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If you're doing a PhD or looking for an academic career you'll have to get used to multiple variations on this from a whole host of anonymous referees. #AcademicSky #PhDSky #PhDChatter
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
If you're doing a PhD or looking for an academic career you'll have to get used to multiple variations on this from a whole host of anonymous referees. #AcademicSky #PhDSky #PhDChatter
Just got this email from a Chinese outfit. Doesn't sound at all dodgy, does it? #AcademicSky #PhDSky #scam
November 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Just got this email from a Chinese outfit. Doesn't sound at all dodgy, does it? #AcademicSky #PhDSky #scam
SCHOLARS BEWARE! Last Friday just before COB here in Adelaide I was notified that an article of mine had been published online. Almost exactly 6 hours later I received this phishing email inviting me to follow a (doubtless dangerous) link to find out about my 'research award'.
#ScamAlert
#ScamAlert
October 10, 2025 at 5:19 AM
SCHOLARS BEWARE! Last Friday just before COB here in Adelaide I was notified that an article of mine had been published online. Almost exactly 6 hours later I received this phishing email inviting me to follow a (doubtless dangerous) link to find out about my 'research award'.
#ScamAlert
#ScamAlert
Charlie Kirk was a racist, homophobic, transphobic, elitist Christian Nationalist who advocated for public executions that children should have to watch - including presumably the stoning of gays he advocated. Johnson, 2nd most recent Conservative UK PM, calls his views 'simple common sense'. Odious
September 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Charlie Kirk was a racist, homophobic, transphobic, elitist Christian Nationalist who advocated for public executions that children should have to watch - including presumably the stoning of gays he advocated. Johnson, 2nd most recent Conservative UK PM, calls his views 'simple common sense'. Odious
Whoop, whoop! One of my articles has reached 500 citations on Google Scholar. May not sound like many to you but I'm happy!! Available here if anyone's interested. Critiques the student as consumer metaphor and presents coproduction as a alternative. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
August 29, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Whoop, whoop! One of my articles has reached 500 citations on Google Scholar. May not sound like many to you but I'm happy!! Available here if anyone's interested. Critiques the student as consumer metaphor and presents coproduction as a alternative. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Received the following email purporting to be someone from the (real) US Institute for Systems Biology. Checked with the Institute who said they'd received a number of inquiries & confirm that its not someone they know. Don't communicate with this person any further. #ScamAlert
July 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Received the following email purporting to be someone from the (real) US Institute for Systems Biology. Checked with the Institute who said they'd received a number of inquiries & confirm that its not someone they know. Don't communicate with this person any further. #ScamAlert
The details of an invitation I got from a predatory journal yesterday. I think the sender needs some advice on public relations … 😎😎😎 #Nazi #HigherEducation #higheredmarketing #publishing
June 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The details of an invitation I got from a predatory journal yesterday. I think the sender needs some advice on public relations … 😎😎😎 #Nazi #HigherEducation #higheredmarketing #publishing
Not a good feeling to wake up this morning and find Satan trending on Twitter/X ... Wondering which of his minions is doing what or whether its the real thing come to see the fruits of his/her/their/its work in global politics. #evil
June 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Not a good feeling to wake up this morning and find Satan trending on Twitter/X ... Wondering which of his minions is doing what or whether its the real thing come to see the fruits of his/her/their/its work in global politics. #evil
June 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Need a diversions before work this fine Monday morning? Here's a list of uncommon words. How many do you know? I managed 18 – 45% … a bare pass!! Need to do more revision! :-) #English #diversion #quiz
May 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Need a diversions before work this fine Monday morning? Here's a list of uncommon words. How many do you know? I managed 18 – 45% … a bare pass!! Need to do more revision! :-) #English #diversion #quiz
Looking forward to my democracy sausage. Here's mine from March 2022 and where to get them in the queue on the way to the polling station. 😋😋😋🗳️✅🗳️
May 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Looking forward to my democracy sausage. Here's mine from March 2022 and where to get them in the queue on the way to the polling station. 😋😋😋🗳️✅🗳️
Very sorry to hear. A truly great guitarists from a generation that spawned the real cream of the musical crop. I'm given to believe that he's one of the two guitarists (the right-hand one) in the picture of hippies/beats/dossers on Brighton Beach in the late 60s. A sad loss.
