🚨Are you an Early Career Researcher working in Wales? We are accepting abstracts for our 2024 Colloquium Bangor University Rhwydwaith YCG | ECR Network

📷Submissions are open until 29 April 2024 📷learnedsociety.wales/ecr-home/ #ECRCymru2024

Pint of Science Cardiff 13-15th May 2024 - TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE. Join us for topics on the science of distrust, genetics, the neuroimmune system, our first Welsh session and more! Rachel Spicer Tiny Rebel Bar Cardiff The Moon Cardiff 🎟️SUPPORT YR LOCAL MUSIC VENUE pintofscience.co.uk/events/cardiff Funded by
Doctoral Academy 🧪👩‍🔬🧬

Whatever happened to students at the heart of the system? wonkhe.com/blogs/whatever… via @wonkhe

Many academics/ scientists should bear this in mind.

It's back... Planning to start an MSc #SciComm Science Communication Unit, UWE Bristol UWE Bristol this September? Details of our part-bursary scheme are now available. There are some deadlines in June 2024 to be aware of, so don't miss out:

Great to see Prof. Rhys Jones Professor Rhys Christopher Jones speaking at our Cardiff University School of Biosciences educational seminar series today.

Thank you / diolch yn fawr for a wonderful talk. Loving the themes of fun and engagement in learning and teaching.

As a fellow #FirstGen we face unique challenges as well as opportunities at University.

Great to see so many brilliant people highlighted in this Universities UK campaign 👏🏼

NEW 📣

Going to university transforms lives.

Our new campaign ‘100 Faces, First in my Family’ platforms the voices of people who were the first in their family to go to university. 🎉

Hear their stories. 🎤

#100Faces

100faces.universitiesuk.ac.uk

🎓What kind of university for what kind of future?

Prof Wendy Larner, President and Vice Chancellor of Cardiff University, will address this question at our upcoming joint lecture with Learned Society of Wales in Cardiff Castle.

Come and join us at this free event⬇️⬇️
eventbrite.co.uk/e/prof-wendy-l…

#BiochemSocFest 2024 will showcase our incredible 6 research areas and feature dedicated Glycobiology, and Education & Training conferences. There's something in the programme for everyone! Find out more and register here: ow.ly/iJw450RekX9

Think my running journey is over...
Didn't make it2 10k as ran past a man who whistled at me & then stuck his foot out.
Couldn't dodge it fast enough so went flying.
Not sure I'll have the confidence to go out again
Being a woman feels really hard sometimes... 😔😔 #running

Planning for an upcoming recording of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast with Jeff & Graham of At the Flicks on sci-fi cinema. We will be looking at the books & films of Philip K Dick. Do you have any favourites?

Paul Scott Sue Nelson Paul Rincon Corey Brotherson (also at the other place)

70 people have now volunteered, below are the gaps (so more people would be great). Scheduling is going to get complicated, some topics have been super popular, so not everyone who volunteered may be called upon, and others may be asked to do more than one - but I will do my…

Bioscience undergraduates - what are your summer plans? We are offering 8-10 week paid #planthealth summer studentships in labs, fields and gardens across England and Scotland.

🗓️ Applications close 21 April 2024
🔗Find out more: rsb.org.uk/PHUGS

New article: Looking forward to ANTF Symposium 2024, looking back on ANTF Symposium 2023; a summary of publications on our website from our 2023 Symposium. We hope to see you at #ANTF2024 ! ntf-association.com/looking-forwar…

gm, it's Friday, go outside

From Royal Society of Chemistry, Institute of Physics and Royal Society of Biology: The Science Teaching Survey 2024 smartsurvey.co.uk/s/TSTS2024GENE… <— would be good to get a strong response from schools/practitioners in Wales

'Universities are in crisis. Experts believe it is already “too late” to avert the oncoming funding disaster: “all everyone can do now is brace”.'
newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0…

ALLY-SHIP IN ACTION.

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Ashley James

Lecture videos are fundamental to a modern, digitally enabled educational offer. This article from Teaching Excellence Award (Established Educator) winner Ellie Davison explores what students think makes a good lecture video. doi.org/10.1042/bio_20…