Clare Warren
@geologyclare.bsky.social
Professor of Metamorphic Geology and Director of the Graduate School at the Open University. Cold water swimmer and parkrunner. Posts only about fun stuff!
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Today is World Mental Health Day - a reminder that caring for your mind is important.
Kristin Vielberg and Hanna Sänger from PhDpositive reflect on the mental health challenges of doing a PhD and share ways to make the journey more sustainable, fulfilling, and balanced. 🌱
Today is World Mental Health Day - a reminder that caring for your mind is important.
Kristin Vielberg and Hanna Sänger from PhDpositive reflect on the mental health challenges of doing a PhD and share ways to make the journey more sustainable, fulfilling, and balanced. 🌱
Climbing Through a PhD – Mental Health on the Way to the Summit
Imagine you are going on a long mountain tour. Your backpack is heavy, the path is steep, and although you have been walking for hours, all you can see ahead of you is the next climb. Doing a PhD is l...
blogs.egu.eu
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
This is great!
Calling sedimentary-types! All applications welcome
#Lecturer position in #EarthSciences 👇🏼@openuniversity.bsky.social
Please apply, if interested 🙏🏼
Closing Date: 20 October 2025
Contract Type: #Permanent
Fixed Term Contract/End Date: Not Applicable
jobs.open.ac.uk/job/Lecturer...
Please apply, if interested 🙏🏼
Closing Date: 20 October 2025
Contract Type: #Permanent
Fixed Term Contract/End Date: Not Applicable
jobs.open.ac.uk/job/Lecturer...
Lecturer in Earth Sciences
Lecturer in Earth Sciences
jobs.open.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Calling sedimentary-types! All applications welcome
Great new visual about Geodiversity published recently!
🎨 To help promote the benefits of geodiversity, a team from the Open University have worked with artscientist Dr Vicky Bowskill to produce this amazing new image!
🌍 Read more, and download the image on our website: www.geodiversityday.org/post/visuali...
🌍 Read more, and download the image on our website: www.geodiversityday.org/post/visuali...
Visualising the Benefits of Geodiversity
International Geodiversity Day 2025 is approaching, and many people worldwide have organised events based on their professional or personal connections with geodiversity; whether these be around under...
www.geodiversityday.org
October 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Great new visual about Geodiversity published recently!
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Welcome to all our postgraduate researchers! You are what makes us a University.
September 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Welcome to all our postgraduate researchers! You are what makes us a University.
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Embarking on your fieldwork soon? We've added a checklist and timeline to our fieldwork and gathering data page: www5.open.ac.uk/students/res...
The Open University
Planning fieldwork and data collection, including travel arrangements and risk assessments, are largely managed in the Faculties. What follows are some general advice and training links. Good overall…
www5.open.ac.uk
May 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Embarking on your fieldwork soon? We've added a checklist and timeline to our fieldwork and gathering data page: www5.open.ac.uk/students/res...
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We have a Research Experience Placement with Dr Phil Wheeler advertised for this summer via @centa.bsky.social:
centa.ac.uk/centa-resear...
Project title: Using 3D models from smartphone video to
assess urban tree crown volume
centa.ac.uk/centa-resear...
Project title: Using 3D models from smartphone video to
assess urban tree crown volume
May 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
We have a Research Experience Placement with Dr Phil Wheeler advertised for this summer via @centa.bsky.social:
centa.ac.uk/centa-resear...
Project title: Using 3D models from smartphone video to
assess urban tree crown volume
centa.ac.uk/centa-resear...
Project title: Using 3D models from smartphone video to
assess urban tree crown volume
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Booking now: this online discussion session on June 12th (free for members) will examine the experiences of doctoral candidates during the viva. ukcge.ac.uk/events/t...
UKCGE | The Student Experience of the Viva
This online discussion session will examine the experiences of doctoral candidates during the viva. The session will open with a summary of the findings…
ukcge.ac.uk
April 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Booking now: this online discussion session on June 12th (free for members) will examine the experiences of doctoral candidates during the viva. ukcge.ac.uk/events/t...
Thanks to the @floodplainmead.bsky.social team for hosting a group from @ougradsch.bsky.social last week! We learned loads of botanical facts and it's always lovely to put some of our students' rather abstract PhD titles into context 🤩
Counting fritillaries + eating cake = a great day at North Meadow NNR! 🍰🌷
Along with @naturalengland.bsky.social we've been monitoring the UK’s biggest population here since the 1970s.
Read more about this iconic flower in our joint paper with @bsbibotany.bsky.social: bit.ly/4lLuPqt :)
Along with @naturalengland.bsky.social we've been monitoring the UK’s biggest population here since the 1970s.
Read more about this iconic flower in our joint paper with @bsbibotany.bsky.social: bit.ly/4lLuPqt :)
April 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Thanks to the @floodplainmead.bsky.social team for hosting a group from @ougradsch.bsky.social last week! We learned loads of botanical facts and it's always lovely to put some of our students' rather abstract PhD titles into context 🤩
@geologyjohnson.bsky.social Finally... These crinoid photos took a bit of digging to find! Field photo (crinoidal dolomite sits between eclogite and cacl schist), close up in field, and SEM images. Eclogite-facies crinoids!
