Kyle Smith

PhD candidate, sociology of assessment, Bourdieu, (language) testing, measurement, education.

[Kyle Smith @lylesnith]

@neilrich75 And after that it’s often just gross, with multiple suggestions that he’s into under-age girls, why I do not know

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

"In his Oscar acceptance speech, Jonathan Glazer issued a universal moral warning against dehumanization. His aim was not to descend to the level of political discourse.

Critics who expected a clear political stance or a film solely about genocide did not grasp the depth of his message.

'The Zone of Interest”' is not a film about the Shoah. It is primarily a profound warning about humanity and its nature."

Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński
Auschwitz Memorial Director

[Kyle Smith @lylesnith]

@UWankings Idk I lost track. I mean there are so many ‘go-lives’ these days, who can keep track of the onboardings?

[Kyle Smith @lylesnith]

@AERABourdieuSIG I don’t think it’s fair or accurate to describe habitus as an “ambiguous and cryptic concept”, or say that Bourdieu never provided “a clear, authoritative or coherent definition of the term in his work”. Also, there are no citations to any of that work in this paper.

[Gary Younge @garyyounge]

On the "Is Hester racist?" question I pass the mic, as ever, to this timeless classic by @jsmooth995 for which I am eternally grateful. https://t.co/ShZni8pg91

[Plashing Vole Now On Bluesky @PlashingVole]

They can buy cycling and soccer teams, but Ineos and companies like it are guilty of deliberately harming life on earth. They know the facts and carry on regardless.

‘Explosive growth’ in petrochemical production poses risks to human health https://t.co/U6H4fTavrY

[Martin Paul Eve @martin_eve]

"Is it any wonder they don’t want anyone to know anything, to understand anything, to think?"
https://t.co/b0Ihu6TTgg

[USSbriefs @USSbriefs]

‘[O]ur survey reveals a severely dejected coterie of academic staff no longer willing to accept what they perceive as punitive work regimes; the absence of an ethics of care…; the non-accountability among senior managers + dereliction of leadership…’ https://t.co/Qhz23azK0k

[Vic and Bob @IsItTrue_false]

True or false

Rod Stewart uses a Conference pear as a emergency nose ?

[Kyle Smith @lylesnith]

@SimonKatterl I know a bit about it and have heard some interesting stories about test-takers’ experiences, including neurodiverse students and those with disabilities. I see LANTITE as a case study in how *not* to do high-stakes testing. I’m interested in your legal perspective on it. DM me?

[7am @7ampodcast]

Today we speak to Centrelink worker-turned-whistleblower Colleen Taylor about what really happened when robo-debt was first rolled out.

https://t.co/G5YQYsMI2M

[UniversityWorldNews @uniworldnews]

All of South Korea’s top research universities have come together in a call to boycott global university rankings issued by QS - Unsoo Jung & @yojanasharma report

#QSWorldRankings #UniversityRankings #Korea https://t.co/fmp8JGYWl1

[Kyle Smith @lylesnith]

TotalEnergies, total devastation.

[Felix Horne @FelixHorne1]

A planned oil pipeline has displaced 1000s in #Uganda. One resident told @hrw: “They come here promising us everything. We believed them. Now we are landless, the compensation money is gone…” New report from @hrw on #EACOP: https://t.co/kli3QqE2yV

[Kyle Smith @lylesnith]

Lado also reviewed the Inter-American Tests, developed by Lado’s MA supervisor, Herschel T. Manuel. Of the Reading component, Lado said it was “as strong as any now available.” (p. 59)

[Kyle Smith @lylesnith]

According to Spolsky, Robert Lado worked on the Test of Aural Comprehension at University of Michigan. A couple of years later, in 1950, Lado wrote a review of this test (and several others) for the journal Language Learning. 1/2

[Kyle Smith @lylesnith]

Of the Test of Aural Comprehension, which he worked on, Lado said: “The scoring is, of course, no problem since the test is completely objective and the examiner simply uses a punched stencil to score it.” (1950, p. 57). 2/2

[Kyle Smith @lylesnith]

Shorten on the need for integrity within organisations: ‘We’ve got to not have groupthink within organisations, where the only way you get promoted is by kissing arse on the way up or by telling your bosses the good news and only the good news.”

[7am @7ampodcast]

In the first episode of Inside Robo-debt, Bill Shorten joins @squigglyrick to talk about the royal commission’s findings.

https://t.co/dIV6Nw3DpW

[7am @7ampodcast]

In the first episode of Inside Robo-debt, Bill Shorten joins @squigglyrick to talk about the royal commission’s findings.

https://t.co/dIV6Nw3DpW

[Kyle Smith @lylesnith]

@Final_Word_Pod @westfieldlondon @westfieldstrat Nice ep today, I really appreciate your comments on the Just Stop Oil (https://t.co/LUDhwyKG4u) action. For people who say ‘sport & politics shouldn’t mix’: grow up, not mentioning politics explicitly doesn’t mean it’s not present. Accepting sponsorship from Aramco is political.