And that book is now published! Free here: teaching-programming.github.io/book/ Phenomenal work by the editors. Pleased to have co-authored two chapters w/ @chrissuthy.bsky.social @talom.bsky.social @chrisoldnall.bsky.social @brittneuropsych.bsky.social @colquhoun.bsky.social Rob Young & Ozan Evkaya

New Post: Maintenance loan in England now covers just half of students’ costs www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/08/12/m...

Springer-Nature launched a series of "Discover" journals that closely mimic MDPI titles -- sharing *identical* journal names, and likely similar business model. What is going on, and why researcher will - as always - fall for it? A 🧵 the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...

🎉 It’s publication day for Rainbow Trap! 🎉 I’m really proud of the book and hope that, even in a small way, it can help us fight back against anti-LGBTQ efforts to determine who counts in law, policy and data. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/rainbow-t...

We (Tim Coulson & Syma Khalid) are launching a new science podcast. We will discuss recently published work of world leading scientists in an accessible and non-technical style. Topics will include, AI, search for alien life, latest treatments for diseases, quantum computers, science of football.

This past semester was the most stressful of my academic career. I had 180 students and about half cheated at some point in the semester They submit weekly reflections where the questions are opinion-based, graded only on effort, don't care about grammar SO MANY students submitted ChatGPT essays

Happy Pride Month folks! 🌈🙌🏼 If you're free this Sunday 08 June between 15.30–16.15 and want to listen to me natter on about queer natural history then come find me at Imperial University 🏳️‍🌈🌳🦋🐠🐧🏳️‍⚧️ #Pride www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk/event/queer-...

We at @es-ucl.bsky.social are hiring a Lecturer! Research area is broadly defined within the climate crisis, hydrogeology, sustainable resources, the energy transition, natural hazards, and planetary science. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

They're finally here! The full range of "It's Dr, Actually" pins is now available, thanks to your support! Please share them as much as possible so that they reach the people who'll love them: canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/1841...

From #earthquake determinism to teaching #geophysics to people who don't like maths, find out what @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social @colquhoun.bsky.social Rebecca Colquhoun's been up to in this month's SSA At Work! buff.ly/79dzn6E 🧪⚒️

Hey everyone! If anyone is looking for a senior data scientist role over the upcoming year, please send them my way ❤️❤️ Ideally still in London/hybrid

If anyone needs a multi-disciplinary Raman & FTIR expert starting in early 2026, let me know!

New LGBTQ+ science resources! Today, we’re excited to share our PRIDE Guidelines for LGBTQ+ inclusive field work at inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/pride. Please share widely and see the thread below for more details 🧪🌍🌐

New evidence out on the EMA today. We find that while it did keep more students in full-time education, this didn't pass through to better quals or earnings later in life - in fact, reduced links to the labour market may have even reduced earnings. Have a read of the thread below and the report 👇

If you're a non-UK scientist who wants to come to the UK for a postdoc, this year's Newton Fellowships are now open. You'll need a lab to host you (which could be me, but truly, could be any PI, so get in touch with someone you'd like to work with!) royalsociety.org/grants/newto...

Excited to be in Bristol for the final COMET student meeting of my PhD! #COMETstudents2025

If you are a scientist (including graduate students) or professional science communicator who is at least 18 years old and are using Bluesky for any kind of professional purposes, please consider taking our survey. Link: umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please help share. 🧪🌎 #SciComm

Reminder!! Join our community to stay in the know about all things AGQ!! tinyurl.com/586kms2d @agu.org

Kayak and learn #glaciology - Applications for Girls* in Icy Fjords are open now for 16/17 year olds. Please share with teachers, youth in your community! With support from @osuceoas.bsky.social

Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators. More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live): 1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇 1/10

A great session and inspiring end to #AGU24! Very happy to chat to anyone who is thinking of setting up an LGBTQIA+ group in their department!

It’s poster day for me at #AGU24! Come and chat about source time functions this morning at board 3387.

Job opportunity! The Department of Earth Sciences and St Hugh’s College are recruiting an Associate Professor of Climate Science. Please see the job advert before for more details. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

A successful start to #AGU24, with a win in the Earth's Interior and Planetary Sciences Trivia Night for the @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social team! The recent department quiz was clearly great training.

