Gillian Saunders

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I bought myself a new calculator today. Green version does not run on batteries or external power. I wonder if it will become a thing. Only €1,50 in my local thrift store. Can’t wait to hand it to the first student who asks if they can borrow a calculator when we start back. 😂😎😇 #AcademicSky

Well what is the going rate for babysitting these days?😇

We succumbed in Lidl middle aisle

Restraint required

I am afraid anything lego related may end in a iblamebrandon hashtag…

The larger versions are now also being druled over…

I am blaming you @bmuramatsu.bsky.social for the influx of (F1) lego in our house… For which the boxes MUST be kept. Thankfully still the smaller models and not the huge ones.

Not after 2000 in the summer holidays

Funny they have mortarboards, 🎓, our graduates don’t…

No 2 has her diploma ceremony @tudelftme.bsky.social tonight. No drinks provided by school. Parents around me are horrified about the mandatory oatmeal coffee 😂

Herkenbare uitkomsten en wederom gaslighting en smoesjes over waarom het nog steeds niet opschiet met social veiligheid op de TUDelft

En wederom worden boodschappers gegaslight. Overigens de onkunde over wat representatief is bij ons CvB lid op de TU Delft is echt schokkend. Ga je schamen. En dat de documenten te laat zijn: ach dat het CvB doet dit zelf al jaren met grote regelmaat bij haar overlegpartners. Iets met pot en ketel.

I never thought that watching a chimney and an occasional seagull can be so meditative…

Thank you for asking: I am ok, just nursing a bruised ego, swollen knee and a few more bruises on my leg and elbow…

Tell him he can go out & buy an all singing and dancing new leatherman for the kit instead. Else order him dutch army issue tins of Gouda cheese to go with the kaasschaaf and add a tompouce showermousse for yourself. Ps this is why I put together our kit by myself. Argument waiting to happen.

Why I do what I do: despite having a shitty day - courtesy of slipping on the steps of comcrete stairs - I was deeply touched by an email from a former student to thank me for the impact I had on them. That email means more to me than my H-index ever will. #AcademicSky

Great suggestion but that’s where snag is: we are using HE methods from medicine in VET in aicraft engineering where this is new. Most field journals (aircraft maintenance) are us-based and have (temporarily ) suspended new submissions leaving her stuck.

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Ga ik er eindelijk achter komen of ik deug…. Onwaarschijnlijk.

New record: 84 minute desk reject of qualitative paper by my phd in an empirical (education) journal that stopped doing qualitative but fails to mention that anywhere in scope. Open to suggestions for Delphi Study in Vocational (engineering) Education #AcademicSky

Dat bericht alleen al heb ik gemist maar ik was eveb ondergedompeld in het lesgeven (heerlijke bubbel soms). Dank voor de link! Ik merkte laatst een vakbond angst en onbegrip bij een aantal collega’s die ik wel kon verklaren maar ik wilde ze alleen meer bronnen geven dan alleen Tante Gill vertelt.

Veel van mijn collega’s willen meestaken op 24 april, maar zijn onbekend met Nederlandse stakingsrecht. Weet iemand een goede (liefst Engelstalige) link die ik kan delen over hoe en wat en die ook de Nederlandse vakbond cultuur uitlegt? #dtv

Sadly no on both counts. I am also still waiting on the make me a cappuccino and bring it upstairs to me in my office Nespresso robot…

Two of the 200+ awesome delivery robots that drove around ribotics lab the past 2 days! Made by our year 2 TU Delft BSc Mechanical Engineering students who knew nothing about robotics, ROS & electronics 2 weeks ago! I kept the batmobile for my office. #AcademicSky #Engineering #engineeringeducation

Careful what you wish for… (digging for your phone number to add you to all useless parent whatsapp groups I have had forced upon me…)

Truely enjoyed the robotics art projects developed by teams of our Msc Robotics students in their spare time as part of Project Oscillion. We have amazingly creative students and great organizers. On display at TUDelft’s science centre from 4 April - 9 May. Do go and check them out. #academicsky

It’s official: I am away with the fairies.

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I am still getting over the BBC rugby commentator exclaiming: “By the power of Grey Skull” yesterday.

Delighted that @wfvanvalkenburg.bsky.social is calling out that many faculties still not see education as equal to research. Shame that the programme manager Open Science TU Delft plays this down and uses it to promote his own faculty instead of standing with Willem.

Directeur Science Centre weg om ‘verschil van inzicht’ - Delta Directeur Michael van der Meer van het TU Delft Science Centre zal binnenkort terugtreden. Er zou bij het publiekscentrum ‘andere kennis, kunde en aansturing’ nodig zijn.

Ik ken niemand die zo hard gewerkt heeft als Michael in de meest moeilijke omstandigheden met hele beperkte middelen. En die dump je zo? Een paar dagen voor de heropening waar hij zo hard voor gewerkt heeft? Want jij bent science museum expert? #socialsafety delta.tudelft.nl/article/dire...