Ed Macaulay
@edmacaulay.bsky.social
Lecturer in physics and data science with a research background in cosmology and interests in outreach, physics education research, and cool space stuff
We had a superb #physics lecture this week by Professor Takaaki Kajita on his work on #neutrino oscillations that led to his 2015 #NobelPrize in Physics. Fascinating to hear his first-hand account of the physics of the discovery woven together with the history of the #SuperKamiokande detector.
November 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We had a superb #physics lecture this week by Professor Takaaki Kajita on his work on #neutrino oscillations that led to his 2015 #NobelPrize in Physics. Fascinating to hear his first-hand account of the physics of the discovery woven together with the history of the #SuperKamiokande detector.
I especially enjoyed the afternoon panel discussion on approaches to #AI in #HigherEducation - and it was brilliant to hear one of my #DataScience students share his experiences working with #AppliedAI at #PwC
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I especially enjoyed the afternoon panel discussion on approaches to #AI in #HigherEducation - and it was brilliant to hear one of my #DataScience students share his experiences working with #AppliedAI at #PwC
It was great to hear from Lilian Schofield on her 5-step model for aligning #AI in #CurriculumDesign - I thought it was especially helpful to emphasise starting with the Learning Outcomes - a really insightful talk!
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It was great to hear from Lilian Schofield on her 5-step model for aligning #AI in #CurriculumDesign - I thought it was especially helpful to emphasise starting with the Learning Outcomes - a really insightful talk!
Great to be at the Queen Mary Academy 'AI for Educators' event today - looking forward to exploring the opportunities at @qmul.bsky.social for including #AI in education!
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Great to be at the Queen Mary Academy 'AI for Educators' event today - looking forward to exploring the opportunities at @qmul.bsky.social for including #AI in education!
I had a fantastic time at the #AI Collaborative Workshop today - brilliant to hear about all of the amazing work going on at @qmul.bsky.social on applications of AI. I'm always keen to find interesting use cases of AI for our #AppliedAI degree, so please do let me know if you have any more examples!
November 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I had a fantastic time at the #AI Collaborative Workshop today - brilliant to hear about all of the amazing work going on at @qmul.bsky.social on applications of AI. I'm always keen to find interesting use cases of AI for our #AppliedAI degree, so please do let me know if you have any more examples!
I've just reached a 1500-day learning streak with #Duolingo! I began just to learn a new language, but the great examples of #Gamification and #ActiveLearning have actually shaped my own approach to teaching. Let me know if you're a fan of Duolingo, too - and anything else you've learned from it!
October 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I've just reached a 1500-day learning streak with #Duolingo! I began just to learn a new language, but the great examples of #Gamification and #ActiveLearning have actually shaped my own approach to teaching. Let me know if you're a fan of Duolingo, too - and anything else you've learned from it!
We had an excellent talk this week from Tolúwalàse Akanbi-Akinlolu - fascinating to hear about her work on belonging and identity in maths and physics students. Do let me know if you've seen any effective approaches that have helped students feel more of a sense of belonging with their subjects.
October 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
We had an excellent talk this week from Tolúwalàse Akanbi-Akinlolu - fascinating to hear about her work on belonging and identity in maths and physics students. Do let me know if you've seen any effective approaches that have helped students feel more of a sense of belonging with their subjects.
Fascinating cosmology seminar today by Harry Desmond on Exhaustive #SymbolicRegression - amazing to see the reconstructions of equations from cosmological data! Do let me know if you've seen other great examples of this kind of technique!
October 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Fascinating cosmology seminar today by Harry Desmond on Exhaustive #SymbolicRegression - amazing to see the reconstructions of equations from cosmological data! Do let me know if you've seen other great examples of this kind of technique!
I loved all the brilliant questions and discussions with the sailors onboard #ScarletLady. There were superb questions about the #CosmicPieChart: What point in the universe does it show, and how does it change over time? We had a great chat about the evolution of #DarkEnergy!
September 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I loved all the brilliant questions and discussions with the sailors onboard #ScarletLady. There were superb questions about the #CosmicPieChart: What point in the universe does it show, and how does it change over time? We had a great chat about the evolution of #DarkEnergy!
Back home from an extraordinary time as an enrichment lecturer onboard #ScarletLady. It was such a joy to meet the brilliant crew and share a little exploration of the universe with her wonderful sailors - thank you #VirginVoyages for such an amazing opportunity!
September 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Back home from an extraordinary time as an enrichment lecturer onboard #ScarletLady. It was such a joy to meet the brilliant crew and share a little exploration of the universe with her wonderful sailors - thank you #VirginVoyages for such an amazing opportunity!
Exciting news! I'm thrilled to be sailing with #VirginVoyages as an enrichment lecturer on #ScarletLady! Over the next 2 weeks, we'll explore #SpaceTourism, #SpaceOnScreen, #DarkMatter & #DarkEnergy, and the #SearchForLife in the universe. So happy to be onboard! #STEM #outreach
August 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Exciting news! I'm thrilled to be sailing with #VirginVoyages as an enrichment lecturer on #ScarletLady! Over the next 2 weeks, we'll explore #SpaceTourism, #SpaceOnScreen, #DarkMatter & #DarkEnergy, and the #SearchForLife in the universe. So happy to be onboard! #STEM #outreach
Superb talk this afternoon by Dr Mohammed Meah from UEL on a Dragons' Den-style business project competition. Wonderful to hear the students taking ownership of their work, and lots of great advice for our own Dragons' Den-style project on our #AppliedAI programme!
