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Calling all HE professionals - Please join our discussion on @LTHEchat tomorrow (8 to 9 pm) and share your thoughts, ideas, and actions on how we can build learning and support environments in HE where all our students thrive and remove #awardinggaps

Does #Learning should be fun? Join me in the #LTHEchat tomorrow (Wednesday 14th) at 8 pm (GMT). I will host the session on #Ludic Pedagogy: Making Learning Fun" 📅 14/02/24 at 8 pm (GMT) 📗 This is the blog shorturl.at/suF04

🎉 Exciting News! 🎉 Our latest study on sickle cell disease genetics just got published in @hmg_journal!🧬 Uncovering new insights into fetal haemoglobin levels. academic.oup.com/hmg/article/do… @JohnStrouboulis @_JohnBrewin @PdbInusa @KCLredcell @DavidRe40855993 #SCD #Genetics

One last battle! #SoarSuperEagles #letsdoitagain

Social media can often seem like a highlights reel. Papers accepted. Grants received. Offered tenure. Prizes and awards. This can make you feel inadequate when you compare your struggles with all these achievements. But remember these are just the highlights. @lizandmollie

Speaker Abbas Congratulates Super Eagles #AFCON2023 #NGARSA Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas has congratulated the Super Eagles of Nigeria for beating the Bafana Bafana of South Africa to qualify for the final of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) taking place in Côte d'Ivoire. Take Caption The Speaker, in a statement, says he is elated by the feat the Super Eagles has achieved, while expressing optimism that the Nigerian national football team would bring home the trophy. Speaker Abbas, while wishing the Super Eagles the best of luck in the final on Sunday, said Nigerians are fully behind the national team. The Speaker is expected to be in Côte d'Ivoire on Sunday to cheer up the Super Eagles. Similarly, Deputy Speaker of the House Benjamin Kalu while congratulating the team, charged the players to be focused on winning the trophy.

Remember that name. Stanley Nwabali. The most gifted of hands Take a bow patriot #NGARSA

@LTHEchat @ARLT_SIG A3. To ensure that the time colleagues spend doing anti racism work is recognised as work and not a passion project. For all stakeholders to show how they contribute to the institution’s anti racist strategy as part of their annual review. #LTHEchat

Q3. If you had a magic wand, what 3 wishes would you grant yourself to make the sector more antiracist? @ARLT_SIG #AntiracismLT #LTHEchat

@LTHEchat @ARLT_SIG A2. Becoming comfortable with having the uncomfortable conversations. We need to understand what the issues are to find solutions. #LTHEchat

Q2.What is the biggest challenge you have in moving forward the antiracism agenda in your department/institution/sector? In particular @ARLT_SIG #AntiracismLT #LTHEchat

@LTHEchat @Tee_Nadan @ARLT_SIG @OADurowoju @neghavati I am really looking forward to this.

Don't miss #lthechat this evening. Join the conversation as Dr Teeroumanee Nadan @Tee_Nadan and @ARLT_SIG @OADurowoju @neghavati reflect on The antiracism agenda in Higher Education - is it a showpiece or is there real impact? at 8pm (GMT) tonight.

You get an A for your research, citations, and engaging writing style. I’ve been grading reports all day. This was a refreshing read 🙂

Join the #LTHEChat conversation on "The antiracism agenda in Higher Education - is it a showpiece or is there real impact?" - Led by @Tee_Nadan with @ARLT_SIG @OADurowoju @neghavati this Wednesday 7th February at 8pm (GMT). See their blog: lthechat.com/2024/02/01/lth…

In case you have forgotten, a reminder for the year ahead: The most unlikely of people in the most improbable of circumstances can become extraordinary.

Being a lifelong learner isn’t about taking pride in your knowledge. It's about having the humility to know what you don’t know. My top 23 insights from 2023 🧵

@statsclinic Thank you for all you do.

The @statsclinic team is grateful for your engagement in 2023, and looking forward to 2024 with excitement and optimism.

A masterclass on conflict resolution by Steve Jobs

@LTHEchat A1. I see my role as a widening participation educator. I use different titles - SL, Course Leader, Module Leader. I am a microbiologist but I spend more time teaching numeracy and scientific literacy skills. #LTHE

Q1: What is your role and what do you consider to be your specialisms or disciplines? If you have multiple, please tell us what they are. #LTHEchat Photo by Andrew Moca on Unsplash

@LTHEchat @rachelleeobrien Hello everyone. I’m Amara. It’s been a while and I am really looking forward to today’s topic.

Great to see you all here this evening! Before we start discussing ‘Creative pedagogies by the fireside’ with @rachelleeobrien, please say ‘Hello’ and introduce yourself. #LTHEchat Photo by Chris Greenhow on Unsplash

Mislabelling/counterfeiting is considered as food fraud. It may not be a safety issue but it should be considered illegal.

Good morning NAFDAC @NafdacAgency. In my humble opinion, you guys are not incompetent or even intransigent in your role as registrar and regulator of products. Of course you have bad eggs in your rank and file, but that is a Nigerian ailment. My honest view is that you are just overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of terrible and murderous Nigerians doing everything fake. I mean, imagine 36 states coverage of fake manufacturing centres. It is scary. But you cannot give up. We have a problem on our hands which is so grave, that it impacts health care. People consume dangerous fake products and drugs, many develop liver and kidney problems and need transplant which is not readily available (mind you, Nigeria does not even have an organ donor programme) and many die as a result. So we are talking about existential threats here. How do we stem this entrenched fake product business in the short term while thinking long-term actions? NAFDAC should consider: (a) Immediate automation of the system of checking product license and registrations online so that consumers can check NAFDAC numbers and report products. (b) Require all large supermarkets to check all NAFDAC products before purchase and stocking. Hitherto, you have only required them not to stock products that do not have NAFDAC number, now put strict liability on them to bear punishment if they do not check on the product authenticity. (b) Place spies in all markets where wholesales are undertaken and shut down any market where fake products are sold. I know you have informants, but this is not enough. You need undercover agents employed in some of the shops. (c) Reward whistleblowing. (d) Lobby the @nassnigeria to amend the laws and penalty for producing and selling fake products and drugs. I am sure my X people can come up with more suggestions on how to stop this madness of Nigerians killing Nigerians for money. Dear Nigerians, we are all in this together. We need to all be part of the reform agenda of our dear country