Alex Pavey
@alexpavey.bsky.social
Supporting inclusive research cultures for doctoral students and supervisors at King’s College London | Karaoke enthusiast | He / him
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Alex Pavey
@alexpavey.bsky.social
· Nov 20
I work in doctoral education, and I’m at my happiest talking about researcher development, inclusive research cultures, and novel ways to support PhD students and supervisors.
Here’s a photo of me doing what I do most often, which is gesticulating alongside a PowerPoint.
Here’s a photo of me doing what I do most often, which is gesticulating alongside a PowerPoint.
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‘This is hostage politics.
When voters are asked constantly to make decisions not on the kind of government they want, but the one they don’t want, something is broken.’
We need journalists like @nesrinemalik.bsky.social right now as everything else seems like a daily deluge of insanity.
When voters are asked constantly to make decisions not on the kind of government they want, but the one they don’t want, something is broken.’
We need journalists like @nesrinemalik.bsky.social right now as everything else seems like a daily deluge of insanity.
Welcome to the era of ‘hostage politics’, where Labour is apparently your only hope | Nesrine Malik
First it was the Conservatives and now Reform. The only thing the government has to offer is that it’s the least worst option, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
‘This is hostage politics.
When voters are asked constantly to make decisions not on the kind of government they want, but the one they don’t want, something is broken.’
We need journalists like @nesrinemalik.bsky.social right now as everything else seems like a daily deluge of insanity.
When voters are asked constantly to make decisions not on the kind of government they want, but the one they don’t want, something is broken.’
We need journalists like @nesrinemalik.bsky.social right now as everything else seems like a daily deluge of insanity.
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can she… explain why this is a problem
Finally, LOL at this:
"Yvette Cooper has uncovered evidence that scores of foreign students who come to Britain on graduate visas then move across to health and social care visas."
1. "Uncovered evidence" -it's in the published stats 😉.
2. "Scores"??? Out of net migration of 728K..
"Yvette Cooper has uncovered evidence that scores of foreign students who come to Britain on graduate visas then move across to health and social care visas."
1. "Uncovered evidence" -it's in the published stats 😉.
2. "Scores"??? Out of net migration of 728K..
April 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
can she… explain why this is a problem
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(On my bullshit again) It's the defence of the *form* of the argument rather than its substance, because its substance is simply too hard to actually defend. Spend time deciding which rules we're using rather than playing the game. It reduces everything - everything! - to the lowest possible bar.
bari weiss-style free speech advocacy was always a way to pull difficult debates into friendlier waters. you might not want to be seen arguing about race and IQ, but you don’t need to be: you can make the discussion about free speech, and the audience will infer that some truth is being suppressed
February 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
(On my bullshit again) It's the defence of the *form* of the argument rather than its substance, because its substance is simply too hard to actually defend. Spend time deciding which rules we're using rather than playing the game. It reduces everything - everything! - to the lowest possible bar.
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This puts it well & it’s a point I keep making about why using AI to write is so flattening. Writing is the process of working out & refining what you think. If I write an article, I’m not just generating 1000 plausible words. I’m trying to articulate ideas with precision, & challenging myself.
AI is for people who don't want to or can't think. Period.
I write to figure out what I think and how to think about it better.
I write to figure out what I think and how to think about it better.
Today I opened up Word and now on every freaking line there is an icon for Microsoft's Copilot AI tool, always asking me to use it to write. WTF. After googling, it appears IMPOSSIBLE to remove. I cannot use Word with an AI tool. I'm a professional fucking writer. I don't want it inserting shit.
January 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This puts it well & it’s a point I keep making about why using AI to write is so flattening. Writing is the process of working out & refining what you think. If I write an article, I’m not just generating 1000 plausible words. I’m trying to articulate ideas with precision, & challenging myself.
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NEW on Wonkhe: Cassandra Hugill explores the impacts of unspoken networks, opaque criteria, and subjective selections on PGR student recruitment https://buff.ly/3BZCv6j
January 6, 2025 at 7:10 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Cassandra Hugill explores the impacts of unspoken networks, opaque criteria, and subjective selections on PGR student recruitment https://buff.ly/3BZCv6j
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Interesting counter arguments to the more usual laments, from Marion Thain
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Young people’s shrinking attention spans are nothing to worry about. Here’s why | Marion Thain
Distractions long predated today’s fast-moving online world. Young people may well be discovering new ways of paying attention, says culture and technology professor Marion Thain
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2024 at 7:11 AM
Interesting counter arguments to the more usual laments, from Marion Thain
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is insane. It's nauseating. It's the persecution of vulnerable children to score points with extremists.