April 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
@geologyjohnson.bsky.social Finally... These crinoid photos took a bit of digging to find! Field photo (crinoidal dolomite sits between eclogite and cacl schist), close up in field, and SEM images. Eclogite-facies crinoids!
I chair Panel C- please get in touch if you want to know more or have any questions about what serving on a panel involves 🙂
BGS is looking for new members to join our NERC Facilities Steering Committees over the next 4 years. We are looking for people from a wide range of scientific disciplines, at different career stages.
Deadline for submissions is 5pm on March 14th 2025.
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
Deadline for submissions is 5pm on March 14th 2025.
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
February 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I chair Panel C- please get in touch if you want to know more or have any questions about what serving on a panel involves 🙂
Reposted by Clare Warren
BGS is looking for new members to join our NERC Facilities Steering Committees over the next 4 years. We are looking for people from a wide range of scientific disciplines, at different career stages.
Deadline for submissions is 5pm on March 14th 2025.
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
Deadline for submissions is 5pm on March 14th 2025.
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
February 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
BGS is looking for new members to join our NERC Facilities Steering Committees over the next 4 years. We are looking for people from a wide range of scientific disciplines, at different career stages.
Deadline for submissions is 5pm on March 14th 2025.
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
Deadline for submissions is 5pm on March 14th 2025.
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
Lots in here that I am sure will resonate with many PhD students.
The Emotional Rollercoaster of doing a PhD- an honest perspective of the challenges and joys of doing a research degree PhDLife Blog from Warwick University PGRs phdlife.warwick.ac.uk/2024/11/11/t...
#PhDSky #Academia #ResearcherCoach
#PhDSky #Academia #ResearcherCoach
The Emotional Rollercoaster of My PhD Experience
In this reflective blog post, النور explores the emotional rollercoaster of her PhD journey, filled with struggles, small victories and valuable lessons learned. Discover that you are not alone in …
phdlife.warwick.ac.uk
February 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Lots in here that I am sure will resonate with many PhD students.
Authored by our very own @zjayres.bsky.social! A very useful read due everyone involved in supporting post-grad research, not just the students!
'Managing your Mental Health during your PhD' investigates why mental health issues are so common among the postgraduate population, going beyond the statistics, looking at lived experience of both the author and as well as current PhD students. https://bit.ly/40HqkDk #psychiatry #mentalhealthsci
Managing your Mental Health during your PhD
This book is a survival guide on how to manage your mental health during your PhD and examines the research culture we work in.
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February 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Authored by our very own @zjayres.bsky.social! A very useful read due everyone involved in supporting post-grad research, not just the students!
Without technicians, I wouldn't ever have been able to collect any research data. They perform an absolutely critical function in research and need valuing and appreciating more
My piece for @productivity.bsky.social about the importance of technicians. We won't deliver growth and opporotunity without enough of them in our labs and across universities and schools. It's an urgent conversation to have www.productivity.ac.uk/news/the-rol...
The role of universities in supporting technical pathways and the delivery of innovation - The Productivity Institute
A commentary on the critical role of technicians in boosting productivity and innovation.
www.productivity.ac.uk
February 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Without technicians, I wouldn't ever have been able to collect any research data. They perform an absolutely critical function in research and need valuing and appreciating more
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My piece for @productivity.bsky.social about the importance of technicians. We won't deliver growth and opporotunity without enough of them in our labs and across universities and schools. It's an urgent conversation to have www.productivity.ac.uk/news/the-rol...
The role of universities in supporting technical pathways and the delivery of innovation - The Productivity Institute
A commentary on the critical role of technicians in boosting productivity and innovation.
www.productivity.ac.uk
February 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
My piece for @productivity.bsky.social about the importance of technicians. We won't deliver growth and opporotunity without enough of them in our labs and across universities and schools. It's an urgent conversation to have www.productivity.ac.uk/news/the-rol...
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Congratulations to Sam Gould, a PhD student with Open Thanatology, for winning the Faculty Postgraduate Award recently. Sam works at Sobell House Hospice as part of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and they've written a news item about Sam's work! www.ouh.nhs.uk/research/new...
Sobell House nurse wins Open University award for research - Oxford University Hospitals
Sobell House nurse wins Open University award for research
www.ouh.nhs.uk
February 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Congratulations to Sam Gould, a PhD student with Open Thanatology, for winning the Faculty Postgraduate Award recently. Sam works at Sobell House Hospice as part of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and they've written a news item about Sam's work! www.ouh.nhs.uk/research/new...
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Welcome to @openuniversity.bsky.social new PhD students! We have loved hearing about your varied and fascinating research projects and look forward to supporting you.
@oulibrary.bsky.social
@oustudents.bsky.social
@geologyclare.bsky.social
@oulibrary.bsky.social
@oustudents.bsky.social
@geologyclare.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Welcome to @openuniversity.bsky.social new PhD students! We have loved hearing about your varied and fascinating research projects and look forward to supporting you.
