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Chris Sutherland @chrissuthy.bsky.social · Apr 22

We are hiring a chair/professor in our Ecology and Environmental Modelling group at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. Scotland is a lovely place to work, and my colleagues are fantastic! Reach out if you are interested in joining the CREEM family ☺️

vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

a kid in a knight costume is asking who will join us

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Fergus Chadwick @fergusjchadwick.bsky.social · Mar 11

I said “you must get a lot of complaints about this” and they just stared at me blankly

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Fergus Chadwick @fergusjchadwick.bsky.social · Mar 10

After much searching I’m sad to say that the Gosset plaque in the Guinness Brewery has been covered up. But a fun trip to Dublin regardless

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nickschurch.bsky.social @nickschurch.bsky.social · Jan 30

Fully Funded PhD Studentship Alert!

Do you want to figure out how we can improve water quality? Want to learn how to develop advanced systems-thinking statistical network models?

We got you... www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Deadline: 2025-03-13
DM me if you have Qs.

Evaluating the effectiveness of mitigation measures to deliver water quality improvements in agricultural catchments in Ireland at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Evaluating the effectiveness of mitigation measures to deliver water quality improvements in agricultural catchments in Ireland at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Fergus Chadwick @fergusjchadwick.bsky.social · Jan 24

Great talk from @ruiborges23.bsky.social at our Maths and Stats research day yesterday

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ProfColinBean @profcolinbean.bsky.social · Jan 19

Fantastic PhD opportunity to study invasive Pink salmon with a geniune multidisciplinary team - if you have skills in fish ecology, stats and/or social science then move quickly to apply. UK and non-UK students welcome. Please forward.

Fergus Chadwick @fergusjchadwick.bsky.social · Jan 17

We are advertising a fully-funded, genuinely interdisciplinary @netgain.bsky.social PhD at the interface of ecology, ethics and statistics, exploring the nuances of wild salmonid conservation. Deadline January 31st. (1/3)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Fergus Chadwick @fergusjchadwick.bsky.social · Jan 17

...being part of the first @NETGAIN_DFA cohort, a training budget, and spending time at five different supervisor institutions (@uniofstandrews.bsky.social, @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social , @naturescot.bsky.social , @bioss.bsky.social & @ukceh.bsky.social ). Get in touch with any questions! (3/3)

Fergus Chadwick @fergusjchadwick.bsky.social · Jan 17

The PhD will be moulded around the successful candidate who will have a lot of scope to choose the direction taken, with the main criterion being that the ecology, ethics and statistics all play a major role in the final project. The successful candidate will benefit from... (2/3)

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Fergus Chadwick @fergusjchadwick.bsky.social · Jan 17

We are advertising a fully-funded, genuinely interdisciplinary @netgain.bsky.social PhD at the interface of ecology, ethics and statistics, exploring the nuances of wild salmonid conservation. Deadline January 31st. (1/3)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Fergus Chadwick @fergusjchadwick.bsky.social · Dec 23

A load of cool projects here!!! If you’re looking for a PhD at the moment this is going to be a killer cohort to be part of!

NETGAIN @netgain.bsky.social · Dec 19

We just posted our first round of fully funded interdisciplinary challege-led projects!

netgain.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/phd-projects/

PhDs available at: @aberdeenunilib.bsky.social, @durhamuniversity.bsky.social, @glasgowunisrc.bsky.social, @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, @ukri.org

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NETGAIN @netgain.bsky.social · Dec 19

We just posted our first round of fully funded interdisciplinary challege-led projects!

netgain.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/phd-projects/

PhDs available at: @aberdeenunilib.bsky.social, @durhamuniversity.bsky.social, @glasgowunisrc.bsky.social, @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, @ukri.org

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Fergus Chadwick @fergusjchadwick.bsky.social · Dec 23

I am advertising a *fully funded* and genuinely interdisciplinary PhD looking at integrating ecology, statistics and environmental ethics. The project is part of the amazing @netgain.bsky.social. Please get in touch and share with anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Bridging Philosophy and Ecology: Ethical Decision-Making in Wild Salmonid Conservation at University of St Andrews on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Bridging Philosophy and Ecology: Ethical Decision-Making in Wild Salmonid Conservation at University of St Andrews, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Fergus Chadwick @fergusjchadwick.bsky.social · Nov 19

Please add me for part 2!

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Fergus Chadwick @fergusjchadwick.bsky.social · Nov 15

Me please

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Fergus Chadwick @fergusjchadwick.bsky.social · Nov 12

Good team choice!

Adorable black cocker spaniel sat majestically on top of a hill

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Fergus Chadwick @fergusjchadwick.bsky.social · Nov 12

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Fergus Chadwick @fergusjchadwick.bsky.social · Nov 12

I’d love to be added if possible, thanks!

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Bert van der Veen @vdveenb.bsky.social · Nov 10

go.bsky.app/NiaWN5i

I'm happy to receive suggestions for this.

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Michael Boo-tancourt @betanalpha.bsky.social · Mar 11

Convention is not objectivity.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · Mar 13

the mad lads actually did it

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Fergus Chadwick @fergusjchadwick.bsky.social · Mar 13

Had a conversation today about the royal family and it reminded me of one of my favourite paragraphs ever written: Had a conversation today about the royal family and it reminded me of one of my favourite paragraphs ever written www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...

Having a monarchy next door is a little like having a neighbour who’s really into clowns and has daubed their house with clown murals, displays clown dolls in each window and has an insatiable desire to hear about and discuss clown-related news stories. More specifically, for the Irish, it’s like having a neighbour who’s really into clowns and, also, your grandfather was murdered by a clown.

Beyond this, it’s the stuff of children’s stories. Having a queen as head of state is like having a pirate or a mermaid or Ewok as head of state. What’s the logic? Bees have queens, but the queen bee lays all of the eggs in the hive. The queen of the Britons has laid just four British eggs, and one of those is the sweatless creep Prince Andrew, so it’s hardly deserving of applause.

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · Feb 20

With the caveat that we can (and should) all be statisticians if we need to be! statsepi.substack.com/p/im-not-a-r...

I’m not a real statistician, and you can be one too

I was strolling around Cork hand-in-hand with Cara on a bright, Irish summer evening. It was the finest place on earth. I was in a suit and tie - untucked, unbuttoned and loose, except for my dress sh...

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Michael Boo-tancourt @betanalpha.bsky.social · Feb 12

Can I take you higher? Maybe not, but this summer I can take you…hierarchical.👇

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Michael Boo-tancourt @betanalpha.bsky.social · Feb 8

Did you know that I am a completely freelance statistician with no institutional support? If you have found my freely-available work helpful then there are many ways that you can support me financially and otherwise.

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Fergus Chadwick @fergusjchadwick.bsky.social · Feb 8

That sounds great! I’m planning a kind of branching structure for the lectures, so there’s a central thread then branches with the more in depth ideas