Jon May
@profjonmay.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Plymouth. Researching the role of mental imagery in behaviour change. A bit keen on open science, using R and making shiny apps.
This sounds like it is a problem with inexperienced HR people, not untypical in HEIs due to poor pay, bad working conditions and low job security. If you are named in the proposal there is no requirement to advertise, and you have IP. Has your institution had MRC awards before?
December 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This sounds like it is a problem with inexperienced HR people, not untypical in HEIs due to poor pay, bad working conditions and low job security. If you are named in the proposal there is no requirement to advertise, and you have IP. Has your institution had MRC awards before?
Follow @reformexposed.bsky.social for a daily dose of uk based doom
December 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Follow @reformexposed.bsky.social for a daily dose of uk based doom
at 28p/kwH, 30s of a 2kw hairdryer costs less than a halfpenny
December 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
at 28p/kwH, 30s of a 2kw hairdryer costs less than a halfpenny
I find that 30s of hairdryer and its ready. body heat does the rest. its all about avoiding that ‘jump into a cold swimming pool’ feeling. nice to know others have had the same idea!
December 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I find that 30s of hairdryer and its ready. body heat does the rest. its all about avoiding that ‘jump into a cold swimming pool’ feeling. nice to know others have had the same idea!
but who does the dusting?
December 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
but who does the dusting?
Whether you answer yes/yes or yes/no it seems you have to send all your materials up for review/approval by a clutch of senior people who ought to have better things to do. Go for it!
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Whether you answer yes/yes or yes/no it seems you have to send all your materials up for review/approval by a clutch of senior people who ought to have better things to do. Go for it!
Isn’t the TRO process that the decision has been made to do something unless reasonable objections are made, so support is unnecessary? The consultation allows people to say ‘wait a minute…’.
December 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Isn’t the TRO process that the decision has been made to do something unless reasonable objections are made, so support is unnecessary? The consultation allows people to say ‘wait a minute…’.
If this were true, he should of course sue them for not getting his informed consent.
December 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
If this were true, he should of course sue them for not getting his informed consent.
I think she needs to read up on the Roman Empire (quite a State, not bad on Welfare if you lived in Rome and ate bread)
November 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I think she needs to read up on the Roman Empire (quite a State, not bad on Welfare if you lived in Rome and ate bread)
I really doubt that springer’s new pay-to-publish journals actually do use expert peer review.
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I really doubt that springer’s new pay-to-publish journals actually do use expert peer review.
you can be 100% certain, but this doesn’t mean you are correct (I often am certain and wrong). They also need to consider what ‘works’ means - i.e. relative to base rate, correctly identifies more cancers than false alarms.
November 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
you can be 100% certain, but this doesn’t mean you are correct (I often am certain and wrong). They also need to consider what ‘works’ means - i.e. relative to base rate, correctly identifies more cancers than false alarms.
There was a sperm whale in Nantucket, who played with a spade and a bucket. It laid on the sand, and needed a hand, to get to the sea in Nantucket.
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There was a sperm whale in Nantucket, who played with a spade and a bucket. It laid on the sand, and needed a hand, to get to the sea in Nantucket.
wait till he finds out that immigrants brought christianity to these islands
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
wait till he finds out that immigrants brought christianity to these islands
Nathaniel Olds, 1837
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Nathaniel Olds, 1837
you left out pod save america?
October 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
you left out pod save america?
include attention / humanity check items and make payment contingent on response quality. had good and fast data with sample matching our quota specifications.
October 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
include attention / humanity check items and make payment contingent on response quality. had good and fast data with sample matching our quota specifications.
you also need to add a prediction of how many seats reform would still have six months later, given their council fiascos
October 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
you also need to add a prediction of how many seats reform would still have six months later, given their council fiascos
There have been many more council by-elections than that. @markpackuk.bsky.social has a good summary www.markpack.org.uk
October 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
There have been many more council by-elections than that. @markpackuk.bsky.social has a good summary www.markpack.org.uk
I don’t believe they ban things that say ‘Join the KKK’ so it must have been the pizza
October 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I don’t believe they ban things that say ‘Join the KKK’ so it must have been the pizza
If I hit it against a stone, that is not tool use, but if I hit it with a stone, that is tool use?
October 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
If I hit it against a stone, that is not tool use, but if I hit it with a stone, that is tool use?