David Colwill

Doctor of ancient history. Specialist in Middle Republic Rome, and Roman genocide. Widening access. Bibliophile. Technophile. Dinosaurophile.

[David Colwill @majikmutton]

Happy New Year! All the best!

[David Colwill @majikmutton]

Happy New Year! All the best!

[David Colwill @majikmutton]

Can't believe this amazing widening access outreach programme is 10 years old already 🎂🎉
Congrats to @SHAREWyatt and all the post-grad coordinators and student volunteers who have made it such a success for the children of Cardiff and the Valleys 🎓⚱️🙂
https://t.co/Qi1L2u3vLL

[Dave 💙 @SHAREWyatt]

@SHAREwithSchool is 10 today!Students own it: @sherd_nerd @CathH_Underwood @DrAndrewR_CU @AbdulAzim @BalkanCaveman @LaiqahOsman @FatouSambe1
@ClareParry_
@NeighbourJack @MedievalMJJ
@td_george @majikmutton @cadanceloretta @jewsonDan @BassettHayleye
See: https://t.co/Oz3WWxvai4

[David Colwill @majikmutton]

@SHAREWyatt @SHAREwithSchool @sherd_nerd @CathH_Underwood @DrAndrewR_CU @AbdulAzim @BalkanCaveman @LaiqahOsman @FatouSambe1 @ClareParry_ @NeighbourJack @MedievalMJJ @td_george @cadanceloretta @jewsonDan @BassettHayleye Double digits! Absolutely amazing! 👏 Such an brilliant programme to have reached so many local children over the years. A privilege to have been part of: the skills and experience working with SwS offered has certainly helped my employment in WP outreach 🙂🎓⚱️

[David Colwill @majikmutton]

Happy New Year! All the best!

[David Colwill @majikmutton]

Just donated to the Stonehenge appeal fund, last chance to prevent permanent damage to the prehistoric world heritage site
https://t.co/FZ3gkqIq3L

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@jarede ...hmmm ... I _think_ maybe ... But it might have been in the context of a wider topic? I've still got a few files from history GCSE but they're all Battle of Britain and Dunkirk

[David Colwill @majikmutton]

Happy New Year! All the best!

[Phil Jemmett @philjemmett]

Bet you never knew #Santa uses treats you leave out to recharge his batteries, did you?🔋⚡️ Thankfully he's a #scientist so he can use some zinc and copper to make sure that #Rudolph's nose is nice and bright later tonight🔦🦌🎅🛷🎄

Thanks to @megjlow for this #XPeriMas idea!🥼

[Phil Jemmett @philjemmett]

If you've ever seen dancing raisins and thought... I wish they were bright pink then look no further

This #XPeriMas is about density and making floaters sink....

Try it out, make a Cartesian Diver or just add a party #science #STEM trick to your gin and tonic this #Christmas

[David Colwill @majikmutton]

This week @philjemmett is doing science concepts as fairy tales. See if you can guess from his description what my suggestion was

[Phil Jemmett @philjemmett]

A request (@majikmutton)

A long time ago, the creatures in the world were tiny and just little blobs of goop floating in the sea🦠

One day the air was filled with oxygen🌬️which was nice to breathe so over time they developed💪arms+legs🦵so they could wear t-shirts👕+sunbathe😎

[Phil Jemmett @philjemmett]

Dear Science Friends 👋🤔 worst headlines you've seen for missing the point/wilfully misinterpreting results from research?📰🗞️I'm after examples + will reward you with💷😎

That's right, the reward is emojis🥼🧪🏆 #SciComm #ScienceTwitter #Science #SciTweeps #AcademicTwitter

[David Colwill @majikmutton]

@StephJAtherton @philjemmett @EJStrange13 But if it's an environmental/mechanical thing, why do we only have fingerprints on hands (and feet I presume but I'm on the train so I'm not checking…) and not all over the body? We must have answers.

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@philjemmett @Alex_tee Unfortunately most of the pub quizes I know are themed "cultural touchstones that no-one under 45 would get".

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@LornaJohanne @TheStrazzulla Congratulations Dr Strazzulla!

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@philjemmett By the way you'd have *loved* the dodgy clip art logo I made for the group! I think it's right up your street.

[David Colwill @majikmutton]

Hey #wideningparticipation #outreachworks #wearencop Twitter folks, I'm looking for some WP literature for an outreach practitioners study group I'm running.

Any suggestions? 🧐

What're your must-reads?

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@philjemmett Thanks for the tip. You'll have to Skype in.

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@EduDetective Hi Alex, yes I did thank you! I wrote down most of your biblio on the day too just in case! I'll definitely be using some/most/all of them.
I'll take a look into the UCL seminars, thanks for the heads up.

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@SHAREWyatt hoping you might be able to make some good suggestions!

[David Colwill @majikmutton]

Hey #wideningparticipation #outreachworks #wearencop Twitter folks, I'm looking for some WP literature for an outreach practitioners study group I'm running.

Any suggestions? 🧐

What're your must-reads?