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We want to share the Different Conversations that are our everyday normal in Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Westmisnter.

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Inaugural Professorial lecture alert!

Are we still "sick of experts"? Help us celebrate
@radhadsouza's appointment to professor with their inaugural professorial lecture 'The Disappearance of the Public Intellectual in Apocalyptic Times'

https://t.co/UPr024dchp

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🚨WEEKEND READ ALERT🚨

@ImagingFat from @LifeSciWestmin writing on 'The Beauty of Body Fat' as we celebrate their inaugural professorial lecture.

https://t.co/QoFJ2sFb0D

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Our frequent contributor and favorite expert of Astrobiology, Prof @lewis_dartnell has an extract from his newest book featured as a long read in the @guardian today!

https://t.co/TY6G9NWkKG

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What's your weekend coffee and read? How about #ReverseMentoring between minority student groups for senior management?

Leave Your Ego Outside - https://t.co/l0SHU3bHOU

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It's that time of year again in academia. Semester two is over, summer is preparing to make a fleeting appearance, and we're commissioning new posts!

- Got an interesting story to tell?

- Know someone's research who deserves to be featured?

Let us know!

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Why is someone living under water for 100 days? Could you do it too?

Read more at https://t.co/IdKACVx8VH

[Bradley Elliott @Brads_science]

Congratulations to Joe Dituri @drdeepsea! Today he broke the record for longest time spent living underwater.

Whats going on here? Read more below 👇👇👇

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What are lads for? More than beer and banter.🍻♂️

From our own @damienridge

https://t.co/rRxuCy4N2t

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Continuing our #Coronation themed day of tweets, did you know that @UniWestminster's own Professor @SJThompsonMusic is composing music for the Coronation?

https://t.co/FZHBbtoark

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Hmmmm, what's topical to blog about this weekend??? 🤔

With King Charles' #Coronation👑, we're looking at @UniWestminster's involvement in both past and present coronations.

Read more 🔗https://t.co/jxbGDLcccn

#CoronationWeekend #Coronation2023

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Meet @nupurvj23!

For the last year she's been our behind the scenes copy editor for the Difference Blog alongside full-time PhD research. Sadly she's off to a different role, so today we're celebrating her time & recent contribution to our blog.

https://t.co/wSs2rmmgM5

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Plants recorded talking! No, really!*

* OK, not really. That's totally clickbait. It's much more nuanced. @dr_s_thompson on recordings of thirsty tomato's emitting ultrasonic sounds, why, and what it may mean. Still super interesting, promise!

https://t.co/pK0QdyeX6u

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@emanuela_volpi Delighted to have you!

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Many of us have heard of genetic predisposition for obesity, but what about how obesity can affect our genes?

@emanuela_volpi on the relationship between obesity, DNA damage and risk of multiple chronic non-communicable diseases.

https://t.co/8Zf7VNaToi

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Questioning the move beyond Human/Nature divide in International Relations. Our own @DavidCh27992090 and collaborator @fdchipato

Have a read!📖

https://t.co/Np3i8NgL8y

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What are you reading this weekend? How about our own Dr Anjali Ghosh on how #COVID19 affected services and education for #neurodiverse people?

https://t.co/nMghVKikud

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'How Conscious Capitalist Brands Turn their Artisans into Commodities' by our PhD candidate @AlessandraJilda

https://t.co/pTggYfqCNE

[Dr. Pooja Basnett @pooja_basnett]

@Different_Cast @LifeSciWestmin @UniWestminster @Change4GoodUoW

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ANNNNDDDD.... that's a wrap on 2023! Did you attend #DifferenceFestival? What was your favourite event? Who's awesome, exciting, game changing (difference making 😉) work should we feature on upcoming events? Let us know!

Check out https://t.co/hyxgzGQ3yj for more!

[University of Westminster @UniWestminster]

The Difference Festival is finally here!✨

Join us from today until 3 March 2023 for a programme of thought-provoking events that bring together our academic community with local businesses, NGOs and research collaborators 👏

🔗 Open to everyone: https://t.co/zMmpMFAJlr

[English at Westminster @wminenglish]

Our own Lucy Bond introducing a fantastic panel for Imagining a Fairer World at @UniWestminster #differencefestival today.

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Thank you to everyone who attended @MykaellRiley’s talk on women in the music industry which was presented by @IsattaSheriff, @M_Kayyb and @KeeciaEllis as part of the difference festival 💛

#WeAreWestminster