically grounded examination of the often marginalised yet foundational role of academic writing in UK higher education. Based on the UCL Institute of Education’s Academic Writing Seminar Series, the volume brings together leading re...