Andrew J. Kavanagh

Something that confused me a little was the discussion of the £150M+ defecit. I am hearing two seperate things: one is that it is £150M+ across 4 years that needs to be saved (and I got the impression that is what the Committee heard - 'rounding error'); the other that its is £150M+ year on year.

but is is it investigator led funding? (no)

which simultaneously exists on its own but also as part of the other buckets

I think this partially speaks to the poor communication about how the reshaping of UKRI is being achieved.

Catching up on the select committee session from this morning. Lots of interesting stuff, but it feels like there are a lot of real problems around the terminology of buckets and how the traditional councils interact within them. And that seems to be on both the UKRI and committee sides.

Official guidance was that we refer to it as U-K-R-I, and absolutely never as you-kree.

And I do know who it was. I guessed asked and they gleefully admitted it. And we both laughed.

Decided to add my favourite comment I received from a reviewer (on my second paper) to my profile description. I feel it remains apt: "verbose and not overly fascinating".

Absolutely. Not worth the risk.

My two monitors and I feel seen.

Great new paper from a member of the Space Weather team at @bas.ac.uk. This sort of work underpins activities to support the space sector and safeguard services that society relies on.

Gareth got some fuzzy pics over Cambridge but too cloudy here.

a man with glasses and a beard looks at the camera with a serious look on his face ALT: a man with glasses and a beard looks at the camera with a serious look on his face

I did wonder hy they used a photo of Walter White in the image

Just saw the news, well done lad

I shall look forward to reading this. I remember long ago being a little wary of some of the goals of sun-to-Earth modelling I heard in talks. I liked the overall idea, but some folk really seemed to want to just get rid of any observations in the pathway, which I thought... odd.

Read that as 'marine psychologist' and thought, 'that's a string to his bow I did not know he had'

I see Murder under the Sun and Death on the Nile (the definitive Peter Ustinov) are both on TV over Christmas. That is all that is needed.

Frankly he should stick to being a PI. Always play to your strengths.

Slightly concerned my phone knows me too well. As I open my map app to assess how close I am to getting off this bus, the only landmarks it flags are all the pubs!

Fantastic Autumn MIST (Magnetosphere, Ionosphere, Solar Terrestrial) meeting! Incredible to see so many fantastic young scientists discussing their research and to catch up with long standing colleagues, still delivering important science with potentially high impact.

View along the bank of the Thames framed by Autumnal trees.

A view of a grey Autumn/Winter day, strolling along the bank of the Thames on my way to a meeting this afternoon. I have never really wanted to live in London but every so often I understand the appeal

oooh the flare one, that really winds me up.

I'll be honest, this explanation is just as valid as some of those I have seen from 'experts' in adjacent fields.

I regularly opt out ...and yet still they come. I wonder if I accidentally opted out of the opt out.

Now do the show but only with senior academics.

Landing at Wolf's Fang, a staging camp on the Antarctic continent 🇦🇶

The team are on the way to Halley Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf.

They were meant to get to Halley today, but weather on the rest of their route is causing delays. Not a bad view to wait with though, eh?

Pleased to see my BAS colleague, Ingrid Cnossen, quoted in this report, alongside input from @mist-uk.bsky.social compiled by @spacesciem.bsky.social when she was chair of MIST council.

Space weather is important to modern life on Earth - and future activity in space 🛰️

Did you know that BAS has a Space Weather and Atmosphere team? The polar regions are good places to study the upper atmosphere.

This inquiry into the UK's future space economy includes a quote from the team ⬇️

bon voyage. hope its a comfortable, stress free journey

A subject that has come up several times in different settings recently.