Dr Melanie Rimmer

Higher education data, academia, women in academia. Formerly a heritage conservation scientist. All opinions my own.

[Dr Melanie Rimmer @dr_rimmer]

@hughjconsulting No - but I’m guessing I should!

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@JohnBritton17 @dkernohan Was looking forward to catching up - shame it didn’t work out!

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@hughjconsulting I have good company luckily!

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@hughjconsulting @ucu Now the whole conference has had to be called off. Such a shame for those who put in all the hard work to organise it.

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@hughjconsulting @ucu HESPA conference has been disrupted due to the strikes. I’m sympathetic, but also gutted to be missing out on what was an interesting programme.

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@AvelinePerez @drumrboy85 @hespa Cutlery museum?

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@hughjconsulting @PaulSuttonKing @Kathryn11Baird @emelaarghh Fantastic! Love a bit of detective work on a Monday morning.

[Dr Melanie Rimmer @dr_rimmer]

@hughjconsulting @PaulSuttonKing After the dash, I think it's Bernard Piggot(?) & Mayor Davies with (something). The last two words are 'to you'. And the last word of the first line is Square, so maybe the name of the location?

[Dr Melanie Rimmer @dr_rimmer]

@MaryStewart I need to do this, once I've finished learning about Excel data models.

[Peter McGahan @peter_mcgahan]

Age test: please retweet if you know what the connection is between these two objects.

[Dr Emma Yhnell FLSW 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @EmmaYhnell]

Clearing lines are still open.

If you are worried, concerned or want clarity please don't hesitate to call our clearing phone lines and we will do our best to try and help.

Lines are open today 8am - 6pm and I look forward to potentially speaking with you.

[Hugh Jones @hughjconsulting]

Here’s the second semi-final of the #HigherEducationPostcard World Cup:

@vanmildert1965 (L) v @UCLan (R)

The next tweet in this thread contains the poll.

Please vote, retweet, and tag anyone you think should know!

[Paul Greatrix @registrarism]

Just when universities thought things could not get any more challenging, unpredictable and difficult to manage, we’ve had an A level results shambles presented to us.

[St Martin in Roath @stmartinroath]

We are offering Choral Scholarships for the 2020/21 academic year. See poster for further information. Please retweet! @ChurchinWales @LlandaffDio @cardiffchaplain @cardiffunimusic @RWCMD @CSAChoir @RSCMCentre @cardiffmet @CUmedicengage @UniSouthWales

[Cardiff University @cardiffuni]

We've issued an update following this afternoon's announcements from the Welsh and UK Governments regarding exam grades. 👇

Find out more: https://t.co/Yx9oDGRP0Z

[Dr Melanie Rimmer @dr_rimmer]

"We will honour the offer of a place in 2020, or 2021 for those who applied for deferred entry, to all applicants who:
selected us as your firm choice, or
selected us as your insurance choice (if you have not been accepted by your firm choice university).

https://t.co/pmOqkgJKV8

[Prof Dilly Fung @DevonDilly]

Shout out to all the brilliant, dedicated staff working in UK #universityadmissions who now have to try and solve the biggest shape-shifting puzzle in the history of #highereducation #AlevelResults #UTurn @LSEnews

[Dr Melanie Rimmer @dr_rimmer]

So if the purpose of the cap was to ensure that some universities couldn't over-recruit to the detriment of other institutions, and now they will be obliged to over-recruit to meet obligations to offer-holders, then what happens to those HEIs whom the SNC was designed to protect?