Cath Brown (still ducking around )🦆 🇪🇺💙🌍

OU Staff Tutor. Ex OUSA Pres. Ex teacher. She/her. Remainer, lefty, green. #BLM #LoveNHS. Lifelong learner. Opinions mine not OU’s. ❤️ maths, chem, SoTL

[Cath Brown (still ducking around )🦆 🇪🇺💙🌍 @NotoriousCath]

@scottadamson11 @DTWillingham Not true universally - AI can absolutely answer many of the things we absolutely have to test in our degree.

[Cath Brown (still ducking around )🦆 🇪🇺💙🌍 @NotoriousCath]

@Mikethebotanist @OpenUniversity @OU_STEM Enjoy ! Should be fun

[Cath Brown (still ducking around )🦆 🇪🇺💙🌍 @NotoriousCath]

@Harborne_Jayne Well done !

[Cath Brown (still ducking around )🦆 🇪🇺💙🌍 @NotoriousCath]

@SimoninSuffolk Clifton Suspension Bridge!

[Cath Brown (still ducking around )🦆 🇪🇺💙🌍 @NotoriousCath]

@Strickomaster Why are you being so unrealistic as to expect perfection ?
Are you perfect ?
I agreed things could improve. But errors happen everywhere

[Cath Brown (still ducking around )🦆 🇪🇺💙🌍 @NotoriousCath]

@Strickomaster Is everyone who makes an error at some point in their professional life incompetent ?

[Cath Brown (still ducking around )🦆 🇪🇺💙🌍 @NotoriousCath]

@Strickomaster Perfection is not attainable in any circumstances.
That’s not to say things can’t be improved. But it is unrealistic in any system to think errors can be totally eliminated

[Cath Brown (still ducking around )🦆 🇪🇺💙🌍 @NotoriousCath]

@Strickomaster Human beings make errors in every walk of life.
Agree of course they can have very negative consequences and procedures should be in place to minimise them.
But having more extensive procedures will have consequences in terms of time taken and/or entry fees

[Cath Brown (still ducking around )🦆 🇪🇺💙🌍 @NotoriousCath]

@Mikethebotanist @OpenUniversity So sorry Mike - is there anything any of us can do? (Feel free to message if I can)

[Cath Brown (still ducking around )🦆 🇪🇺💙🌍 @NotoriousCath]

@Mikethebotanist @OpenUniversity What’s the problem, Mike ?
As you know, there’s plenty of us working here who absolutely do care

[OU Maths & Stats @OUMathsStats]

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[Rachel Hilliam @RachelHilliam]

Could the OpenUniversity be the place for you to study maths and stats?

[Cath Brown (still ducking around )🦆 🇪🇺💙🌍 @NotoriousCath]

@OU_Williams @JuliaLaite @mcslaven @SPatootee @FettleAnimation An absolutely crucial victory - not just for defeating that agenda, but for establishing #wearetheuniversity

I hope none of us forget the importance of what you achieved

[Cath Brown (still ducking around )🦆 🇪🇺💙🌍 @NotoriousCath]

@nhlanhladube09 @OU_Williams @DrMBotha I don’t think everyone in any role whatsoever is suited to it in terms of it being the best fit for their having a pleasant and productive life. That’s why people change roles. But being dismissive of other human beings is a huge red flag in a potential colleague

[Cath Brown (still ducking around )🦆 🇪🇺💙🌍 @NotoriousCath]

@nhlanhladube09 @OU_Williams @DrMBotha If I saw evidence of that sort of dismissive attitude during a selection process, it would count against you very significantly

[OU Maths & Stats @OUMathsStats]

Thankyou to our four fantastic panellists: Cleo Taylor-Smith, Anushka Fitzherbert, Rebecca Gower & Olga Martini, our fabulous host OU academic Cath Brown, & big thank you to all our students who attended and asked excellent questions. Great discussion about potential career paths

[Cath Brown (still ducking around )🦆 🇪🇺💙🌍 @NotoriousCath]

@kateowbridge There is none. It’s controlfreakery for the sake of it.

[Cath Brown (still ducking around )🦆 🇪🇺💙🌍 @NotoriousCath]

@nickhillman @AdvanceHE Interesting. In my Cambridge days my supervisors would know my name but only a couple of lecturers would. Without the small group sessions I can see how this would happen
Interestingly we should do better than that at the OU, provided students see their tutors as academics

[Cath Brown (still ducking around )🦆 🇪🇺💙🌍 @NotoriousCath]

Love these ! (And will be going on one of them tomorrow )

[Vertigo_Warrior @VertigoWarrior]

The most incredible bridges in the world🧵

Open the Thread and be Amazed 🩷

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham