Academic Ramblings

The infrequent, occasionally irreverent, thoughts of a mid-career jobbing academic.

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The Brodie Brick https://t.co/Wk74D07c5r

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Sorry, I should have said:
https://t.co/m3pUivzPvf

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OK, for those of you with longish memories, Academic Ramblings looks like it's going to return.

I just need to remember which WordPress buttons do what and we should be up and running in the next day or so. Bear with ...

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OK, for those of you with longish memories, Academic Ramblings looks like it's going to return.

I just need to remember which WordPress buttons do what and we should be up and running in the next day or so. Bear with ...

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This is really quite brilliant!
Sample Cover Letter for Journal Manuscript Resubmissions https://t.co/18iaOARMSm

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Daughter studying A level English has just introduced me to the term “webliography”. I give up.

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@Martin_Crapper I've been busy rambling around a new estate. Plenty of material; just a lack of time. Will try to rectify in the next week. Thanks for the prod.

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@lizmorrish And behind that other great bane of academic life after managerialism - a journal paywall 😞

[relatable @byreIatable]

using microsoft word

*moves an image 1 mm to the left*

all text and images shift. 4 new pages appear. in the distance, sirens.

[Steven Fielding @PolProfSteve]

Goodbye @BBCr4today it was nice knowing you. https://t.co/3WDj9zFOa6

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I reckon I’m between 6&7: https://t.co/FbRcFAVIg2

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My CV of failures (or “Look how bad I really am”) https://t.co/0kyXlcwmBM

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@Jeffrey_Beall I accepted editorial invite but resigned after 6 months due to poor practice.

[Waterstones @Waterstones]

We are currently moving all our Jane Austen stock from Classics into Greatest Living Authors. Thanks Andrea Leadsom for the heads up.

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Resigning – how hard can it be? (Or, we’ve got a form for that somewhere) https://t.co/lLsoShHgw6

[David Colquhoun on Bluesky 🇺🇦 💙 @david_colquhoun]

It is quite alarming to see someone in the postition of @Andrew_Adonis so ignorant of what happens in universities in the summer https://t.co/RWBVTN5lDG

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Gimmee Medal! https://t.co/MD20MKpg0v

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The worst kind of academic

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@Martin_Crapper - why thank you for the retweet, sir; most generous and much appreciated.

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More ramblings via the Times Higher Education @timeshighered https://t.co/vNuIM3TJru

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Ever read a blog and thought “Damn that’s good (and I wish I’d written it)”!
This is quite brilliant. I doff my cap to you @jarvanitakis https://t.co/FUzNaWJofB

[James Arvanitakis @jarvanitakis]

My latest: On collegiality & civility: or 9 tips on not being an academic douche #Highered @thesiswhisperer pls RT https://t.co/QnLTw4dzDt