@oulibrary.bsky.social
@oustudents.bsky.social
@geologyclare.bsky.social
@oulibrary.bsky.social
@oustudents.bsky.social
@geologyclare.bsky.social
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The Metamorphic Studies Group Research in Progress (RiP) meeting and related events will be held in Liverpool, UK, on April 8-11th, 2025. Registration deadline is February 20th, 2025.; see the MSG website for more.
metamorphicstudiesgroup.wordpress.com/msg-rip-2024/
Regards
John
metamorphicstudiesgroup.wordpress.com/msg-rip-2024/
Regards
John
MSG RiP 2025
The Metamorphic Studies Group Research in Progress (RiP) meeting will be held in Liverpool, UK, on April 9-10th, 2025. Registration for the RiP meeting, the MAGEMin workshop (April 8th, 2024), and …
metamorphicstudiesgroup.wordpress.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The Metamorphic Studies Group Research in Progress (RiP) meeting and related events will be held in Liverpool, UK, on April 8-11th, 2025. Registration deadline is February 20th, 2025.; see the MSG website for more.
metamorphicstudiesgroup.wordpress.com/msg-rip-2024/
Regards
John
metamorphicstudiesgroup.wordpress.com/msg-rip-2024/
Regards
John
Well done Elisa!!
January 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Well done Elisa!!
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January 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Pleased to see many units at the OU are also on BlueSky.
@ougradsch.bsky.social
@oulibrary.bsky.social
@ou-ld-social.bsky.social
@oustudents.bsky.social
@pacespaceou.bsky.social
@kmiou.bsky.social
I have created a starter pack: go.bsky.app/8tZrvn4
@ougradsch.bsky.social
@oulibrary.bsky.social
@ou-ld-social.bsky.social
@oustudents.bsky.social
@pacespaceou.bsky.social
@kmiou.bsky.social
I have created a starter pack: go.bsky.app/8tZrvn4
December 19, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Pleased to see many units at the OU are also on BlueSky.
@ougradsch.bsky.social
@oulibrary.bsky.social
@ou-ld-social.bsky.social
@oustudents.bsky.social
@pacespaceou.bsky.social
@kmiou.bsky.social
I have created a starter pack: go.bsky.app/8tZrvn4
@ougradsch.bsky.social
@oulibrary.bsky.social
@ou-ld-social.bsky.social
@oustudents.bsky.social
@pacespaceou.bsky.social
@kmiou.bsky.social
I have created a starter pack: go.bsky.app/8tZrvn4
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HIRING: Project Archivist for our Phillips Archive
The Archive consists of correspondence, geological papers, lecture notes, notebooks, watercolours, prints, sections, and more.
This is a full-time, fixed-term post for 20 months.
oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/project-arch...
The Archive consists of correspondence, geological papers, lecture notes, notebooks, watercolours, prints, sections, and more.
This is a full-time, fixed-term post for 20 months.
oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/project-arch...
December 19, 2024 at 12:35 PM
HIRING: Project Archivist for our Phillips Archive
The Archive consists of correspondence, geological papers, lecture notes, notebooks, watercolours, prints, sections, and more.
This is a full-time, fixed-term post for 20 months.
oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/project-arch...
The Archive consists of correspondence, geological papers, lecture notes, notebooks, watercolours, prints, sections, and more.
This is a full-time, fixed-term post for 20 months.
oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/project-arch...
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A fascinating piece of research this #ThesisThursday that is highly relevant worldwide.
Read Jeremy James Cunningham's 'Schooling for conflict transformation: a case study from Northern Uganda' on ORO here: oro.open.ac.uk/54692/
Read Jeremy James Cunningham's 'Schooling for conflict transformation: a case study from Northern Uganda' on ORO here: oro.open.ac.uk/54692/
December 19, 2024 at 8:41 AM
A fascinating piece of research this #ThesisThursday that is highly relevant worldwide.
Read Jeremy James Cunningham's 'Schooling for conflict transformation: a case study from Northern Uganda' on ORO here: oro.open.ac.uk/54692/
Read Jeremy James Cunningham's 'Schooling for conflict transformation: a case study from Northern Uganda' on ORO here: oro.open.ac.uk/54692/
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Colleagues and I were one of 10 winners in a Landmark Trust competition for an academic writing retreat. I think it runs annually. If you have an idea for 2026…
www.landmarktrust.org.uk/get-involved..
@geologyclare.bsky.social @nationaltrust.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social
www.landmarktrust.org.uk/get-involved..
@geologyclare.bsky.social @nationaltrust.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social
www.landmarktrust.org.uk
December 19, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Colleagues and I were one of 10 winners in a Landmark Trust competition for an academic writing retreat. I think it runs annually. If you have an idea for 2026…
www.landmarktrust.org.uk/get-involved..
@geologyclare.bsky.social @nationaltrust.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social
www.landmarktrust.org.uk/get-involved..
@geologyclare.bsky.social @nationaltrust.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social
Congratulations Sander Hoogendoorn, pictured here with @geologyclare.bsky.social and Alison Halton, on your viva today! 🍾🍾🥂🥂
December 18, 2024 at 9:54 AM