'The researchers said...“hyper-competitive research culture in universities is likely to increase costs, partly driven by low success rates”, and “without fundamental reform, academics will continue to apply for research grants in pursuit of reward and recognition”.' (Well, also to do research) 1/2
'We are black, we are white, we are dynamite'.
Moving to see children in 1970s Hackney stood up to the National Front by getting organised. A beautiful recognition of our common humanity and reminder that the push for equality has long been driven by courage like this.
Relevant messages for today.
I know we are all obsessed with the Robbins stuff, but another important story today via @estwebber.bsky.social
Despite current need for defence investment, we are not sending a minister to this incredibly important meeting.
www.politico.eu/article/keir...
The Box in Plymouth has been shortlisted for museum of the year. How wonderful. It’s a creative gem and something our city can and should be very proud of.
www.thetimes.com/article/99de...
not sure what people thought "dynamic alignment" would mean when govt said it was prepared to sign up to it (checks notes) 11 months ago -- this from @thetimes.com
A horrifying threat with genocidal connotation.
A significant breakthrough in Hormuz? Or a one-off? A French-owned, Maltese-flagged container ship passed safely through the Straits of Hormuz last night – the first European vessel to do so since Gulf War 3 began. 1/
www.ft.com/content/c860...
British politicians can't be trusted with "emergency" fuel duty cuts: they're never brave enough to reverse them when fuel prices drop back to normal levels. They're also not brave enough to change how fuel duty works to make it stabilise prices. So that makes short term cuts unaffordable. Sorry.
The Europeans rightly think this is the way Trump is going to go. This is an autarkic US Administration. Trump has said high oil prices are good as the US is an oil exporter. They don't care that the SoH is closed
It will be up to Europe to clear the strait. But they won't
Wow. Career ending in any normal times. "A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter." www.ft.com/content/744e...
New polling shows a *massive* gap between our laws & public opinion. 60% oppose state-funded schools selecting pupils by religion, & two thirds want an end to bishops' automatic seats in the Lords. Time for our institutions to reflect the diverse, majority non-religious country we are today.
Restore Britain the next loop in the downward spiral I reckon
Children undergoing MRI can often feel anxious before their scan, leading to distress, delays or sedation
Our latest study explores Xploro, a digital app designed to help children understand MRI procedures & feel more prepared.
Read the full paper👉 bit.ly/3ORypmP
📣The 1st preprint from my PhD project is out!
tinyurl.com/2vyt2jdy
Can we quantify how vivid visual imagery is compared to real seeing? To tackle this, we trained a CNN to decode vividness from EEG during perception and used it to estimate vividness during imagery.
Thoughts/feedback very welcome!
Danny Citroniwicz, Atlantic Council, former head of the Iran branch in the Research and Analysis Division (RAD) in the Israeli defense intelligence: ‘President Trump’s tweet may well mark a turning point in the current crisis.’ 1/
Strong statement from UCU on principles for implementing AI in teaching, research and administration. This is much more reflective and comprehensive than the pervasive catch-all of 'responsible AI'.
www.ucu.org.uk/media/15656/...
🚨New @resolutionfoundation.org note out today on how Government can be ready to protect households from the squeeze this winter 1/ www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
Since Ofcom seems to have given up, we asked 20 experienced journalists from a range of backgrounds to watch multiple hours of @gbnewsonline.bsky.social . Their conclusion: the channel has, in effect, become Reform TV. How did it happen? www.thenewworld.co.uk/alan-rusbrid...
Companies House has put out a statement confirming that, for five months, every company in the UK was vulnerable to the simple exploit we identified on Friday.
It enabled anyone in the world to view and change their company details.
All of my work will be published in top journals. The only thing prohibiting publication in those journals right now is the reviewers shooting it down. It will be published in those journals should reviewers not do that.
🚨NEW BLOGPOST 🚨
If Trump's war precipitates an oil crisis, it will hit the government with the sort of economic crisis it's hard to recover from.
They need a way of making him take the blame.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/labour-nee...
Quite. Surely they would face downward pressure on wages from the hordes of accountants and academics retraining as plumbers?
Good points. Perhaps non-London/SE regions might do better if we received equivalent public per-capita investment in infrastructure. Better transport links to the SW would help. We're relative losers in that equation, just like The North. Writing from a research centre in receipt of an ARIA grant.
..and Jack Leslie, superstar at Plymouth Argyle and first to be called up (later rescinded) for England. No disrespect to Clyde meant. nationalfootballmuseum.com/halloffame/j...
I am genuinely *begging* some of you - well-meaning, left-wing people on BlueSky, some of whom no doubt support the Green Party, to understand exactly where broad stroke "anti-Zionist" policies lead.
We know, because it happened in Poland from 1967-1968
jewishstudies.ceu.edu/sites/jewish...
A Brothers Mehteh bicycle.
Worried about wild fluctuations from $90/barrel crude to $110/barrel? I recommend you invest in an oil price spike nonchalance machine for your personal transport needs:
UK government releases list of 76 EU laws that it says UK will align with under food standards treaty with EU www.gov.uk/government/n...
Collage of photos showcasing Kathryn and Krithika at the Turn the Tide Festival.
I spent Saturday at the Turn the Tide science festival with Kathryn talking about neuroscience research 🧠
The highlight was the kids! They always end up asking the most interesting questions.
Thank you to Truro and Penwith College for the invite 🌞
#STEM #Neuroscience #PublicOutreach
Enjoying my wee research stay at UCL 📚🤓 - a lovely study spot to hide from the rain!
