Monthly Archives: February 2013

In which we endure

Posted on 28 February 2013 by Jennifer Rohn

Baby, it’s cold outside. And inside too, as it happens. Over the past month or two, London has been in the grip of some of the coldest weather I ever remember having experienced here.

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Office haiku

Posted on 28 February 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

It’s ten forty-five Six iPhones buzz with one voice Time for our meeting! Gotta love those synchronised calendars…

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Pets

Posted on 27 February 2013 by Henry Gee

I am sad to report that Yentl, my pet royal python, has escaped. There’s a little ‘ole in the back of his tank that I thought he couldn’t wriggle through. I was wrong. He’ll probably turn up somewhere, when he … Continue reading →

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Royal Society Meeting on Open Access in the UK: What Willetts Wants

Posted on 27 February 2013 by Stephen

After all the excitement of open access (OA) developments last Friday, there was a chance to take stock this Monday at the Royal Society’s conference on “Open access in the UK and what it means for scientific research”. The meeting, … Continue reading →

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The tartle response

Posted on 27 February 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The Rock Paper Cynic comic titled “That Awkward Zombie Apocalypse Survival Moment When…” would soooo happen to me. I really am awful; I usually need to meet a new person at least two or three times, within a short period … Continue reading →

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Facebook rant about Facebook cancer hoax

Posted on 26 February 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I just posted the following on Facebook, and thought I’d share it here, too – the wider the news that this is a hoax is disseminated, the better for everyone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’ve seen a Facebook post about cancer circulating among … Continue reading →

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Leadership Strategies for Dealing with Jerks

Posted on 25 February 2013 by Athene Donald

My last post about jerks in academia struck a chord with many but also raised questions – jerks abound, yes, but what should we do about them? What can we do to ‘out’ them and so to attempt to ameliorate … Continue reading →

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Captions invited (Please, fund me!)

Posted on 25 February 2013 by Steve Caplan
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Continental drift: important open access developments in the UK and US

Posted on 24 February 2013 by Stephen

Last Friday was a big day for open access — it felt like a kind of transition. In the morning the Science and Technology Committee of the House of Lords (the unelected second chamber in the UK parliament) published the … Continue reading →

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Opus D

Posted on 24 February 2013 by Henry Gee

Well, there was I thinking, so I was, that this post will be the 500th entry in this blog as presently incarcerated, and, notwithstanding inasmuch as which such an artificial anniversary will be manna from heaven to fans of base … Continue reading →

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