Warwick Researcher Development

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What does the start of a new academic year feel for you? Excited -exhausted already- anticipation- sick of updating documents. teaching materials and websites? Or like me - STILL forgetting to drink my tea...#PhDSky #AcademicSky #Teaching #TeaDrinkersOfTheWorldUnite

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Will Someone PLEASE remind me to drink my tea!!

This hasn't dated
'The survival of humanities researchers is a political act in itself'

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Have you seen or are you part of the work that the Inger Mewburn has been doing on neurodivergence in research. There was a big survey that went out earlier this year I think.

Three stones have been moved and placed outside the bowl. There wasn't lots of water around ( and no reports of earthquakes) , if someone had been in my garden then they probably would have taken something ( like my apples - yup one year). I'm in the UK for reference- Any ideas - anyone??

One bowl is used mostly by the cat ( Horace) and the other ( white and in photo) on a slightly raised platform and is used by birds and insects. Both bowls have stones in them for insects to get at the water. Most wildlife ( and Horace) usually drink out of the river.
Coming home 90 mins later...

stones/ pebbles in and outside of an animals water bowl

Off piste from Researcher Development - but I have a Monday mystery (which I do not have a solution to - so there is not going to be a grand reveal Poirot Style).
It's the mystery of the moving stones - a thread...
On Thursday evening my partner & I went out for 90 mins, I topped up 2 water bowls...

Dragon hoarding books

Some dragons hoard gold ( art by spindlwolf.deviantart.com)

Thanks @annamgrey.bsky.social will do

REF Panels - anyone heard who's been appointed yet? ( Other than chairs & sub chairs) Asking for a friend... #Academia

Thank you - they are excellent.
I've seen the reply about what the different flashes mean - thank you bsky.app/profile/drgi... .

But is anyone going to explain how they do it?

Thank you for this !!

Any more

Another Keep in mind that the attacker’s words or deeds reveal their problems, fears, or feelings. It isn’t a true representation of your character or value.

One suggestion I've found is
Ask the question: “Before this person pushed my button, which one of their buttons might I/ survey have pushed?” This allows us to externalise and recognise it as the respondee's problem

Daffodils

I'm sure I'm not the only person who has had to process hate responses in an anonymous survey - my latest 'is to justify more administrators IT MUST STOP LEAVE US ALONE WE HATE YOU'
What techniques can we suggest for managing unprovoked anonymous rage? #PhDSky #AcademicSky

Meddling with purpose: reimagining researcher development Michele Underwood, Researcher Development Manager, University of Warwick In 2017, I stepped into a new Researcher Developer role at a new university (new to me, at least). Unlike my previous roles,…

Sharing my thoughts and experience of Meddling with Purpose -Reimagining Researcher Development
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Or when there are 6 small children trapped in a mine ( or is that just us?)

A small arch built out of stones on a beach

From the ever insightful Hugh Kearns www.ithinkwell.com.au

In a PhD you have to be a bit more assertive.
Ask questions
Propose solutions
Make a decision
Take action
Ask if there is anything you can do to help.
If you sit and wait you could be waiting for a very long time.
#PhDSky

I once painted a room White four times- so many variations in the colour White and I also wanted a white white - good luck!

As an academic writing coach, here are the 7 mistakes I see supervisors and PIs make in the process of co-writing a paper with their PhD students or mentees.

A thread. 🧵

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Perspective changes everything.
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We are FAB people: Dr Bing Lu on being a transnational student and academic If you are thinking of doing a PhD, or just getting started with your academic studies, Bing's wisdom will be of interest to you. If you have already finished a PhD, or even well into an academic c...

There are days when you are glad that something has finally found you- didn't know this Podcast series existed and here is an excellent one from the series #PhDSky
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There was so many potential solutions to what I was trying to do with my research decades ago and struggling to make sense of. It feels so positive that representation can be made and voices heard; and in such interesting ways too.

The presentation yesterday How Creative Research methods challenge power dynamics in knowledge production was just BRILLIANT and utterly empowering. This is from the same people - so just GO.

Spinning plates & dancing on moving carpets - how else would you describe the juggle of managing your PhD and your life?