Aymen Idris

Founder and Director of AiS Think-Tank @africainscience

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"All Ph.D. supervisors disappoint—just ask Arendt."

That provocative statement opens my new article for https://t.co/2jf0hmOwAf on the cost of compartmentalising genius in academia.

Read the full piece 👉🏽 https://t.co/n5HDFJeEhG

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“I did not sign up for this!”
These were the words of a #PhD #student, when faced with a critical experiment demanded by #reviewers of a career-defining paper, he found himself wrestling not with technical challenges, but with a profound moral dilemma. 👉🏽 https://t.co/sxa8c7IIis

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Behind UK Higher Education’s carefully maintained façade of progressive consensus lies a troubling reality—an intellectual culture that increasingly pathologises dissent and punishes nonconformity.
Read more…👇🏽
https://t.co/V440KAbDCj?

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My commentary on UK Higher Education has always depended on editors commissioning my pieces. Now, it’s time to take a gamble and jump into the world of self-publishing👇🏽
https://t.co/8xt8daVIVw

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Why early-career #researchers, especially those from non-Western institutions or non-native English backgrounds, should embrace #video in #science #communication 👇🏽
https://t.co/ywbmcYLxaL?

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To colleagues who claim I only write ‘gloomy’ pieces—this one's for you ☺️. Thank you to those who keep me on my toes 🙏🏽 — you know who you are.
Disclaimer: It’s still a 'rant'. Some habits are hard to break.
👉🏽 https://t.co/2x712Xg7e6?

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Our call for #contextualisation of #research outputs
We, at AiS - @africainscience, believe that incorporating the Human Development Index (#HDI) - a composite measure of #lifeexpectancy, #education, and #income - into research assessment is a call for #equity.

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Contextualising #Research Outputs in #Africa
We, at AiS, believe that incorporating the Human Development Index (#HDI) - a composite measure of #lifeexpectancy, #education, and #income - into research assessment is a call for #equity.

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Read my take on this topic👇🏽
Why I Reject the Label "Black Academic 👇🏽https://t.co/s59LfDsgQi
Don’t call me a ‘Black academic👇🏽
https://t.co/nzdnaWjcxx

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Gary Younge, a former Guardian columnist and an academic at the The University of Manchester, on being pigeonholed as a “Black journalist” 👇🏽
https://t.co/jIWSvhgYpC

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Which UK political party is inspiring “Black academics” on diversity?
Hint: It’s the one that planned to send migrants to Rwanda.
Yes, you guessed it - it’s the Tories.
Read More…👇🏽
https://t.co/DLiIj0O4Cc

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Finally, I have joined SubStack
https://t.co/8xt8daVb5Y
My inaugural article had to be this one👇🏽

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It's time that #African #universities incorporate #metrics other than #citations - e.g. Human Development Index (DHI) - into research assessment 👇🏽

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AiS Index (AiSi): Contextualising hashtag#Research Outputs in hashtag#Africa
To learn more about our Africa-centric hashtag#metrics and unique features of our hashtag#datahub, hashtag#database and hashtag#thinktank, visit https://t.co/ZEFYCPvD5X

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AiS Index (AiSi): Contextualising hashtag#Research Outputs in hashtag#Africa
To learn more about our Africa-centric hashtag#metrics and unique features of our hashtag#datahub, hashtag#database and hashtag#thinktank, visit https://t.co/ZEFYCPvD5X

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RACIST TARGETING AND BULLYING IN ACADEMIA
An AiS BiteSize video by Prof. Angie Beeman @AngieBeeman, PhD., @BaruchCollege , City University of New York @CUNY , USA.
#Racism #Bullying #Africa

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@africainscience @AngieBeeman @BaruchCollege @CUNY Read Prof. Beeman’s related piece titled ‘University policies have not kept up with ‘everyday racism’’ 👉🏽 https://t.co/95NU5V0O8l

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#FireAwareness #FireSafety #Africa 👇🏽

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IGNITING FIRE AWARENESS IN AFRICA
An AiS BiteSize video by Dr. Rhoda A. Mensah, PhD., University of Technology, Sweden.
#FireAwareness #FireSafety #Africa

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#CriticalRaceTheory #Race #Africa 👇🏽

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I'm not Black, I'm O.J.: What O.J. Simpson's Life Showed About Transcending Race & Being Trapped By It, by Dr. Rodney D. Coates.
Order his latest book titled ‘Critical Race Theory and the Search for Truth’ 👉🏽 https://t.co/7OnrLCQebu
#CriticalRaceTheory #Race #Africa

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Citizenship Privilege Harms Science, an AiS BiteSize video by Dr @mayank_mchugh, PhD, a Life Sciences/STEM Researcher at @harvardmed and an Early Career Advisor at @eLife. He is also an active member of @HmpaHms, @nationalpostdoc, & @eLifeCommunity.
#Immigration #Visa #Africa

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#AnimalWelfare #Law #Africa

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From AiS Archive 👇🏽
Urgent Need for the Preservation of Working Animals, by Dr. Emmanuel B. Sarr, Ph.D. @BoureEmmanuel, a Regional Director, Brooke Hospital for Animals, Senegal.
Watch Dr Sarr’s AiS Lecture 👉🏽 https://t.co/eteevcR6fY?
#AnimalWelfare #Law #Africa