Dr Louise Dash
@louisedash.bsky.social
Physicist, educator, and general nerd. Recovering musician, Cornish diaspora, knitter.
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Dons #UCU HEC member hat. UK academics on teaching-focused/teaching-only contracts: how, if at all, does your employer support you in doing research? Are there any good local policies on this I should be aware of? My DMs are open and confidentiality assured. #UKHE #academicsky
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Dons #UCU HEC member hat. UK academics on teaching-focused/teaching-only contracts: how, if at all, does your employer support you in doing research? Are there any good local policies on this I should be aware of? My DMs are open and confidentiality assured. #UKHE #academicsky
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"We're forty strong, the last holdfast of humanity against the gathering administrative flood. Forty full-timers and adjuncts combined, music professors, theater professors, dance professors."
Dean of the Dead
The wind howls outside the arts building, drowning out the sound of the approaching deans. We don’t know exactly where they are. The Porcupine and ...
buff.ly
October 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"We're forty strong, the last holdfast of humanity against the gathering administrative flood. Forty full-timers and adjuncts combined, music professors, theater professors, dance professors."
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Hey! I really felt the weight of everything last week, and I wanted a way to talk through it... so I've been working on (maybe the first???) choose your own adventure game set up directly *in* Bluesky. And here it is!
Would you like to visit the Garden of Fortune with me?
Enter the garden.
Would you like to visit the Garden of Fortune with me?
Enter the garden.
May 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Hey! I really felt the weight of everything last week, and I wanted a way to talk through it... so I've been working on (maybe the first???) choose your own adventure game set up directly *in* Bluesky. And here it is!
Would you like to visit the Garden of Fortune with me?
Enter the garden.
Would you like to visit the Garden of Fortune with me?
Enter the garden.
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Two weeks until abstract submissions for #ViCEPHEC25 close on Friday May 9th!
Available formats: Talks, Lightning Talks, Workshops, Posters, Lab Sessions.
Email vicephec25@liverpool.ac.uk if you need to ask questions before submitting through the portal. forms.microsoft.com/Pages/Respon...
Available formats: Talks, Lightning Talks, Workshops, Posters, Lab Sessions.
Email vicephec25@liverpool.ac.uk if you need to ask questions before submitting through the portal. forms.microsoft.com/Pages/Respon...
Microsoft Forms
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April 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Two weeks until abstract submissions for #ViCEPHEC25 close on Friday May 9th!
Available formats: Talks, Lightning Talks, Workshops, Posters, Lab Sessions.
Email vicephec25@liverpool.ac.uk if you need to ask questions before submitting through the portal. forms.microsoft.com/Pages/Respon...
Available formats: Talks, Lightning Talks, Workshops, Posters, Lab Sessions.
Email vicephec25@liverpool.ac.uk if you need to ask questions before submitting through the portal. forms.microsoft.com/Pages/Respon...
Just deactivated my (dormant for several months) Twitter account. Expected to feel sad, after 15 years there, but actually just feel a sense of relief.
November 20, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Just deactivated my (dormant for several months) Twitter account. Expected to feel sad, after 15 years there, but actually just feel a sense of relief.
In case you haven't seen it yet, the PER-HE resource looks great, and I love the "nuggets" of wisdom - this from Alex Crombie (not on bsky yet?) giving yet another reason for an interdisciplinary approach to physics teaching per-he.org/too-many-phy... #PER #PhysicsEducationResearch
Too many physicists spoil the broth… – Physics Higher Education Research
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October 15, 2024 at 8:44 AM
In case you haven't seen it yet, the PER-HE resource looks great, and I love the "nuggets" of wisdom - this from Alex Crombie (not on bsky yet?) giving yet another reason for an interdisciplinary approach to physics teaching per-he.org/too-many-phy... #PER #PhysicsEducationResearch
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If you are reading this right now, it's probably because of Chemistry at the University of Hull.
Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) were a huge advancement in technology, that kicked off the flat screen r...
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September 12, 2024 at 7:47 AM
Help us ChemSky with halting the Closure of Chemistry Department at University of Hull
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On my way to #vicephec #vicephec24 looking forward to the highlight of my year! vicephec24.wordpress.com
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August 28, 2024 at 11:27 AM
On my way to #vicephec #vicephec24 looking forward to the highlight of my year! vicephec24.wordpress.com
Hello! Have been lurking here for a bit but now going to dip my toes in - so far this place feels quite like the bird place felt when I joined there in (gulp) 2009.
August 15, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Hello! Have been lurking here for a bit but now going to dip my toes in - so far this place feels quite like the bird place felt when I joined there in (gulp) 2009.