#Academic

BenjaminThomasWhite

rain_later

One thing that's very clear from the @UKRI_News report on Covid-19 extensions for doctoral researchers is how few they actually spoke to (see p7). They did *not* survey all funded

Ryan Hill

RyanReedHill

I’ve been reflecting this past year since the job market on my decision to stick with academia over industry. One thing I think I can add to the conversation is

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

A running list of errors of reasoning and evidence I see in discussions on sars-cov-2 policy[a living thread] 1. Basing your views on some, but not all, data on a

Alex Holcombe

ceptional

It did take a billionaire to kick off open science funding. Why? In part, because publishers, journals, and scientific leaders had an interest in perpetuating their broken and closed system.

Dr. Claire Bowern

anggarrgoon

Students are deciding on grad schools at this time of year! That's great! Please ask the following of programs and potential advisors (and their current or former students): What do

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EmmaLBriant

IMPORTANT THREAD ON DISINFO: I have working class roots. First hand knowledge of how difficult it is for working & vulnerable unemployed people to make improvements to their position. My

manan ahmed

sepoy

Last three days, I have participated in 1) a "traditional" Zoom workshop (12 ppl) 2) a Wickr Pro conference (40+ ppl) and 3) a Telegram channel conference (150+ ppl) and

Mathew Owens

mathewjowens

My wife and I both teach at a uni. I believe the jobs we do are hugely beneficial to society. Our workloads are v high right now, even without home-schooling

Vanesa Castán Broto 🌈

VaneBailo

In this world there are many kinds of people and not everyone is good at everything. I am not good at twitter. Mostly I do not like to spend a

Yasmiyn Irizarry

DrYasmiyn

My new article "On Track or Derailed? Race, Advanced Math, and the Transition to High School" in @SociusJournal summarized in tweet form. A thread:#Sociology #Soctwitter #mathequity #BlackandSTEM https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/f

💧😷Queen Victoria

Vic_Rollison

So sad to see half of PhD students are thinking of giving up. We've been neglected by this anti-education govt. Didn't get JobKeeper. Lost casual work outside uni. Lost casual

Agnes Callard

AgnesCallard

This is a long personal thread about my own reading practices, and a revelation I recently had about the pluses and minuses of reading at different speeds. It might not

Marcus Carlsson

MarcusMaths

A parent in risk group is informed that the kid will be failed in sports, unless she agrees to let her go to the swim hall amidst uncontrolled viral spread

Aliza Luft

alizaluft

The key here, as I’ve argued elsewhere, is that violent (& dehumanizing) rhetoric doesn’t cause *just anybody* to act violently. It causes people who are already inclined towards violence to

Jessi Grieser

jessgrieser

Thread for those who are working on this or guiding students. What is the statement of purpose? /1 At its core, it's a story. It's a very academic story. It

Jonathan Hopkin

jrhopkin

This report is getting a lot of attention, particularly the implication that Labour should move to the right on cultural issues to win back voters. But, as I argue in

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