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How to be a resilient researcher

Humans are an inventive bunch. We’re not long out of the trees and our brains have already given us literature, art and the sciences. We are a creative species that constantly seeks to invent, create and problem solve. However, as Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 5 days2 months ago
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Measuring your Christmas lunch, scientifically

This Christmas to try and keep our scientific minds active and not despair at experiments lost but think to new experiments we can do. If we can’t do experiments in the lab let’s do experiments on Christmas!

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 4 weeks2 months ago
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Morning the loss of trade shows

There have been many changes since the start of the COVID crisis. For one the frequency of articles that start “something something COVID crisis” have sky rocketed and I’ve never started so many emails with “I hope you are well” Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 1 month2 months ago
Clutter

An update on continuing to feel like an imposter, but an imposter that’s trying

A year ago I wrote a post about feeling like an imposter because I no longer work in academia, but that the blog posts wouldn’t stop… That was the last blog post I wrote… It’s been so long that the Read more…

By Michelle Reeve, 2 months2 months ago
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Christmas card sale!

We still have some of our limited edition foil Christmas cards in stock and we’d very much like to try and sell them all! From now until Christmas Day (or as long as stocks last) we’re going to run a Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 2 months2 months ago
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Limited edition Xmas card available for pre-order now

Hello! It’s now getting close to the festive season and it’s time to talk cards! This year we’ve created a limited edition xmas card for you to send to anyone that you want to share some sciency cheer with. Our Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 2 months2 months ago
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How to do distance learning: a terrible guide no one should follow

It’s a brave new world. Universities, once busy centres of social interaction, intelligent discourse and complex drinking games, have become ghost towns which echo with only the sound of remote learning servers.

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 4 months5 months ago
ErrantWritings

Being a good lecturer ≠ being a good distance lecturer

Teaching in universities has always been a strange thing. Anyone that has been through the university system is oh too aware of it’s inconsistencies, eccentricities and tweed. But things have suddenly changed….

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 5 months5 months ago
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Mid-year hand wavey update on where we’ve been

At the start of the year we had so many cool and exciting plans and I think it safe to say all of those are currently hiding under a blanket fort made of face masks…..

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 5 months6 months ago
ErrantWritings

Terrible tips for returning to the lab after a break

There are lots of reasons that you may need to take a break from working in the lab at some point. Over this year an unprecedented number of people have spent a significant time away from their labs and are Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 7 months7 months ago

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