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11th Found lots to chew on that I liked in @dsquareddigest ’s “The Unaccountability Machine” an examination (and diagnosis) of the ills of modern organisations and economies. #Booksof2024

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I thought it would be bigger.

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If it’s clear where you are , step outside to see a triangle of Saturn, Jupiter and the Moon.

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Looking like @theresa_may has wasted 2 years of everyone’s time.

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Leaving the EU is a project led by rich people for rich people.

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Did you vote to be poorer for 30 years? This Brexit Party Candidate thinks you did. #EuropeanElections2019

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I have declined an invitation to speak on ‘Foresighting Open Science’ at the French Académie des Sciences in April next year because I would have been one of nine male speakers. Help me suggest alternatives (they are looking for someone with a UK link) 1/2

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Stephen Curry

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Remember this headline from January 2017? It’s been quite a year.

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Phase one complete. Shard switches on its force-field. http://t.co/CLURhw5P1t /image via @RyMrphy @se1

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Govt calls on universities to be flexible. Universites call on govt to be competent.

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Stephen Curry

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Toby Young, newly appointed to board of the Office for Students called for repeal of the Equality Act. Would @JoJohnsonUK like to offer any reassurance to students whose rights are protected by this legislation?

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Stephen Curry

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6 years

Why do pro-Brexit people like @DanielJHannan rely on mis-information to make their case? It’s almost as if a fact-based case cannot be made…

James O'Brien

@mrjamesob

6 years

There were 229,286 vehicle checks at the ‘largely unmanned & invisible’ Norway/Sweden border in 2016. Norway, like Switzerland, is in both the single market & the Schengen area. Their ‘free-movement deals’ are thus with the entirety of the EU, not their ‘neighbours’. Carry on.

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I’m a prof at a leading university and, having just received a new debit card from the bank, I‘ve cut it into pieces instead of the old one… #notagenius

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Stephen Curry

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2 years

Alan Rickman, much missed, comes back to fiery, funny life in his diaries.

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University rankings sorted.

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From 1973 - commemorating the start of something great.

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Up at Stupid O’Clock to get the train to Newcastle. Almost made worth it by this beautifully clear view of the moon and Venus. Almost.

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4 years

From the last 2 issues of @nature . I’m sure each of these winners is deserving, but these announcements also highlight science’s problems in recognising more diverse talents.

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Stephen Curry

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7 years

If you're a scientist and are constantly obsessed with "being an imposter", welcome. Lots of us feel the same way & we‘d like to help.

Jim Bouldin

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7 years

If you're a scientist and are constantly obsessed with "being an imposter", then either get over it, or get out of it, one of the two.

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Stephen Curry

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7 months

Some personal news (since I’ve been told I’lm allowed to share this): I’m delighted – albeit a tad uncomfortably! – to have been awarded the Imperial College Medal for my contributions to the life and work of the university.

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7 years

Nice one, @NewYorker . Nice one.

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Translation: “I’m wealthy enough to survive the economic damage of Brexit so I choose to cling to myth, whatever the cost to others.”

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4 years

No, DeepMind has not solved protein folding. Written in haste, so happy to take corrections but aiming to give a more realistic take on this week’s big announcement in structural biology.

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5 years

That episode in Bojack where Todd spends the whole time wandering the corridors of the hotel, looking for ice…

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Stephen Curry

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6 years

This is the corruption of research. Try instead to remember why you became a researcher in the first place.

Elsevier

@ElsevierConnect

6 years

Want a higher h-index? Maybe you should be spending more time on Twitter. #Altmetrics reveal insights into the impact of scientific knowledge:

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Stephen Curry

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7 years

2 yr degrees not valid for PG study in the EU. Please make that clear in your promotion of this idea. You wouldn’t want to be accused of mis-selling to students.

Department for Education

@educationgovuk

7 years

Students could be left over £25,000 better off by choosing an accelerated degree instead of a traditional three-year course, according to new proposals out today. Same teaching, quality and course content, but delivered over a shorter two-year timespan:

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6 years

More Moon and Venus glory.

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8 years

From @NewYorker : healthcare under Trump…

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1 year

Intriguing new paper from @mikethelwall and colleagues demonstrating the weak link between journal impact factors (JIFs) and article quality (as assessed by field experts): A thread. 1/n

In which fields do higher impact journals publish higher quality articles?

