Dear readers, I have confession to make. In 2017 I did not publish a single paper. In fact in 2018 so far I’ve only had one paper accepted. That’s worrying for someone whose job is ‘researcher’. Someone whose worth is Read more…
A friend recently asked me about their dog who was showing some unusual behaviour. The dog was suddenly acting fearfully around traffic, although there hadn’t been an obvious incident to spook him. I said “Sometimes clever animals get spooked by Read more…
I have a bit of a thing for adverts on the internet, because I love looking at how an algorithm decides what I like. (See the book, chapter 11). But there’s an advert I’m getting a lot lately, and I Read more…
It was my birthday recently, and one of my friends gave me an old copy of The Chalet School. It’s one of the best presents I’ve ever been given. I’ve been hunting for the Chalet School books for years, but Read more…
I am not yet done reflecting on #UoELTConf18. (Was that a groan I heard at the back?) There was a great presentation by @Nicolvision & @philshe about their use of Minecraft in the MSc in Digital Education. They showed some Read more…
Saturday the 30th of June was our graduation for the R(D)SVS students! It was a gorgeously sunny day (perhaps a little too sunny to be wandering around town in a black dress, but I’m not going to complain or the Read more…
The first university of Edinburgh Learning and Teaching Conference was on the 20th June and I enjoyed myself immensely. There’s lots I want to reflect on from the conference, but it will likely come in dribs and drabs. One of Read more…
Hello folks and welcome to the new-look (and nicer domain-name) Fluffy Sciences! At present, the old blog is still happily present within the old domain, so all your links will still work. I’ve spent the last two years working in Read more…
People . . . people who need people . . . are the luckiest people . . . If you’ve been on the internet lately, you will have heard something about Cambridge Analytica. The private company used profile data from Read more…
So a few days ago I stumbled across Josh Raclaw’s tweet:
Watching Thor: Ragnorok and never get tired of hearing Bruce Banner brag about his 7 PhDs like it’s a sign of brilliance and not just poor career planning, dude. Like, maybe do the one PhD and then some postdocs, guy.
— Joshua Raclaw (@joshraclaw) March 3, 2018
And this is the result:
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