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Next Thursday we are hosting the LGBTQ+ Geoscientists & Allies Reception with @agu.org !! We look forward to seeing you in person at the South Pre-Function in the Convention Center from 6:30-8:30pm!

Are you ready to get muddy? Our first Cores 2 Code (C2C) undergraduate summer research experience will take place in June 2025 @ Cal Poly Humboldt. We will delve into the earthquake and tsunami history of the Cascadia subduction zone through field, lab, and computational methods. See the link below!

Back by popular demand! AGQ is thrilled to once again host public pods during this year's annual @agu.org meeting! Join us each day for 30min to connect and support one another! Note: the locations and times vary by day!

"Getting recognition for being a #geoscience communicator is a challenge because it’s seen as the easy thing to do... collecting gas samples from volcanoes is seen as hard..." Out today: @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social and I talk to Geoscientist: geoscientist.online/sections/une...

Atoms are binary. They are either intended to be hydrogen or helium. We can't just scrap this worldview just because of a handful of exceptions

Students: Looking for an excellent field course in planetary geology and volcanology? Need field course credits in an accessible format? If yes to either or both, join us this summer for GeoSPACE, lead by myself and some fantastic colleagues!

"Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations" www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Are you... - From a racially marginalised background? - Interested in studies or careers in Earth, environmental, or ecological sciences? Book your FREE ticket to the Explorers Conference 2024! When: Thursday 28th November Where: NHM, London www.eventbrite.com/e/explorers-...

I took part in a campaign on the the importance of the HPV vaccination in protecting future generations from HPV-related cancers. Exciting news: "Sign Away #Cancer" has been nominated for a Smiley Charity Film Award! Have a watch ❤️ & maybe vote 🙏🏼 🦠 🧪 smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/oracle...

Had a great time helping out at the @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social graduate open day today! Even if you couldn’t make it, do check out the vast array of available projects at www.earth.ox.ac.uk/graduate/pro... !

Want to stay on top of the latest and greatest news in science and tech? You should be following the @newscientist.bsky.social reporters and editors in this starter pack! 🧪 Thanks @mjflepage.bsky.social for putting it together

ScienceWrite, a UK scheme for aspiring STEM writers from minoritised backgrounds, is open for 2025 applications! The 3rd year @romatheengineer.bsky.social & I are running this, with support from @royalsociety.bsky.social & I am SO EXCITED Deadline 3rd Jan #SciComm 🧪 www.sciencewrite.co.uk

I had the pleasure of co-authoring with a large number of fellow queer and trans scientists a Perspective piece in PLoS Biology on conducting inclusive faculty searches for queer and trans scientists. The full commentary can be found here: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

🧵SALT🧵 It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question: Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from? The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised. 1/14

Public Lecture - Open to All! 🌌 The New Age of Space Dirt: How Space Resources Power Humanity’s Green Future 🌏 Dr Vlada Stamenkovic, Blue Origin 🛰️ TOMORROW - Tuesday 19th November, 1-2pm 🚀 Lecture Theatre, Oxford University Museum of Natural History

My little podcast is opening our grant program again! We are awarding several grants of up to $1000 for community/art/organizing projects created by trans people of color. Not restricted by age or location! We've got a list of past winners and a lot more info at genderpodcast.com/grant.

Want to know why Pride Matters for doing better polar research? Take a look at this short(ish!) piece I've written for the All Party Parliamentary Group for Polar Regions. www.polarregions.co.uk/post/why-pri...

Excited to be spending the year at Imperial as a Teaching Fellow in Geophysics! (I'll be back in Oxford next October to finish out the DPhil strong!) Had a great first week and I'm looking forward to meeting the rest of the department and the students, and for all the teaching to come!

🚨 🥳 🙌🏾 If you’re still into anti-racism and trying to make geoscience more diverse, then this Nature Geoscience paper by my mates and I might be of interest. @gilespalaeo.bsky.social here outlines some of the key outcomes and recommendations 👇🏾

Exciting times in the Earth Sciences department -- we've got shiny new all-gender-bathroom signs!

👋 I'm a grad student in earthquake mechanics at Oxford, and also spend a lot of time trying to increase diversity, equity and inclusion in geoscience and academia. Excited to have made it over here! Maybe this will be the one that takes off...