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Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Sep 2

Take a deserved break and enjoy the beauty of music & talent

Aut. Stuart Miller 📖✍️🤓 @authorstuartmiller.bsky.social · Sep 2

Video credit: itsjuliencohen

Description: "11 and 8-year-old prodigy sisters played Vivaldi Winter with me"

This is serious musical talent 🎻🎻🎹🎶🎵

#VivaldiWinter #Song #music #Piano #Violin #Instruments #Instrumental

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Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Sep 2

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

a cartoon drawing of a tea rex in a cup of tea

Alt: a cartoon drawing of a tea rex in a cup of tea

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Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Aug 19

Will Someone PLEASE remind me to drink my tea!!

kermit the frog holds a cup of lipton tea

Alt: kermit the frog holds a cup of lipton tea

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Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Jul 29

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

Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Dec 4

Best comment ever from CHEF Doctoral Ed Conference
'The survival of humanities researchers is a political act in itself'
(Skov.S & , Bengsten,S & Barbara Grant)
#AcademicSky #PhDSky

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Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her) @hbowescatton.bsky.social · Jul 24

@warwickrdo.bsky.social @researcherdevleeds.bsky.social @zjayres.bsky.social @edicaucus.bsky.social @petraboynton.bsky.social @holby83.bsky.social @ines-perpetuo.bsky.social @katherinefirth.bsky.social

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Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Jul 28

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.

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Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Jul 21

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??

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Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Jul 21

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...

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Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Jul 21

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...

stones/ pebbles in and outside of an animals water bowl

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Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Jul 11

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

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Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thanks @annamgrey.bsky.social will do

Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Jul 11

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

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Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Jun 30

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?

bsky.app

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Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Jun 20

Thank you for this !!

ithinkwellhugh.bsky.social @ithinkwellhugh.bsky.social · Jun 20

#ResearchResources:
Lots of great free resources for researchers & research students. Thesis planners, goal setting tools, agendas, To-Do lists. Completely customisible and free. No login, no catches. Just download & use. From: buff.ly/2L0YISj #PhDchat #ECRchat #postdoc

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Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Jun 20

Any more

Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Jun 20

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.

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Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Jun 20

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

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Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Jun 20

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

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Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · May 21

Sharing my thoughts and experience of Meddling with Purpose -Reimagining Researcher Development
#PhDSky #Academia #REDSConference #DEAR
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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,…

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Helen Kara @drhelenkara.bsky.social · May 21

It’s an absolute honour to be teaming up with Helen Sword for this FREE WriteSPACE event about my book Writing Creatively for Work Or Study with a lively 1hr conversation plus a hands-on writing workshop.

Join us to explore creative academic writing: www.helensword.com/register-wri...

Register - Writing Creatively for Work & Study — Helen Sword

Register to join this WriteSPACE Special Event, when International writing expert Helen Sword will be joined by Helen Kara, author of (most recently) Writing Creatively for Work or Study: Easy Techniq...

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Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Apr 16

Or when there are 6 small children trapped in a mine ( or is that just us?)

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Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Apr 16

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

A small arch built out of stones on a beach

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Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social · Apr 16

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

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Anna Clemens, PhD @annaclemens.com · Apr 14

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. 🧵

#phd #AcademicWriting #ScienceSky

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Emily Carter @emilycurates.bsky.social · Apr 10

Perspective changes everything.
[Ars Mathermatica]

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