April 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Very sorry to hear. A truly great guitarists from a generation that spawned the real cream of the musical crop. I'm given to believe that he's one of the two guitarists (the right-hand one) in the picture of hippies/beats/dossers on Brighton Beach in the late 60s. A sad loss.
Something I wrote to myself 8 years ago. I wonder if my question has yet been answered? #stupidity #NaturalSelection #musings #Competition
April 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Something I wrote to myself 8 years ago. I wonder if my question has yet been answered? #stupidity #NaturalSelection #musings #Competition
On 13 April 2025, Peter Dutton, leader of the Liberal National Party said this about Jim Chalmers, the Labor Chancellor who's the holder of a PhD from the Australian National University. He called him 'the so-called Dr Chalmers'. Tells you a lot. #education @ukcge.bsky.social #highereducation #PhD
April 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
On 13 April 2025, Peter Dutton, leader of the Liberal National Party said this about Jim Chalmers, the Labor Chancellor who's the holder of a PhD from the Australian National University. He called him 'the so-called Dr Chalmers'. Tells you a lot. #education @ukcge.bsky.social #highereducation #PhD
Really pleased my copy of the collection edited by Fiona Hallett of @edgehill has reached me safely here is South Australia today. Our chapter on the transition into the PhD has fine company from an excellent set of co-authors. Excuse the self-promotion but IMHO all worth a read! :-) #PhD
March 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Really pleased my copy of the collection edited by Fiona Hallett of @edgehill has reached me safely here is South Australia today. Our chapter on the transition into the PhD has fine company from an excellent set of co-authors. Excuse the self-promotion but IMHO all worth a read! :-) #PhD
I find this helpful ...
February 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I find this helpful ...
January 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Helps if your university library hasn't completed gutted itself of ... well, books! The entire (apart from the rare books section) bookstock of one of our four main campuses. The others are much the same. I am ropeable about it. #books #libraries
January 4, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Helps if your university library hasn't completed gutted itself of ... well, books! The entire (apart from the rare books section) bookstock of one of our four main campuses. The others are much the same. I am ropeable about it. #books #libraries
Here's the public one in Darlington UK in which I discovered the magic. There was also the one that was upstairs at the back of Boots the Chemists. Yup, branches of Boots (a pharmacy to my US colleagues) had lending libraries in the shop. Check the story out here: www.boots-uk.com/newsroom/fea...
December 13, 2024 at 6:09 AM
Here's the public one in Darlington UK in which I discovered the magic. There was also the one that was upstairs at the back of Boots the Chemists. Yup, branches of Boots (a pharmacy to my US colleagues) had lending libraries in the shop. Check the story out here: www.boots-uk.com/newsroom/fea...
Just how old does Outlook think I am? This just popped up when I opened my calendar. Now, I know I'm no spring chicken, but do you think the Outlook calendar is taking the mick?
December 12, 2024 at 5:47 AM
Just how old does Outlook think I am? This just popped up when I opened my calendar. Now, I know I'm no spring chicken, but do you think the Outlook calendar is taking the mick?
Lighting designers for rooms designated for Zoom meetings really do need to pay attention to the aesthetics. On the plus side, I did miss a phone call from The Pope the other day. I wonder if he'll call back? St Alistair of Light Square has quite a nice ring about it ...
December 4, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Lighting designers for rooms designated for Zoom meetings really do need to pay attention to the aesthetics. On the plus side, I did miss a phone call from The Pope the other day. I wonder if he'll call back? St Alistair of Light Square has quite a nice ring about it ...
Just poking toe in Bsky waters from the not so good ship Twitter/X so I'll start with good news to see who bites. Pleased to receive a University of South Australia Citation for an Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning for work on PhD student transition (with Wendy Bastalich & Cassie Loeser)
December 3, 2024 at 6:04 AM
Just poking toe in Bsky waters from the not so good ship Twitter/X so I'll start with good news to see who bites. Pleased to receive a University of South Australia Citation for an Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning for work on PhD student transition (with Wendy Bastalich & Cassie Loeser)