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Regulations: The MA thesis must be submitted at least 30 days before the date of the defense.
Student (sending me their thesis 1 week before the end of the exam period, after months of total radio silence): Yeah, but I really want to defend it next Friday, otherwise I’d lose a whole semester!!!1!11
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Regulations: The MA thesis must be submitted at least 30 days before the date of the defense.
Student (sending me their thesis 1 week before the end of the exam period, after months of total radio silence): Yeah, but I really want to defend it next Friday, otherwise I’d lose a whole semester!!!1!11
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Regulations: The MA thesis must be submitted at least 30 days before the date of the defense.
Student (sending me their thesis 1 week before the end of the exam period, after months of total radio silence): Yeah, but I really want to defend it next Friday, otherwise I’d lose a whole semester!!!1!11
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Not one, not a single one, of the invoices for our summer school was just paid by the uni's finance admin. All without exception led to further inquiries and additional rounds back-and-forth before being cleared. Including the one asking for reimbursement for a jigsaw puzzle (priced 10 Euro 💰) which we did as a group activity (but needed checking whether it may have been a gift, and for whom?! #academicChatter #bigSigh #whatIsMyTimeWorth

Genuinely interested in any thoughts as to where to send it next. The subject is Antarctica and influences on observed ice sheet change
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Hi humanities friends 👋
Where do researchers from the humanities publish preprints?
Are preprints a thing in your fields?
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#amGrading, very important step: replace initial reactions (“blah blah blah!”) with professional wording (“vague”) #academicChatter

Montagmorgen, halb acht, und die Finanzabteilung hat schon geschickt, dass sie sich um das Reporting beim SNF kümmert. #EsIstNichtAllesSchlecht nur viel zu früh am Tag 😴
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Look, I’d really like to help with your surveys, but I’m already getting stuck at the first question!
#AcademicChatter #interdisciplinary

Look, I’d really like to help with your surveys, but I’m already getting stuck at the first question!
#AcademicChatter #interdisciplinary

Look, I’d really like to help with your surveys, but I’m already getting stuck at the first question!
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Took a day off work to get ready for holiday tomorrow. Predictably I have spent the whole day working. 🙄
Must get on actually packing, cleaning, and other essentials now...
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Funny the people who have their airdrop open to anyone - I just almost dropped my annotated version of my student's PhD thesis into a random stranger's device 😅 #academicChatter

Workation, day one: headset fell apart
So, no online meetings for the next view weeks, I guess?
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Ich organisiere eine sehr sehr große Sommerschule. #academicChatter
übereifrige Putzkraft 🗑️
Hiwi mit Drogenhandel-Ambitionen 💊
ich werde einfach verrückt? 🤪

Me, at the start of the semester: In order to pass this course, you need to complete the majority of the weekly exercises.
Student at the end of the semester: I had no idea that 4 exercises would not be enough!!
The semester has 14 weeks of courses.
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Me, at the start of the semester: In order to pass this course, you need to complete the majority of the weekly exercises.
Student at the end of the semester: I had no idea that 4 exercises would not be enough!!
The semester has 14 weeks of courses.
#AcademicChatter

Me, at the start of the semester: In order to pass this course, you need to complete the majority of the weekly exercises.
Student at the end of the semester: I had no idea that 4 exercises would not be enough!!
The semester has 14 weeks of courses.
#AcademicChatter

Unexpected good news on the grant funding front...
Means I can stop worrying about how we're going to pay the best polar regional climate modelling team in the world™️ for the next 3 years and focus on doing some actually really good, cool science™️.
To be continued...
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Movie idea: Under the mistaken belief that all costs were covered by a Read & Publish agreement, a researcher publishes an open access article in a journal. However, he then discovers that color figures aren’t covered, and now he owes the Cartel over 1600 Swiss francs. The chase is on as the Cartel is determined to get their hands on the money, no matter what.
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Movie idea: Under the mistaken belief that all costs were covered by a Read & Publish agreement, a researcher publishes an open access article in a journal. However, he then discovers that color figures aren’t covered, and now he owes the Cartel over 1600 Swiss francs. The chase is on as the Cartel is determined to get their hands on the money, no matter what.
#AcademicChatter…

Movie idea: Under the mistaken belief that all costs were covered by a Read & Publish agreement, a researcher publishes an open access article in a journal. However, he then discovers that color figures aren’t covered, and now he owes the Cartel over 1600 Swiss francs. The chase is on as the Cartel is determined to get their hands on the money, no matter what.
#AcademicChatter…

Had "the talk"* with a student and now I feel slightly icky #academicChatter
*yep, "don't use 'AI' to have your term paper written for you"

Now suppose that the student in question is the child of an influential local politician…
All of this is of course completely hypothetical, but things like this do happen, and they can quickly get out of hand. So, better to be prepared! □
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Now suppose that the student in question is the child of an influential local politician…
All of this is of course completely hypothetical, but things like this do happen, and they can quickly get out of hand. So, better to be prepared! □
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Having legal protection insurance is always a good idea to, but IMHO it’s absolutely essential for professors due to the particular context in which we work. But I find that it’s hardly ever discussed.
An obvious example is the question of the limits of academic freedom, but many potential issues are way more trivial. ⇢
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I have to add I had six meetings with students this afternoon and only that one was icky. 💚 students #academicChatter

Having legal protection insurance is always a good idea to, but IMHO it’s absolutely essential for professors due to the particular context in which we work. But I find that it’s hardly ever discussed.
An obvious example is the question of the limits of academic freedom, but many potential issues are way more trivial. ⇢
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Having legal protection insurance is always a good idea to, but IMHO it’s absolutely essential for professors due to the particular context in which we work. But I find that it’s hardly ever discussed.
An obvious example is the question of the limits of academic freedom, but many potential issues are way more trivial. ⇢
#AcademicChatter

✅ double-checking PhD review for a female candidate that I didn't fall into the gender bias trap #academicChatter #amReviewing #effortVsAccomplishment #skillVsGrindstone