From a Labour government. For shame. For shame.
From a Labour government. For shame. For shame.
BREAKING: I have seen confirmation that the indefinite puberty blocker ban for trans kids that was passed by the NI Executive yesterday will be UK-wide. It will come into effect on January 1 2025 when the temporary ban expires.
It is being laid before Parliament today.
It is being laid before Parliament today.
December 11, 2024 at 11:29 AM
This is insane. It's nauseating. It's the persecution of vulnerable children to score points with extremists.
From a Labour government. For shame. For shame.
From a Labour government. For shame. For shame.
Seeing the PlayStation 30th anniversary articles and celebrations make me feel very old that I have an unflattering photo of me dancing at the 10th anniversary party.
December 5, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Seeing the PlayStation 30th anniversary articles and celebrations make me feel very old that I have an unflattering photo of me dancing at the 10th anniversary party.
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12 days of AI launches next week. Always interesting from Chris and colleagues at UAL. totallyrewired.wordpress.com/2024/11/22/1...
12 Days of AI 2024 – new version out NOW!
The 12 Days of AI is a series of asynchronous activities and discussion prompts designed to help you consider ethics and uses of AI, explore a range of AI tools, and connect with other participants…
totallyrewired.wordpress.com
November 23, 2024 at 9:24 AM
12 days of AI launches next week. Always interesting from Chris and colleagues at UAL. totallyrewired.wordpress.com/2024/11/22/1...
Excited to explore how we can incorporate this into our support for King’s research students!
New game website – free downloads :-)
I’ve launched a new website for How to Fail Your Research Degree.
howtofailyourresearchdegree.com
You can get a free copy of the print-and-play version in both English and Chinese (with more languages soon.)
#GBL #PGR #PhD #researchSkills #postgrad #HE
I’ve launched a new website for How to Fail Your Research Degree.
howtofailyourresearchdegree.com
You can get a free copy of the print-and-play version in both English and Chinese (with more languages soon.)
#GBL #PGR #PhD #researchSkills #postgrad #HE
November 21, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Excited to explore how we can incorporate this into our support for King’s research students!
I work in doctoral education, and I’m at my happiest talking about researcher development, inclusive research cultures, and novel ways to support PhD students and supervisors.
Here’s a photo of me doing what I do most often, which is gesticulating alongside a PowerPoint.
Here’s a photo of me doing what I do most often, which is gesticulating alongside a PowerPoint.
November 20, 2024 at 8:19 PM
I work in doctoral education, and I’m at my happiest talking about researcher development, inclusive research cultures, and novel ways to support PhD students and supervisors.
Here’s a photo of me doing what I do most often, which is gesticulating alongside a PowerPoint.
Here’s a photo of me doing what I do most often, which is gesticulating alongside a PowerPoint.
Love this. And it reminds of a Nietzsche aphorism that’s always stayed with me - “The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one has yet dared to draw.”
32. In 1927, Bergson was awarded a Nobel Prize of his own (for literature) "in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented."
I am constantly thinking about this passage from his Nobel reception speech from almost 100 years ago 😳
I am constantly thinking about this passage from his Nobel reception speech from almost 100 years ago 😳
November 20, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Love this. And it reminds of a Nietzsche aphorism that’s always stayed with me - “The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one has yet dared to draw.”
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32. In 1927, Bergson was awarded a Nobel Prize of his own (for literature) "in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented."
I am constantly thinking about this passage from his Nobel reception speech from almost 100 years ago 😳
I am constantly thinking about this passage from his Nobel reception speech from almost 100 years ago 😳
November 20, 2024 at 2:11 PM
32. In 1927, Bergson was awarded a Nobel Prize of his own (for literature) "in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented."
I am constantly thinking about this passage from his Nobel reception speech from almost 100 years ago 😳
I am constantly thinking about this passage from his Nobel reception speech from almost 100 years ago 😳
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One of those amazing free resources that lots of people don't know exists: Britain from Above, with historic aerial photos of the entire country. If you get a free account and login, you can zoom close enough to see your Nan's washing on the line in 1951.
www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en
www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en
August 22, 2024 at 4:49 AM
One of those amazing free resources that lots of people don't know exists: Britain from Above, with historic aerial photos of the entire country. If you get a free account and login, you can zoom close enough to see your Nan's washing on the line in 1951.
www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en
www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en
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I've had a go at starting a starter pack for #ResearchCulture, I'm pretty new here so please don't be offended if I haven't found you yet. Happy to add people to this, let me know!
