I wrote and posted this to Instagram a couple of days ago and it became my most-read poem ever. I’m honored I get to feel big feelings alongside you all. I’m posting it here too and want to use this space more consistently. Hello friends ❤️
That's a deeply weird route. If you approach Canterbury from the North you're essentially doing so from the Thames. In fact, that whole route is in the Thames.
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I've not been on here since forever, but had to just see what-ahem-the reaction was following #GortonandDenton. In doing so, I stumbled across the Allister Heath Headline Generator. This one's for you, research funding wonks stirring-fox-7e1fab.netlify.app
A rare thing to see in the wild these days: a Creative Writing lectureship (fixed term) at the University of East Anglia vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/15...
The deadline for abstracts is Monday 2 June. We've had a lot of interest, so do submit a proposal if you want to be part of the conversation on 10 Sept!
We've got a vacancy for a researcher for our DALE project, which will look at accessibility to our lab environment for those with disabilities. Deadline: 12 May: easternarc.ac.uk/news/vacancy...
A quick repost for our open call for our #sanctuary conference in Sept. Do submit a proposal if you have an idea for a session!
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS* The call for abstracts for the #EARC2025 is now OPEN! This year our focus is on Sanctuary Solidarities and we're looking for a wide and diverse group of academics and stakeholders to join us! Deadline 2 June 2025. easternarc.ac.uk/news/sanctua... @easternarc.bsky.social
Your tariff rate is your star sign divided by the number of boys you've kissed, multiplied by one
interesting
Go to Google
Search "Gulf of Mexico"
Click the 3 little dots next to "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)"
Choose "Send feedback"
Click "Gulf of America"
Click "Inaccurate content"
Click "Incorrect"
Tell Google the correct name
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Well, looking at UKRI's data for 2022-23, the top 20 unis in terms of value of awards are as follows: S/SE - 5; North - 5; East - 1; Scotland - 2; Midlands - 3; SW - 3; Wales - 1. Aggregating these, S/SE has ~30% of overall value.
As ever, I think we need to be more nuanced about suggesting where research/funding will be concentrated. S/SE is not synonymous with the Golden Triangle: there's a lot of smaller unis in S/SE that may lose out, and many huge players in N/SW/Scotland that may benefit.
Fair enough! It completely passed me by.
This is excellent work! Unfortunately, tantalisingly, the pages aren't opening for me. I'll have to wait to get some decent WiFi. The sense of anticipation is explosive.
Really? They chose to rebroadcast... that?
I don't know the answer, but I was told that, for strawberry jam, the seeds are actually added back in after the jam is made, and that they're actually little chips of wood. Even as I write this I can't believe how implausible it sounds. I'm going to have to look this up.
Although you could argue that the decrease in Google searches is not down to less interest but more awareness/familiarity and direct traffic.
If you feel bad about not getting a grant, worth keeping in mind ESRC's success for:
new investigator is ~14%
standard scheme is ~9%
secondary data analysis scheme is ~9%.
These are on par with acceptance rates for the most competitive journals in the field...
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Me too! With Sounds/podcasts it's now a rarity. It was Alexi Sayle so I was thinking there'd be at least some solid work there, less neediness, less desperation to prove himself. Reader, I was wrong.
Oof. Listening to @bbcradio4.bsky.social 6:30 comedy slot for the first time in - oh - decades. Good to see the quality hasn't changed. How can it be so consistently terrible?
This is why you don't design curricula around "jobs of the future".
We can't predict the future but we do know what general skills and knowledge will be valuable whatever job you do.
Well, not surprising, but very depressing nonetheless.
Joyful piece by @annamgrey.bsky.social on her predictions for UK research funding in 2025 (with a pinch of gallows humour), picking up the baton from @frootle.bsky.social
Haha! Excellent! Good work @annamgrey.bsky.social! I'll check in 12 months to see how close you were. You couldn't be any worse than me. In my defence I was covering the May/Johnson/Truss/Sunak years...
Yes it is! Glad you're focussing on the key issues - just as I would have done!
I know where he could find some out of work fact checkers, if that's any help?