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Like waves against my
Waning sanity, Canvas
Crashes on and on.
#haiku #AcademicChatter

Second guessing myself bc Powerpoint is red-underlining the word "Linguistics" I mean thanks for digging into our known insecurities I guess? #lingusitics #linguistics #academicChatter

We should go back to using typefaces by Roger Excoffon on the cover of proceedings.
#AcademicChatter #typography #DigitalHumanities

We should go back to using typefaces by Roger Excoffon on the cover of proceedings.
#AcademicChatter #typography #DigitalHumanities

We should go back to using typefaces by Roger Excoffon on the cover of proceedings.
#AcademicChatter #typography #DigitalHumanities

Haha guess who has two thumbs and somehow agreed to give TWO extra lectures in the last week before the break 🤪 #academicChatter

I'm worried that if I don't come up with some batshit or vaguely antisocial behavior quick, they're going to make me take on more consequential admin work. The bar for appointment as chair really is wildly low.
#AcademicChatter #academia

Two hours into the review that I was unable to do this morning due to admin urgencies, I'm happy to report that I’ve already filled out 2 of 5 sections of the review form (I don’t mean this sarcastically, this is a huge project that’s part of an even huger project, so this kind of review—which will also involve a panel meeting at the funder’s headquarters—is absolutely justified).
I guess I’m entitled to a dinner break…

Two hours into the review that I was unable to do this morning due to admin urgencies, I'm happy to report that I’ve already filled out 2 of 5 sections of the review form (I don’t mean this sarcastically, this is a huge project that’s part of an even huger project, so this kind of review—which will also involve a panel meeting at the funder’s headquarters—is absolutely justified).
I guess I’m entitled to a dinner break…

Two hours into the review that I was unable to do this morning due to admin urgencies, I'm happy to report that I’ve already filled out 2 of 5 sections of the review form (I don’t mean this sarcastically, this is a huge project that’s part of an even huger project, so this kind of review—which will also involve a panel meeting at the funder’s headquarters—is absolutely justified).
I guess I’m entitled to a dinner break…

RE: #UKRI funding for UK #research. "Change leadership", eh?
#AcademicChatter

I very briefly feared that the number of printed exams wouldn’t suffice 😱 But it turns out German students are reliable when it comes to not showing up for exams phew
And only 1 copy printed in vain! 🌱 #academicchatter

An evening discussing falling enrollment in #STEM courses at universities across Europe, especially traditional studies like chemistry, geology and meteorology. I wonder if young people are unaware of just how interesting #STEM careers to be? Or do they have the perception it's "too hard" compared to other subjects where easier grades may be had? Or is it simply they think they can have "better"* jobs in other fields?
#AcademicChatter
*Where better might mean higher paid, more prestigious, more certain of employment, or less workload or some combination of all of these... ?

Managed to finish a bunch of annoying items on my to do list, including some long-ignored emails, but unfortunately tomorrow's 8am lecture was not among them yet /o\ #academicChatter

I know, I know, I should not send work-related messages after office hours. But sometimes I forget to schedule the delivery for “tomorrow at nine.”
But then, colleagues (yes, plural!) accepting meetings at 23:14, what’s wrong with YOU?
#AcademicChatter

Als jemand, der gerade Drittmittel-Anträge schreibt und Alternativideen für weitere Anträge sammelt, finde ich den Vorschlag sehr spannend. #academicchatter
https://www.jmwiarda.de/…

RE: #AcademicChatter

Yesterday was my last day of this term's teaching Communication at the School of Engineering. So time to say good by to the little fellow living in TH547 and attending all lectures! He was there even on days none of the 33 students showed up
#AcademicChatter #TeachingElephant

Anyone here has used both #Zotero and #Endnote?
If so, which one do you prefer (if we set aside the fact that one is non-profit and the other is an exploitative for-profit)? Like, on the features and ease of use only?

