Oh boy, autocorrect got me. Should be blaa's of course.

As a proud Deise man I have to speak up - Boyle was from Waterford, not Cork. Please don't take him from us, we have him and blahs and that's it 😅

I've been using this template for daily notes. It's been good in the mornings for getting me focused for the day: dannb.org/blog/2022/ob...

So in the end, even if we make our course as engaging and interesting as possible, the students inevitable look "big picture" and just focus on the grade anyway.

Difficult nut to crack. @michaeltremmel.bsky.social and I have had numerous conversations about this. Always boils down to realising that no matter what changes we make to a single course, the students know everything is grade incentivised (funded internships, likelihood of success for PhD funding)

I'll be around. @jacobsphysics.bsky.social happy to go grab a coffee and chat on campus in University College Cork either Thursday or Friday!

Having been given a "Fundable but not funded" decision on an RI grant recently, this is mildly infuriating. Plenty of excellent researchers are already here begging to be funded.

Looking forward to having you at the meeting Peter, and hope the Irish community proud. And of course, very excited for your panel discussion!

As requested, I've added all these locations to a custom Google map, might make them easier to find: maps.app.goo.gl/KSNnw9aQHf3b...

*Some of us do also look at the stars from our back gardens.

But is it a 5* university?

I can't not post a cute dog picture now.

For anyone who's just curious about how the planning for this is going, I'm currently trying to find a room to store a very large crate from ESA. This has involved me random walking around campus with a measuring tape in hand while looking increasingly worried...

Thanks Sarah, I really wasn't sure whether this belonged in the astronomy feed or not (and was too nervous to take the risk).