Scientometrics - The Journal Impact Factor and other indicators that assess the average citation rate of articles in a journal are consulted by many academics and research evaluators, despite...

link.springer.com

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7 years

A pal of mine undergoing chemo has a very important message – (Shared with permission):

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Congrats to @imperialcollege ’s @jesswade , named as one of Nature’s top 10 people of 2018:

Nature’s 10

Ten people who mattered in science in 2018. Picks include a rogue gene-editor, a wunderkind physicist and a DNA detective who helped catch a serial killer.

www.nature.com

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“he is neither an intellectually thoughtful nor a morally serious person. […] He is very bright but not very wise. He possesses both bottomless self-regard and incontinent ambition. And among the many things I would never trust him with is my country.”

Boris Johnson is auditioning to lead a grim, insular Britain | Martin Kettle

Ambition has shifted Johnson ever further to the right as he seeks to emulate Donald Trump’s route to power, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

www.theguardian.com

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Stephen Curry

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4 years

Universities would be less dysfunctional if fewer academics sneered at administrators. Better to make the effort to understand each other’s challenges.

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7 years

A guy at the museum yesterday asked me if this was the robot that was actually on Mars… I let him down gently.

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Stephen Curry

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3 years

Sorry to see universities tweeting uncritically about their ranking. Sends a signal that they care more about flawed proxies than real quality.

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4 years

More than 50 northern Conservative MPs tell Johnson that the Covid pandemic “has exposed in sharp relief the deep structural and systemic disadvantage faced by our communities”. Wait till they find out about Brexit.

Over 50 Tory MPs in northern England press PM for roadmap out of lockdown

Joint letter from group expresses fears that election pledge to ‘level up’ is being abandoned

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A good day for women in science in the UK - Prof Ottoline Leyser takes the executive reins at @UKRI_News (), while Julia Gillard is set to be the next chair at the @wellcometrust ()

Julia Gillard appointed as next Chair of Wellcome | News | Wellcome

Julia Gillard, the former Prime Minister of Australia, has been appointed as the next Chair of Wellcome. She will will succeed Eliza Manningham-Buller, who is stepping down from the role in April...

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5 years

Reading about bibliometrics… this is from 1977

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1 year

I was born in Northern Ireland 35 years before the Good Friday Agreement. It was a monumental achievement. My primary reaction to this moving film is one of anger at the utter disregard for peace in NI that was shown by @BorisJohnson and his Brexit fellow-travellers.

European Movement UK

@euromove

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Celebrate 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement with our deeply personal and intimate film series. There is so much further to go but this week, take a minute to recognise this historic milestone in Northern Ireland’s story. Witness firsthand how the power of cooperation and

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Last week ended with the blackest of Fridays. Today we bade a sad farewell to someone very dear. Rest in peace, Mum. You were amazing.

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5 years

Absent from that paragraph: kindness, integrity, inclusivity, diversity.

Phil Baty

@Phil_Baty

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What makes a great university? Here’s The head of the world’s number one university writing in @timeshighered #THEunirankings

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@mbeisen @phylogenomics @SusannaLHarris Pretty sure Granger should be the first first author because, let’s face it, she will have done most of the work…!

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Stephen Curry

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4 years

Poisonous advice. Let’s create a world where people are recognised for what they do, not the metrics of where they publish.

Elsevier

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4 years

Dos and don’ts for getting your research paper accepted by a high impact scholarly journal. Ensure your work has the best chance of finding an appropriate home:

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I’ll be signing up as soon as I can. Would encourage all aged 50+ to do the same.

‘Covid is over’ idea may threaten booster uptake in England, scientists warn

Concern that mixed messages over risks of virus could cause people not to come forward for autumn jabs

www.theguardian.com

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4 years

If you think Ofqual’s A-level algorithm is bad, wait till you see how university rankings are made…

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7 years

If Dr Who’s so great, how come he never made it to professor?

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It's funny because it's true. RT @paulmwatson : Eureka? #science http://t.co/VDmlIQN8Ui

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May: "The European Union never felt like an integral part of our national story.” I cannot articulate how much I resent this statement.

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Diversity enriches by bring new perspectives… (from the @NewYorker )

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Will those pills also be made available in the U.K.?

