Oof.

Dons #UCU HEC member hat. UK academics on teaching-focused/teaching-only contracts: how, if at all, does your employer support you in doing research? Are there any good local policies on this I should be aware of? My DMs are open and confidentiality assured. #UKHE #academicsky

Dean of the Dead The wind howls outside the arts building, drowning out the sound of the approaching deans. We don’t know exactly where they are. The Porcupine and ...

"We're forty strong, the last holdfast of humanity against the gathering administrative flood. Forty full-timers and adjuncts combined, music professors, theater professors, dance professors."

Hey! I really felt the weight of everything last week, and I wanted a way to talk through it... so I've been working on (maybe the first???) choose your own adventure game set up directly *in* Bluesky. And here it is!

Would you like to visit the Garden of Fortune with me?

Enter the garden.

Two weeks until abstract submissions for #ViCEPHEC25 close on Friday May 9th!

Available formats: Talks, Lightning Talks, Workshops, Posters, Lab Sessions.

Email vicephec25@liverpool.ac.uk if you need to ask questions before submitting through the portal. forms.microsoft.com/Pages/Respon...

Just deactivated my (dormant for several months) Twitter account. Expected to feel sad, after 15 years there, but actually just feel a sense of relief.

In case you haven't seen it yet, the PER-HE resource looks great, and I love the "nuggets" of wisdom - this from Alex Crombie (not on bsky yet?) giving yet another reason for an interdisciplinary approach to physics teaching per-he.org/too-many-phy... #PER #PhysicsEducationResearch

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In Physics satellite meeting they said informal gathering in Wates House, food until 8:30, bar until midnight

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On my way to #vicephec #vicephec24 looking forward to the highlight of my year! vicephec24.wordpress.com

👋 Thanks for all your work Trish!

Hello! Have been lurking here for a bit but now going to dip my toes in - so far this place feels quite like the bird place felt when I joined there in (gulp) 2009.