#Higher

5 years ago today, I graduated with a first class degree and a 1-year-old in my arms. Something pregnant, 19 year old me didn't dare imagine just 18 months earlier.As
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Twitter restricted the account of a well-respected Turkish professor today following his tweet that reflects a fatal economic policy error in Turkey. The language that he used in this tweet
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I've been thinking hard about test positivity rates and how they impact on difficulty of estimating incidence and prevalence when there aren't random samples from the population. Blog post with
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how i went from gaining weight at 900cals to maintaining at 1700cals [thread] you know those tiktok nutritionists who tell you that the reason why you’re not losing weight is
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As Biden lays out ambitious plans to stimulate the US economy and fight inequality with new money creation (spending) and money destruction (higher taxes on corporations, capital gains and the
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Tough for parents to hear, but many expect a 28+ on ACT, and big scholarship $, based on grades and fact student has taken advanced classes. They are surprised when
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THREAD: We're glad to see @Stanford & @Harvard decided not to accept CARES Act funds. It’s the right thing to do and something all well-resourced institutions, as defined by federal
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Good anglophone friends might have noticed that my feed turned Danish and did a very long thread on Friday. I was at a Danish doctoral defense. That's a wild creature.
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Today, I'll be talking about an important concept of "Self Sustaining Growth Rate".=THREAD= P.S.: If you enjoy this thread please share the knowledge by retweeting the first tweet and
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East Carolina University is going to cut some sports to cover its budget deficit - but football is apparently sacrosanct, despite the fact that it, too, loses money. cc @conorsen
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Interesting new paper on changes in self-reported health behaviours during lockdown.A big rise in psychological distress, but surprisingly no change in loneliness. An increase in frequency of drinking and binge
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Best decision I made in 2020?Going against the bandwagon & getting a 9-5. Generic advice can be useful, bit it is generic after all.Not too long ago the people saying
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Before working in Higher Education I used to be in Resource and Planning for a large charityBasically workload planning and modellingSo here is some basic information of things you should
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And now time for more doubling rates, because it's fun to do In this thread I'll show the rate of doubling of #COVID19 cases in the top 4 provinces in
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We need to review what we own CAREFULLY I spend a lot of time reviewing what I own.Some ideas for U to consider :1. How much time do U have
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.@UniofOxford prof Deborah Cameron notesa key respect in which small group teaching is a greater Covid risk than large lectures, casting doubt on @Cambridge_Uni's moving large lectures online while keeping
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