The Guardian

@guardian

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JD Wetherspoon boss: EU leaders should take a 'wise-up pill' on Brexit

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Received an email from the Shanghai Ranking inviting me to nominate the top journals and awards in the world, information they will use to compile their rankings (see methodology: ). This was my reply:

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The new normal in British politics. By @IanDunt

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Very pleased to have been appointed Assistant Provost (Equally, Diversity & Inclusion) @imperialcollege –

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Gina Miller should be congratulated for reminding MPs of their duty and for reminding all of us what the primacy of parliament means. So much of our current difficulties derive from @theresa_may ’s disdain for parliament - which is, after all, the voice of the people.

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@mbeisen Reviewer 3: I think it should also be imaged from the other side.

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4 years

The DNA story is endlessly fascinating. This remarkable X-ray diffraction pattern of DNA was taken by Elwyn Beighton in Billl Astbury’s lab in Leeds in June 1951, a year before Franklin & Gosling’s famous photograph 51. It was never published or used to crack the problem.

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7 years

Frankly, my dear…

Donald J. Trump

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7 years

Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team.Stephen Curry is hesitating,therefore invitation is withdrawn!

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This sort of authoritarianism I could live with.

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Danish police send street musician home to practice. Police report reads: "Just because you can play Wonderwall doesn't mean you should."

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Currently more women elected as MPs (3) than have appeared on BBC election night panel…

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6 years

Decided to email and challenge journals to think about work life balance every time I receive a review request or reminder on a weekend. I think the practice should stop.

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Electrifying & terrifying story of corruption and lawlessness in Russia, and @Billbrowder ‘s fight for justice for his slain lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky

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@phylogenomics EMO Journal

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Frankly I don't care about Toby Young's politics and am 100% in favour of having outside perspectives on the OfS board, but it beggars belief (and the credibility of the OfS) that they couldn't find a better candidate.

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“This is the book I have wanted to write since I was 10 years old, and I have poured my soul into it.” And indeed she has. Congratulations @AngelaDSaini on a monumental achievement. Personal, professional, and piercingly intelligent.

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4 years

Happy anniversary to me & Mrs C - 31 years ago we tied a knot that I never want to unpick.

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One of the brightest minds commentating & campaigning on U.K. politics right now.

Femi

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This is how we turn all the anger about the Downing Street Christmas parties into something good. Send this to any conservatives you know.

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Traffic permitting, in 6-7 hrs we will be in the Lake District. Expect photography.

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1 year

I find these reported remarks troubling, not least because I came across this piece en route to Germany to talk about the interactions between excellence & EDI at EMBL-DESY in Hamburg. Nüsslein-Volhard knows her science & has done much to improve the lot of women researchers. 1/n

Times Higher Education

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Diversity not essential for research excellence – Nobel pioneer Germany’s only female Nobel scientist questions notion that diversity is key component of research success in modern science, writes Jack Grove @jgro_the

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Sunak only ever looked competent when he was standing next to Boris Johnson.

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4 years

A system that rewards this kind of behaviour is sick.

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4 years

The circle of life. Or something.

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And there’s quite a lot of them. #PeoplesVoteMarch

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4 months

This sort of this would once have been incredible. Not any more.

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So Tory MPs just voted 328 - 250 against complying with “domestic and international law”. #RwandaBill

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I don’t like the look of this.

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Can I recommend that people *don’t* participate in this until the rankers address the deep flaws in their methodology. Rankings contribute to a toxic culture of hyper-competition in HE. Please RT.

World University Rankings

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Our 2021 global Academic Reputation Survey has launched. If you receive an invitation, please take the opportunity to provide your expert input and help us develop a uniquely rich perspective on global higher education #THEReputation #THEUniRankings

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I am not my h-index (or my JIFs). #sfDORA

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Alternative headline: Metrics can’t capture the rich diversity of human scholarship, report finds

Times Higher Education

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Scholarly articles authored by more than 100 people produce such “unpredictable” and “incoherent” effects on metrics that they should be removed from analyses of research performance, new report argues

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This action raises the obvious question: is it not our duty to do this for all research on disease? #OpenResearchNow

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67 organisations, including The Lancet Group, Cell Press, and Elsevier globally, commit to sharing all relevant data on 2019-nCoV fully, freely, and immediately. Global solidarity with WHO, China, and all frontline health workers.