#Research #ResearchDevelopment #OpenResearch #ResearcherDevelopment #ResponsibleMetrics
go.bsky.app/FAzhuGh
#Research #ResearchDevelopment #OpenResearch #ResearcherDevelopment #ResponsibleMetrics
go.bsky.app/FAzhuGh
August 20, 2024 at 4:12 PM
I've had a go at starting a starter pack for #ResearchCulture, I'm pretty new here so please don't be offended if I haven't found you yet. Happy to add people to this, let me know!
#Research #ResearchDevelopment #OpenResearch #ResearcherDevelopment #ResponsibleMetrics
go.bsky.app/FAzhuGh
#Research #ResearchDevelopment #OpenResearch #ResearcherDevelopment #ResponsibleMetrics
go.bsky.app/FAzhuGh
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After the riots, Keir Starmer should tell us the truth about our country. This is why he won't | Nesrine Malik
The violence exposed racist narratives based on lies. Yet where is the counter-argument, asks Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2024 at 9:49 AM
This week’s column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... t
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July 26, 2024 at 11:39 AM
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You know what used to create world-class talent? The post-war Keynesian consensus that saw properly funded art schools, regional theatres, and arts labs, and a reasonable social safety net that meant working class people could take risks and not starve or become homeless.
June 25, 2024 at 3:53 PM
You know what used to create world-class talent? The post-war Keynesian consensus that saw properly funded art schools, regional theatres, and arts labs, and a reasonable social safety net that meant working class people could take risks and not starve or become homeless.
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May 22, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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I wrote something: “Male Historians Explain Things To Me: masculinity, expertise and the academy”. With a huge debt to Rebecca Solnit, Sara Ahmed, Siri Hustvedt, Professor Lucy Robinson and many other feminists before me.
www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
www.manchesterhive.com
January 24, 2024 at 9:38 AM
I wrote something: “Male Historians Explain Things To Me: masculinity, expertise and the academy”. With a huge debt to Rebecca Solnit, Sara Ahmed, Siri Hustvedt, Professor Lucy Robinson and many other feminists before me.
www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
I'm not singing for the future
I'm not dreaming of the past
I'm not talking of the first times
I never think about the last
Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
Still there's a light I hold before me
You're the measure of my dreams
I'm not dreaming of the past
I'm not talking of the first times
I never think about the last
Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
Still there's a light I hold before me
You're the measure of my dreams
The Pogues - A Rainy Night In Soho
The Pogues 3030 The Essential Collection is available for Pre-Order Now!http://amzn.to/ZrGluVContaining the Irish legend's biggest hits spanning 1984 to 1996...
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November 30, 2023 at 3:03 PM
I'm not singing for the future
I'm not dreaming of the past
I'm not talking of the first times
I never think about the last
Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
Still there's a light I hold before me
You're the measure of my dreams
I'm not dreaming of the past
I'm not talking of the first times
I never think about the last
Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
Still there's a light I hold before me
You're the measure of my dreams
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Crowdfunder for Dr Kiguru - please donate or share if you can 🙏🏽 www.gofundme.com/f/help-reuni...
Help reunite Dr Doseline Kiguru and her daughter, organized by Dima Barakat Chami
Dr Doseline Kiguru is a Kenyan permanent Lecturer in World Litera… Dima Barakat Chami needs your support for Help reunite Dr Doseline Kiguru and her daughter
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November 12, 2023 at 10:22 PM
Crowdfunder for Dr Kiguru - please donate or share if you can 🙏🏽 www.gofundme.com/f/help-reuni...
Wearing a new shirt today. Nine-year old son’s reaction this morning:
“I like your shirt daddy. It’s very old-fashioned.”
“I like your shirt daddy. It’s very old-fashioned.”
November 8, 2023 at 12:20 PM
Wearing a new shirt today. Nine-year old son’s reaction this morning:
“I like your shirt daddy. It’s very old-fashioned.”
“I like your shirt daddy. It’s very old-fashioned.”
Starting off by leaning into the pleasingly back-to-basics feeling of this app and simply sharing a thing that I think is good. Here is a stunning live performance of a song I’ve been obsessed with for weeks.
CMAT - Stay For Something (Live on The Graham Norton Show)
'Stay For Something' by CMAT performed live on The Graham Norton Show, from the new album 'Crazymad, For Me' out now!Stream & buy: https://cmat.ffm.to/crazym...
youtu.be
November 6, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Starting off by leaning into the pleasingly back-to-basics feeling of this app and simply sharing a thing that I think is good. Here is a stunning live performance of a song I’ve been obsessed with for weeks.