James Fern
@jamesfern.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer; SFHEA; Academic GenAI lead; #Sport #Exercise #Science #rstats #openscience #bayes #MUFC
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James Fern
@jamesfern.bsky.social
· Nov 17
A More-than-Human Ecology: Evolving Generative Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education
The significant improvements in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) observed in recent years present higher education with both an opportunity and a significant challenge. Its successful integr...
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Seem to have picked up a bunch of new followers in the last couple of days. Hello! 👋
If you’re interested in GenAI and its potential role/impact in HE would love to hear your thoughts on this www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14.... 🤖📚
If you’re interested in GenAI and its potential role/impact in HE would love to hear your thoughts on this www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14.... 🤖📚
Some pics from a long weekend trip, walking in Crickhowell, Wales.
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Some pics from a long weekend trip, walking in Crickhowell, Wales.
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WTH @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team ? Please reinstate author and historian Sarah Kendzior. #booksky #authors
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
WTH @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team ? Please reinstate author and historian Sarah Kendzior. #booksky #authors
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Reinstate Sarah Kendzior
November 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Reinstate Sarah Kendzior
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Free Sarah Kendzior.
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Free Sarah Kendzior.
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I agree with this bit at least: "Everyone else is racing as fast as possible to publish a Nature paper and get their next short-term contract. There’s no time to learn how to do science!"
I'm participating in an "Open Science Exploratory Roundtable" in the Max Planck Society later this week, so bumping my grumpy thoughts about open science again. I'm as curious as everyone else to see what a club of competitive narcissists who succeeded under the status quo (the MPG) can manage!
How can we reform science? I have some ideas. But I am not sure you’ll like them, because they don’t promise much. elevanth.org/blog/2025/07...
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I agree with this bit at least: "Everyone else is racing as fast as possible to publish a Nature paper and get their next short-term contract. There’s no time to learn how to do science!"
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The editors of Neurology have allowed the authors of this paper to make a "correction", stating: "there were errors in the CIs for some estimates presented in the article".
How many CIs must be wrong before a journal loses confidence in a paper?
(Answer: more than 73, apparently!)
How many CIs must be wrong before a journal loses confidence in a paper?
(Answer: more than 73, apparently!)
Fun fact: it has been 56 days since I notified the editors of Neurology about glaring statistical errors in this peer-reviewed study on sweeteners and cognitive health.
No expression of concern, no correction, no retraction.
No expression of concern, no correction, no retraction.
"Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds"
Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
November 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The editors of Neurology have allowed the authors of this paper to make a "correction", stating: "there were errors in the CIs for some estimates presented in the article".
How many CIs must be wrong before a journal loses confidence in a paper?
(Answer: more than 73, apparently!)
How many CIs must be wrong before a journal loses confidence in a paper?
(Answer: more than 73, apparently!)
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Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
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Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Open science people: This is the kind of thing some researchers are up against. 😬
Our ethics board has been trying to make it harder to post open data. They are very opposed to any data sharing even de-identified.
October 17, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Open science people: This is the kind of thing some researchers are up against. 😬
Could never get bored of playing Parkstone GC, one of the best in the country.
October 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Could never get bored of playing Parkstone GC, one of the best in the country.
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This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
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What @zackpolanski.bsky.social is saying is simply what anyone who pays attention to politics is witnessing
Starmer has played a key role in mainstreaming far-right politics, enabled by a mainstream media which still tiptoes around this terrible state of affairs
Starmer has played a key role in mainstreaming far-right politics, enabled by a mainstream media which still tiptoes around this terrible state of affairs
October 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
What @zackpolanski.bsky.social is saying is simply what anyone who pays attention to politics is witnessing
Starmer has played a key role in mainstreaming far-right politics, enabled by a mainstream media which still tiptoes around this terrible state of affairs
Starmer has played a key role in mainstreaming far-right politics, enabled by a mainstream media which still tiptoes around this terrible state of affairs
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"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
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Pretty excited about this one. In this paper, we discuss the replication/credibility crisis, the factors that contribute to it, and clinical psychology's slow (really slow) progress in dealing with it. We offer a competency-based fraemwork for improving our training of future scholars.
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The Open Science Movement and Clinical Psychology Training: Rigorous Science is Transparent Science: https://osf.io/s46wd
October 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Pretty excited about this one. In this paper, we discuss the replication/credibility crisis, the factors that contribute to it, and clinical psychology's slow (really slow) progress in dealing with it. We offer a competency-based fraemwork for improving our training of future scholars.
1/2
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“The University of Miami School of Law’s new essay requires applicants to submit a detailed prompt for a generative AI large language model like ChatGPT to generate a ‘comprehensive analysis’ that will help them make an informed decision about which law school to attend.”
For these law school application essays, AI is required
Using artificial intelligence for admissions essays is often discouraged or prohibited. For aspiring attorneys hoping to land a seat at two U.S. law schools next fall, it's an opportunity to stand out from the crowd.
www.reuters.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
“The University of Miami School of Law’s new essay requires applicants to submit a detailed prompt for a generative AI large language model like ChatGPT to generate a ‘comprehensive analysis’ that will help them make an informed decision about which law school to attend.”
