Gawen Jenkin
@gawenjenkin.bsky.social
Prof of Applied Geology, Middle England university. Sustainable mineral resources for the green transition. Geology, life, Kernow 〓〓.
Views personal and do not represent my employers.
Views personal and do not represent my employers.
The someone is of course a cyclist 😭
Every 20 minutes, someone in the UK is hit by an uninsured or hit-and-run driver, the Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB) said, based on claims from over 26,000 victims each year.
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Worst areas for uninsured driving revealed - as hit-and-run victim says he was 'left for dead'
Every 20 minutes, someone in the UK is hit by an uninsured or hit-and-run driver, according to data from the Motor Insurers' Bureau.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The someone is of course a cyclist 😭
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UK universities cannot thrive while continually cutting academic staff
No amount of wellness webinars, Lego play workshops, communal climbing events, bounce back sessions, desk yoga, jigsaw puzzle nights or Vice Chancellor's Special Awards for Resilience can change this
No amount of wellness webinars, Lego play workshops, communal climbing events, bounce back sessions, desk yoga, jigsaw puzzle nights or Vice Chancellor's Special Awards for Resilience can change this
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
UK universities cannot thrive while continually cutting academic staff
No amount of wellness webinars, Lego play workshops, communal climbing events, bounce back sessions, desk yoga, jigsaw puzzle nights or Vice Chancellor's Special Awards for Resilience can change this
No amount of wellness webinars, Lego play workshops, communal climbing events, bounce back sessions, desk yoga, jigsaw puzzle nights or Vice Chancellor's Special Awards for Resilience can change this
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Monday morning and back on a very wet picket line at Leicester University. Fighting the massive job cuts and downgrading of jobs. #academicsky Solidarity to all HE staff trying to work through this decimation across the country.
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Monday morning and back on a very wet picket line at Leicester University. Fighting the massive job cuts and downgrading of jobs. #academicsky Solidarity to all HE staff trying to work through this decimation across the country.
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Please sign and share this petition.
I care deeply about geography and want to do everything I can to save our jobs and the school, and protect our students 🌍
#Geography #SchoolClosure
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I care deeply about geography and want to do everything I can to save our jobs and the school, and protect our students 🌍
#Geography #SchoolClosure
c.org/Z2ZK6fQVgf
Save Geography at the University of Leicester
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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November 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Please sign and share this petition.
I care deeply about geography and want to do everything I can to save our jobs and the school, and protect our students 🌍
#Geography #SchoolClosure
c.org/Z2ZK6fQVgf
I care deeply about geography and want to do everything I can to save our jobs and the school, and protect our students 🌍
#Geography #SchoolClosure
c.org/Z2ZK6fQVgf
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Ok I am highly emosh this week, but seeing this simple act of human kindness by arguably the most powerful person on Earth at the time had me burst into tears
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Ok I am highly emosh this week, but seeing this simple act of human kindness by arguably the most powerful person on Earth at the time had me burst into tears
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If you have any friends or family that work in higher education in UK right now (or probably anywhere really) - they are NOT doing OK. Universities are being gutted. It's a horror show and I'm not even sure people outside understand this is happening. #academicsky
November 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
If you have any friends or family that work in higher education in UK right now (or probably anywhere really) - they are NOT doing OK. Universities are being gutted. It's a horror show and I'm not even sure people outside understand this is happening. #academicsky
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UCU (@ucu.org.uk) has called a national demonstration against the planned redundancies at the University of Leicester.
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
October 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
UCU (@ucu.org.uk) has called a national demonstration against the planned redundancies at the University of Leicester.
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
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Dozens of staff stood up and displayed these signs at the beginning of today’s address by the VC to demonstrate their lack of confidence in him and his ability to impose such devastating staff cuts across the university.
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Dozens of staff stood up and displayed these signs at the beginning of today’s address by the VC to demonstrate their lack of confidence in him and his ability to impose such devastating staff cuts across the university.
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I'm giving my vote to tetrahedrite!
As Sack & Loucks showed in 1985, the multisite reciprocal replacement of Cu <-> Ag, Fe <-> Zn, Cu <-> Fe, and As <-> Sb make it the "Rolls Royce" of indicator mienrals for the pressure, temperature, and pH conditions of an ore deposit. Vote for the ore with more!
As Sack & Loucks showed in 1985, the multisite reciprocal replacement of Cu <-> Ag, Fe <-> Zn, Cu <-> Fe, and As <-> Sb make it the "Rolls Royce" of indicator mienrals for the pressure, temperature, and pH conditions of an ore deposit. Vote for the ore with more!
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I'm giving my vote to tetrahedrite!
As Sack & Loucks showed in 1985, the multisite reciprocal replacement of Cu <-> Ag, Fe <-> Zn, Cu <-> Fe, and As <-> Sb make it the "Rolls Royce" of indicator mienrals for the pressure, temperature, and pH conditions of an ore deposit. Vote for the ore with more!
As Sack & Loucks showed in 1985, the multisite reciprocal replacement of Cu <-> Ag, Fe <-> Zn, Cu <-> Fe, and As <-> Sb make it the "Rolls Royce" of indicator mienrals for the pressure, temperature, and pH conditions of an ore deposit. Vote for the ore with more!
Can’t believe this beauty - and gateway drug to mineral collecting - #galena, is losing to something that isn’t a modern ore mineral #copper
#orecup
Native #copper is a real hazard in crushing circuits because it is malleable and gums things up.
#orecup
Native #copper is a real hazard in crushing circuits because it is malleable and gums things up.
