A pervasive narrative has taken hold in education: generative AI (genAI) is an unstoppable force, and educators must adapt or be left behind. Technology companies market AI tools as the ultimate classroom assistants, while popular media warns that essay writing is dead. Teachers have long been labelled or framed by technology enthusiasts and policymakers as “resistant” and “risk averse.” Discourse about technology […] … learn more→
Author Archives: Kevin
AI pragmatists: How language teachers are navigating AI with nuance
Transferring your funding
Me no When you move to a new university, what happens to your grants or fellowship? You might be moving because you have a new job and a promotion. You might be moving because things are bad where you are right now and you need to get out. You might be moving because someone you […] … learn more→
In defence of procrastination
Procrastination often gets a bad rap in academic writing advice circles. It’s generally seen as a problem to be managed, a symptom of anxiety or perfectionism. In other words, it’s a productivity failure. Writing advice givers like me have designed entire systems to overcome procrastination – tomato timers, accountability partners, writing retreats, word-count targets. And yes, before we […] … learn more→
3 habits that help manage your ADHD in academia (and one that doesn’t)
With everything that is going on in the world, reading is hard and stamina in short supply… If you prefer, you can watch a version of this post on our YouTube channel (comments are on there too) Before I started working on neurodivergence I thought I understood the word ‘Ableism’. I didn’t realise how pervasive it is, […] … learn more→
Neuroscience explains why teens are so vulnerable to Big Tech social media platforms
In a landmark decision, a Los Angeles jury has found that social media company Meta and video streaming service YouTube harmed a young user with addictive design features that led to mental health distress, including body dysmorphia, depression and suicidal thoughts. Commentators have referred to this as social media’s “Big Tobacco” moment and further lawsuits are pending. The verdict has escalated calls […] … learn more→
Self-publishing on Amazon: when the mechanics of scandal spiral out of control
In February 2026, a dark romance novel, a genre of narratives depicting violent or transgressive love affairs, sparked outrage in a segment of the literary world. The novel, Corps à cœurs (Body to Heart ), written by French author Jessie Auryann and self-published in 2023 and 2024 on Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) platform, was suddenly and […] … learn more→
What if tomorrow, when I wake up, I can’t see the screen?
Imagine for a moment that you turn on your computer or your mobile phone… and you can’t read anything. You can’t distinguish the buttons, you don’t understand the menus, you can’t fill out a form. What is routine for most people is a daily barrier for millions. In Spain, only 7% of people with visual […] … learn more→
Hundreds of thousands of scientific articles are published each year: How to maintain quality amidst the surge in publications?
• The number of scientific publications in Indonesia is growing very rapidly. ● The surge in the number of journal articles risks reducing the quality of reviews and triggering the practice of mass manuscript production. ● Academic integrity demands strict journal governance and a shift in focus from quantity to quality of research. Over the […] … learn more→
Forwarding – writing with other people’s texts
We’ve probably all read papers where the writer has treated the literature as something to be surveyed and reported. the result often takes the shape of the dreaded laundry list, where the writer plods through their reading list book by book. Paper by paper. Summaries of what each source says, one by one. Occasionally the writer […] … learn more→
AI and metacognition: knowing when to trust a machine, or not, is not always obvious
Contemporary artificial intelligence (AI) governance frameworks rest on a rarely made-explicit assumption: when a human operator receives output from an AI system, they must be able to meaningfully evaluate it. The provisions of the European AI Act relating to high-risk systems require transparency, explainability, and human oversight. Explicitly targeted are the systems used in the recruitment and […] … learn more→