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Charts I don't like:
September 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Charts I don't like:
Predicted it before KO, was so obvious Henderson would dominate our midfield today, largely by himself.
He’s the player Amorim thinks Bruno is.
He’s the player Amorim thinks Bruno is.
I’m unfortunately expecting a Henderson masterclass against our midfield, we’ll make it so easy for him 🤦♂️ then they will have a field day in around our back 3.
Just have to hope we score quickly, and more than once!
Just have to hope we score quickly, and more than once!
September 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Predicted it before KO, was so obvious Henderson would dominate our midfield today, largely by himself.
He’s the player Amorim thinks Bruno is.
He’s the player Amorim thinks Bruno is.
Remember that clip of Rooney saying that when he started training with the Everton first team at 15 he couldn’t believe how bad the players were, and how much better he was than all of them.
That must be how Mainoo feels every day in training at United.
That must be how Mainoo feels every day in training at United.
Mainoo for Ugarte at half time to control the game
September 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Remember that clip of Rooney saying that when he started training with the Everton first team at 15 he couldn’t believe how bad the players were, and how much better he was than all of them.
That must be how Mainoo feels every day in training at United.
That must be how Mainoo feels every day in training at United.
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I wonder why far-right leaders and their mainstream enablers are not targeting this minority which plays a key part in deciding the plight of the left behind...
It is a real mystery...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It is a real mystery...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Privately educated still have ‘vice-like grip’ on most powerful UK jobs
Those in top roles are five times as likely to have been to private school than general population, study finds
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I wonder why far-right leaders and their mainstream enablers are not targeting this minority which plays a key part in deciding the plight of the left behind...
It is a real mystery...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It is a real mystery...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Education is the enemy of fascism.
September 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Education is the enemy of fascism.
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My University has decided to close the #Statistics department along with several others. The public comment form opened up today: apc.unl.edu/fall-2025-bu...
Please feel free to explain how problematic it is to close a department teaching #datascience #rstats #python in this day and age.
Please feel free to explain how problematic it is to close a department teaching #datascience #rstats #python in this day and age.
Fall 2025 Budget Reduction Feedback Form | Academic Planning Committee | Nebraska
apc.unl.edu
September 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My University has decided to close the #Statistics department along with several others. The public comment form opened up today: apc.unl.edu/fall-2025-bu...
Please feel free to explain how problematic it is to close a department teaching #datascience #rstats #python in this day and age.
Please feel free to explain how problematic it is to close a department teaching #datascience #rstats #python in this day and age.
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I’m going to suggest a more efficient business model for @crosscountryuk.bsky.social. If my train arrives at the destination (at all, or on time), THEN I’ll pay you. Save us both the deliberately tortuous system of me paying upfront then claiming a delay refund every single time.
September 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I’m going to suggest a more efficient business model for @crosscountryuk.bsky.social. If my train arrives at the destination (at all, or on time), THEN I’ll pay you. Save us both the deliberately tortuous system of me paying upfront then claiming a delay refund every single time.
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Instead of a public retraction, the Wall Street Journal quietly adjusted its headline.
Neither Emma Tucker, the editor-in-chief, nor the two reporters who wrote the original piece responded to my requests for comment.
www.advocate.com/news/wall-st...
Neither Emma Tucker, the editor-in-chief, nor the two reporters who wrote the original piece responded to my requests for comment.
www.advocate.com/news/wall-st...
Wall Street Journal quietly walks back false claim Charlie Kirk shooter had pro-trans messages on his bullets
The paper had falsely claimed that the alleged shooter engraved messages consistent with “transgender ideology” on bullets recovered by law enforcement officials.
www.advocate.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Instead of a public retraction, the Wall Street Journal quietly adjusted its headline.
Neither Emma Tucker, the editor-in-chief, nor the two reporters who wrote the original piece responded to my requests for comment.
www.advocate.com/news/wall-st...
Neither Emma Tucker, the editor-in-chief, nor the two reporters who wrote the original piece responded to my requests for comment.
www.advocate.com/news/wall-st...
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When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.
It is quite simply dishonest to describe TPUSA as a “free speech” organization and not even mention the “Professor Watchlist,” as NPR just did. Reporting on a crime does not entail adopting the victim’s views.
September 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.
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Vitamine D as antidepressant - a meta-analysis with the "standard error".
Fun fact: today I commented on PubPeer about a recent Vitamine D study with implausible results (SMD 2.9). So I searched for a meta-analysis and found also issues. And there would be another meta-analysis. It never ends.
Fun fact: today I commented on PubPeer about a recent Vitamine D study with implausible results (SMD 2.9). So I searched for a meta-analysis and found also issues. And there would be another meta-analysis. It never ends.
September 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Vitamine D as antidepressant - a meta-analysis with the "standard error".
Fun fact: today I commented on PubPeer about a recent Vitamine D study with implausible results (SMD 2.9). So I searched for a meta-analysis and found also issues. And there would be another meta-analysis. It never ends.
Fun fact: today I commented on PubPeer about a recent Vitamine D study with implausible results (SMD 2.9). So I searched for a meta-analysis and found also issues. And there would be another meta-analysis. It never ends.