My first post on here pretty much sums up what it's like to be a working Mum.
Chicken pox has destroyed our week and now waiting for number 2 to inevitably get it 🫠

@academic-chatter.bsky.social #WIASN

Advice requested from senior academics: I'm being approached once in a while (two recently) to supervise PhDs, and I would like to and have capacity, but do not currently have HEI status. Anyone knows a work around? (I'm open to e.g. affiliated status for this!)
#AcademicSky #WIASN

Courtsy of #WIASN facebook group - too good not to share!

#academicsky #skystorians #academicyear

Appraising Feedback Stance in Higher Education: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Study of Student and Academic Perceptions, Perspectives and Preferences - Corpus Pragmatics Feedback is a complex dialogic, sociomaterial practice that is shaped by digital affordances, institutional norms and various contextual factors. Even though it is widely recognised as crucial to acad...

New OA paper: 'Appraising feedback stance in higher education: A corpus-assisted discourse study of student and academic perceptions, perspectives and preferences'
Check out the interactive graphs 😊
#CorpusLinguistics #SystemicFunctionalLing #education #wiasn
See: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Hey #WIASN Women In Academia Support Network, can you distribute?

@carolinepennock.bsky.social @networkgender.bsky.social
#WIASN

Re the current Supreme Court ruling, are there other cis women academics who want to co-write a 'Not In Our Name' article or op-ed in response to the transphobic Supreme court ruling
#WIASN #AcademicSky

… Petra was so supportive (along with other #WIASN members). Being in a new institution which is making redundancies has re-opened the trauma from UHI (would never recommend as an employer especially in health). But the difference is huge. At UHI department management just shrugged and ignored us.

LBU Research Voices – Top tips from two women academics on how to triumph on a research sabbatical | Leeds Beckett University Welcome to LBU Research Voices, a blog series that celebrates the experiences, journeys, and expertise of our LBU research community. Through this series, we’ll explore the knowledge our researchers h...

Dr Tenley Martin and I share insights about navigating our recent research sabbaticals. @lbu-rae.bsky.social #womeninacademia #WIASN #femaleacademia #peermentoring

So proud to be watching this ❤️

Shout out to #WIASN and so many other people in the room and not, who have contributed to my dear friend Az feeling brilliant today.

“Words create worlds of possibilities”

@openuniversity.bsky.social

Anyone knows how to stay connected to #WIASN without being on Facebook?

Women in Academia Support Network The home of the Women in Academia Support Network WIASN

Hurray! The new #WiASN website wiasn.co.uk

Credit for my above piece is partly due to members of #WIASN, my colleagues within the Civil Service, and those aforementioned tech bros. All of whom gave useful feedback on drafts and ideas. Or cautioned me not to be so open in the piece - oh well 😉

I'm a member of #WIASN on Facebook, and I love it, but I'm wondering, is there any group specifically for women in academia with children?

Only Ada?: dominance of entrepreneurial white men as the famous figures in computing and technology for young people Prominent public figures are important representatives of their fields, potentially becoming influential role models, especially for young people. The identities of these famous people can shape an...

New publication by @billybwong.bsky.social @peterejkemp.bsky.social @mcopseyblake.bsky.social and I, on the dominance of entrepreneurial white men as the famous faces in computing and tech for young people: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @nuffieldfoundation.org #WIASN

Hi @juie-is-here.bsky.social, Thanks for creating the #WIASN starter packs. Can you add me to the list too? Thanks.

Found you via #wiasn too, Helen

@apalange.bsky.social good to e meet you! I am interested in digital civic engagement #wiasn

My final weekend of working on edits before I resubmit #wiasn #phdsky #phd

Great to find #wiasn on here

And @leannecpowner.bsky.social made a #WIASN feed here - bsky.app/profile/did:...

Please add me, I am #WiASN Chair and Founder 😊

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I made a starter pack for researcher developers in the UK.

Let me know if you'd like to be added or removed!

#WIASN #ResearcherDevelopment #AcademicSky #PhDSky

go.bsky.app/S3ea8oN

Hello from #wiasn (not that I'm active on FB but still...)

Hi new friends! If you followed me looking for the #WIASN list, please DM or Comment on this post. I'm not sure I got everyone who wanted that list.