7 meetings since 10am 😓 oof
I feel a little brained out #academicChatter

Diese woche viel Lehre gemacht. Eine Lektion für die PhD Studies, die ich auch erst recht spät gelernt habe, war: Wenn ihr eure Ergebnisse/Erkenntnisse präsentiert oder aufschreibt, dann tut das nicht biografisch. Meistens ist es egal wann oder in welcher Reihenfolge etwas getan oder entdeckt wurde. Mit "Storytelling" ist was anders gemeint. Und Schule bereitet niemanden darauf vor. #academicchatter

I discovered a new type of spam: Amalfi Coast Hiking Spam for Professors!
"bring to your attention a matter that is anything but trivial: that of well-deserved summer holidays".
#academicchatter

Why put effort into writing your thesis when you can put in the same amount of effort into making it look as if you had written it?
#AcademicChatter

Unterricht heute unter dem Motto „Techniker ist informiert“
Beamer geht nicht, Hausdienst war schon da, next level „Ich hol die IT“
#AcademicChatter

Today I met with a student who will visit my lab in a few weeks, and students are just the best! 🤩 One such meeting makes the whole week worthwhile #academicChatter

"God Save the Dean"
Where are Johnny and
Sid? They've gone to school. All we
Hear is "No future."
#haiku #AcademicChatter #HigherEd

20 minutes until my appointment, using the time to put the finishing touches on the assignment for this week…
#AcademicChatter #MechanicalKeyboard

20 minutes until my appointment, using the time to put the finishing touches on the assignment for this week…
#AcademicChatter #MechanicalKeyboard

Academia: turning "mixed signals" into a career #academicChatter

20 minutes until my appointment, using the time to put the finishing touches on the assignment for this week…
#AcademicChatter #MechanicalKeyboard

Also Academia: Here, as a prize for doing such great work, have some more work! 🏅 #academicChatter

Just finished and submitted my “preliminary statement” for the foreign funding agency. #Orgmode tells me that I’ve worked for 3:52 on this task, which means that my estimate (half a day) was pretty accurate…
#AcademicChatter

Meeting planning, emails (generating further meetings). Monday morning as usual #academicChatter

Scheduling yearly review meetings with the team (for January/February, 'cause December is wayyy to crowded for that) #academicChatter

SNF (Switzerland) restrictions proposed: only 1 concurrent research grant per PI (plus maybe one coop), only 1 proposal per year.
🔥 Hot take (since I'm not at all operating like this currently): I actually think this might be a good idea? It would curb some of the biggest "research mills", where one PI has a huge pyramid scheme underneath them, and might encourage more careful grant proposals, slower science. And might even put more emphasis back into the basic research funding (instead of the grant lotteries)?
(Maybe naive, I know, and I have no idea how this would be implemented)
#academicChatter #researchGrants
https://www.snf.ch/de/7qymWfJMG1z9XR2S/news/einschraenkungen-in-der-projektfoerderung

No, Springernature, I will not review a manuscript in 10 days! 🤪 #academicChatter #sayNo #TanjaSagtNein

Aktuell legen viele Beamte in Sachsen-Anhalt Widerspruch gegen ihre "evident unzureichende" Besoldung ein. Hier eine Info vom Ministerium:
#academicchatter

Wow it took exactly one day back at work to be already behind 🙃 #academicChatter

Another meeting about how to manage/facilitate/moderate students' use of "AI" 🥱 #academicChatter

I was on vacation the last two and a half weeks and I did NOT do any work, not even a little bit, for 14 days. Not finishing a paper, not grading, no grant applications, no reviews. This is what it was like and it was glorious. Special thanks to my parents-in-law for the all-inclusive pampering #academicChatter #break

I get this mail about once a week now. Coming from some private e-mail address at hotmail, firemail, gmail, ... Subject: "Unsolicited application as Materials Scientist." or similar with different field (never maths) The senders are also different each time and the "values in the form" too, but the layout and text are always the same.
What is it? Too little variation for LLMs. It must be some software or service that markets sending this spam to people looking for jobs?
#academicchatter