June 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Superb talk this afternoon by Dr Mohammed Meah from UEL on a Dragons' Den-style business project competition. Wonderful to hear the students taking ownership of their work, and lots of great advice for our own Dragons' Den-style project on our #AppliedAI programme!
I had a great time at our #OpenDays this week - wonderful to meet prospective students and discuss our new #AppliedAI programme with them. I'm so impressed with how they're already using #AI as a tool to support their education, and excited to see how this develops on our new degree!
June 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I had a great time at our #OpenDays this week - wonderful to meet prospective students and discuss our new #AppliedAI programme with them. I'm so impressed with how they're already using #AI as a tool to support their education, and excited to see how this develops on our new degree!
I'm overjoyed to share that - thanks to a huge amount of help, support, and encouragement from friends, family, students, and colleagues, #FirstStepsInSpaceTime has just been published! It's been such a joy working with CRC Press on this book, and I'm so excited to share it!
June 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'm overjoyed to share that - thanks to a huge amount of help, support, and encouragement from friends, family, students, and colleagues, #FirstStepsInSpaceTime has just been published! It's been such a joy working with CRC Press on this book, and I'm so excited to share it!
I had such a great time at the #FestivalOfEducation yesterday - many thanks to Queen Mary Academy and everyone who stopped by my poster! I had some great discussions about small-group activities in large-group teaching sessions, and it was fantastic to hear about the amazing scholarship on #AI
June 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I had such a great time at the #FestivalOfEducation yesterday - many thanks to Queen Mary Academy and everyone who stopped by my poster! I had some great discussions about small-group activities in large-group teaching sessions, and it was fantastic to hear about the amazing scholarship on #AI
Such a great atmosphere at the #FestivalOfEducation poster session - wonderful to hear about all the amazing scholarship work at Queen Mary!
June 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Such a great atmosphere at the #FestivalOfEducation poster session - wonderful to hear about all the amazing scholarship work at Queen Mary!
All set for the poster session at the #FestivalOfEducation - do stop by The Octagon this afternoon if you'd like to chat about small group activities in large group teaching sessions, and the effects on engagement, identity, and outcomes!
June 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
All set for the poster session at the #FestivalOfEducation - do stop by The Octagon this afternoon if you'd like to chat about small group activities in large group teaching sessions, and the effects on engagement, identity, and outcomes!
Great to be back for Day 2 of the Queen Mary #FestivalOfEducation - a fascinating session on Excellence in #AI in Education. I'll be presenting a poster this afternoon on Small Group Activities in Large Group Teaching sessions, hopefully see you then!
June 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Great to be back for Day 2 of the Queen Mary #FestivalOfEducation - a fascinating session on Excellence in #AI in Education. I'll be presenting a poster this afternoon on Small Group Activities in Large Group Teaching sessions, hopefully see you then!
I had such an amazing time this weekend doing outreach at the #LambethCountryShow - together we made over 400 space-time cookies! Thank you so much to EngageQM for supporting the activity, Lambeth Council, our brilliant student ambassadors, and everyone who tried #aBiteOfSpaceTime!
June 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I had such an amazing time this weekend doing outreach at the #LambethCountryShow - together we made over 400 space-time cookies! Thank you so much to EngageQM for supporting the activity, Lambeth Council, our brilliant student ambassadors, and everyone who tried #aBiteOfSpaceTime!
Excited to be on my way back for Day 2 of the #LambethCountryShow - we had some great chats and questions at #aBiteOfSpaceTime on Day 1 - looking forward to more this afternoon! #LCS25
June 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Excited to be on my way back for Day 2 of the #LambethCountryShow - we had some great chats and questions at #aBiteOfSpaceTime on Day 1 - looking forward to more this afternoon! #LCS25
So excited to be at the Lambeth Country Show today! We're all set for A Bite of Space-Time! #LCS25 #LambethCountryShow #aBiteOfSpaceTime
June 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
So excited to be at the Lambeth Country Show today! We're all set for A Bite of Space-Time! #LCS25 #LambethCountryShow #aBiteOfSpaceTime
Very happy to share a #physics #outreach activity I'll be running at the #LambethCountryShow - A Bite of Space-Time! I hope you can join us to decorate a cookie and discover the connections with the theory of relativity! #aBiteOfSpaceTime #LCS25
May 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Very happy to share a #physics #outreach activity I'll be running at the #LambethCountryShow - A Bite of Space-Time! I hope you can join us to decorate a cookie and discover the connections with the theory of relativity! #aBiteOfSpaceTime #LCS25
Excellent #cosmology seminar this week by Dr Paul Shah on supernova lensing and evolving #DarkEnergy - amazing to see a 6σ detection of SN lensing! Paul noted that SN lensing is now comparable to galaxy lensing ~20 years ago - exciting to see what's next!
May 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Excellent #cosmology seminar this week by Dr Paul Shah on supernova lensing and evolving #DarkEnergy - amazing to see a 6σ detection of SN lensing! Paul noted that SN lensing is now comparable to galaxy lensing ~20 years ago - exciting to see what's next!
Excited to be visiting PwC to help with #DataScience vivas - looking forward to hearing about the projects that the #DegreeApprentice students have been working on!
May 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Excited to be visiting PwC to help with #DataScience vivas - looking forward to hearing about the projects that the #DegreeApprentice students have been working on!
Brilliant seminar today at the Centre for Education Research by Dr Eva Galante - great to hear about her work when she was at UEL on teaching skills to support students from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds.
May 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Brilliant seminar today at the Centre for Education Research by Dr Eva Galante - great to hear about her work when she was at UEL on teaching skills to support students from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds.