Monthly Archives: January 2017

ICYMI No.10 – New Year’s Resolution

Posted on 6 January 2017 by Stephen

Along with many of my academic colleagues from across the nation, I was asked by the Times Higher Education to set down at least one new year’s resolution for 2017. I drew inspiration from Richard Hamming (whom I wrote about … Continue reading →

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Hard Day’s Night

Posted on 3 January 2017 by rpg

Last year was mental. Back in December 2015, with about about 10 days’ notice, a colleague and I flew to Orlando on a Sunday lunchtime, ran a meeting Monday morning, and flew home Monday night. That was just the start.

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New Year Frustrations

Posted on 3 January 2017 by Athene Donald

I spent some of my time off around New Year attempting to start as I mean to go on by tidying my ‘home office’. In the run-up to Christmas, as exhaustion took over and time ran out, I had increasingly … Continue reading →

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In which horizons expand

Posted on 3 January 2017 by Jennifer Rohn

Every career probably has a tipping point. Twenty-seven years after embarking on my PhD, a period riddled with false starts, uncertainties, twists and turns, I sense the shifting of weight beneath me and momentum gathering as I start to swing … Continue reading →

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2016 Top Ten (plus one)

Posted on 1 January 2017 by Richard Wintle

It seems ridiculous that my last post on Occam’s Typewriter was my favourite ten photographs of 2015… posted in June of the following year(!). That’s some top-shelf procrastination right there, folks. So, as partial remedy, I’m posting my picks of … Continue reading →

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