Remember, Galena is not only the principal ore for lead, but also an important ore for silver. Vote Galena.
November 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Let's just take a moment to reflect on the self-sacrifice and hope this person embodies - not the evil, hateful monsters thirsting for violence.
November 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Let's just take a moment to reflect on the self-sacrifice and hope this person embodies - not the evil, hateful monsters thirsting for violence.
Huntingdon - This comment from Simon Calder is worth repeating.
My thoughts with all involved
My thoughts with all involved
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Huntingdon - This comment from Simon Calder is worth repeating.
My thoughts with all involved
My thoughts with all involved
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"Please make no mistake. Climate change is the biggest threat to global security that modern humans have ever faced." Sir David Attenborough.
No time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #stopfossilfuels #go100re
No time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #stopfossilfuels #go100re
October 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"Please make no mistake. Climate change is the biggest threat to global security that modern humans have ever faced." Sir David Attenborough.
No time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #stopfossilfuels #go100re
No time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #stopfossilfuels #go100re
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'Staff at the University of Nottingham are preparing to strike for the second time this term, announcing a further 22 days of action before Christmas, in addition to the 20 days already taken.' Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam, Leicester, and Edinburgh also striking.
Major universities facing weeks-long strikes as job cuts deepen
Union branches plan walkouts across UK amid increased tensions with senior managers
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:12 AM
'Staff at the University of Nottingham are preparing to strike for the second time this term, announcing a further 22 days of action before Christmas, in addition to the 20 days already taken.' Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam, Leicester, and Edinburgh also striking.
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👻BOO‼️
I can't think of anything scarier than this.
The greenhouse gases we have added to the atmosphere now force over a billion Hiroshima bombs worth of heat into the Earth system every year.
I can't think of anything scarier than this.
The greenhouse gases we have added to the atmosphere now force over a billion Hiroshima bombs worth of heat into the Earth system every year.
October 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
👻BOO‼️
I can't think of anything scarier than this.
The greenhouse gases we have added to the atmosphere now force over a billion Hiroshima bombs worth of heat into the Earth system every year.
I can't think of anything scarier than this.
The greenhouse gases we have added to the atmosphere now force over a billion Hiroshima bombs worth of heat into the Earth system every year.
How things are going…
Please support us if you can!
Please support us if you can!
UCU (@ucu.org.uk) has called a national demonstration against the planned redundancies at the University of Leicester.
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 AM
How things are going…
Please support us if you can!
Please support us if you can!
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Literally one of the greatest soft power brands on planet earth driven into the ground by successive British governments that embrace failure, decline and irrelevance.
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British Council ‘selling everything it can’ to survive
Cultural body plans more job cuts, sale of assets and closure in 35 countries to stave off ‘financial peril’
on.ft.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Literally one of the greatest soft power brands on planet earth driven into the ground by successive British governments that embrace failure, decline and irrelevance.
on.ft.com/3Wq1XIT
on.ft.com/3Wq1XIT
Just re-upping this for no particular reason whatsoever
Great end to the week with our School of Geography, Geology & Environment ranked first in the country for overall positivity for both Human Geography and Earth Sciences in the National Student Survey 👏
#geoscience #earthscience #geology
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#geoscience #earthscience #geology
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Positive boost in National Student Survey cements top position for University of Leicester | News | University of Leicester
le.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Just re-upping this for no particular reason whatsoever
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The person behind this was immediately recruited by Cardiff University as 'global talent'.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz
October 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The person behind this was immediately recruited by Cardiff University as 'global talent'.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Welcome to big school - where we teach the exact same thing as everywhere else, the only difference being the buildings and the night life.
#academicsky
#academicsky
October 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Welcome to big school - where we teach the exact same thing as everywhere else, the only difference being the buildings and the night life.
#academicsky
#academicsky
One, possibly only, pleasure of long ✈️ travel is that for once I get to watch some films:
Warfare ****
Tornado **
Mr Burton *****
The Black Sea ***
Civil War ****
Solid work there by Alex Garland for the first and last, but quite grim too.
Warfare ****
Tornado **
Mr Burton *****
The Black Sea ***
Civil War ****
Solid work there by Alex Garland for the first and last, but quite grim too.
October 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
One, possibly only, pleasure of long ✈️ travel is that for once I get to watch some films:
Warfare ****
Tornado **
Mr Burton *****
The Black Sea ***
Civil War ****
Solid work there by Alex Garland for the first and last, but quite grim too.
Warfare ****
Tornado **
Mr Burton *****
The Black Sea ***
Civil War ****
Solid work there by Alex Garland for the first and last, but quite grim too.
Great day doing a keynote at #Metcon2025 in Palawan representing our PROMT (Philippines remediation of mine tailings) NERC-DOST PCIEERD joint project.
October 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Great day doing a keynote at #Metcon2025 in Palawan representing our PROMT (Philippines remediation of mine tailings) NERC-DOST PCIEERD joint project.
Sitting here having breakfast at my Philippine hotel and it has slowly dawned on my jet lagged brain that the plinky background muzac is a medley of #christmas songs. No Wham! yet…
Merry Christmas everyone!
Merry Christmas everyone!
October 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Sitting here having breakfast at my Philippine hotel and it has slowly dawned on my jet lagged brain that the plinky background muzac is a medley of #christmas songs. No Wham! yet…
Merry Christmas everyone!
Merry Christmas everyone!
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Bingo
The problem is not that AI can replace professors
- it is that a significant portion of university management think it can.
- it is that a significant portion of university management think it can.
October 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Bingo