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Going to permit myself some bragging rights because student feedback on my lectures was a highlight of my week. Particularly gratifying because these were delivered via a mix of recordings & live Q&A sessions (and quite a few emails).

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Stephen Curry

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5 years

What an image. Members of the public take on knife attacker with a fire extinguisher and a narwhal tusk.

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@theamycoop There it is. Unbelievable.

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Kids got me a wallet for my birthday, with pre-loaded loyalty cards and licences…

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My piece in Nature on the next steps for a reinvigorated DORA: time to change how we judge research

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I’m all AZ’d up now - first dose at least. Let’s not forget how amazing this is. My thanks to the ministers, civil servants, scientists, vaccine producers, health care workers and volunteers who made this happen.

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Yes - this. That interview was talk radio, not journalism.

Ian Brown 💙🌍 @[email protected]

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#r4today Why interview John Redwood allowing him platitudeanus statements on post Brexit WTO Britain unchallenged by detailed questioning?

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For those who have struggled to see the link between EDI and research excellence: sexism is a waste of research funding

Sexism in academia is bad for science and a waste of public funding

Nature Reviews Materials - Higher education and research institutions are critical to the well-being and success of societies, meaning their financial support is strongly in the public interest. At...

www.nature.com

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Farewell Dad. We had quite some times. Unforgettable.

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8 years

But Leave voters were explicitly promised extra money for NHS. Brexit means whatever is convenient.

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Holy moly. A cryo-em structure at essentially atomic resolution (2.8Å) of a protein complex of 14.6 mega-daltons, containing 706 protein chains and 1600 chromophore molecules.

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It has been greatest privilege to serve as chair of @DORAssessment and I am so proud of the way that the team and the steering committee have worked together over the past 6 years to establish DORA as a global force for good in the research assessment reform movement.

DORA

@DORAssessment

8 months

This month sadly marks the end of @Stephen_Curry 's six-year term as DORA's Chair. We extend our most heartfelt thanks & warmest wishes. Stephen has been a true champion for equity & responsible research assessment! Read Stephen's farewell address here:

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Glad to have just been boosted, but all too aware that I am the beneficiary of a terrible global inequality. So have donated the cost of 10 shots in the developing world.

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Very touched by a parcel that’s just arrived from a colleague in Wuhan. Should be able to donate most of the contents to a hospital or care home.

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As of today I have accumulated 57 years of wisdom, which, let me assure you, is not nearly enough.

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From my daughter, one of the world’s most innovative spellers…

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Amid the relentless awfulness of it all, take even the smallest pleasures where you can.

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A @NewYorker cartoon for @marinamaral2 … ;-)

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Don’t remember the run-down of the UK motor industry being promoted as a feature of the sunlit uplands of Brexit during the referendum. Time for a re-think…?

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Brexit’s lead economist Prof Patrick Minford on UK car industry: “You are going to have to run it down ... in the same way we ran down the coal industry and steel industry. These things happen.” This is the neoliberal Brexit plan. 1/n

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Students are rightly concerned by policies that tripled fees, removed all maintenance grants, imposed austerity, took away EU citizenship (to deal with internal party squabbles) & destroyed hopes of home ownership. Where should they apply for compensation?

Sam Gyimah

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Students are rightly concerned about compensation during @ucu strikes. I expect all universities affected to make clear that any money not paid to lecturers - as a consequence of strike action - will go towards student benefit including compensation

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I think I’m starting to obsess about this tree. But is is beautiful. Reminds me of the Falls I spent in New England.

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Zing! One for my next EDI talk… (From the ⁦ @NewYorker ⁩)

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Imperial College acknowledges "concerns about the data and analysis behind the proposed changes to the USS pension scheme" - calls for a re-think.

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Fair point about authors who publish in predatory journals - one to bear in mind before slamming them for doing so. The underlying problem is systemic.

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@lilacCourt @JamesMelville Imagine the conversations going on this morning in the boardrooms of Airbus, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Siemens, BMW… and the hundreds of firms in their supply chains.

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BREAKING: @BorisJohnson and @pritipatel test negative for moral and ministerial standards.

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