Monthly Archives: December 2022

My Reads of 2022

Posted on 31 December 2022 by Henry Gee

In 2022 I consumed devoured read 62 books of various sizes, from slim novels to the multi-volume epic that is Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (which I counted as one book). I haven’t read as many books … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Books of 2022

Posted on 30 December 2022 by Stephen

Another year, another tweet thread of the books I read these past twelvemonth. Click on the images to access higher resolution versions which are just about legible, or better still, read the thread on Twitter. In 2022 I managed just … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Photos of 2022

Posted on 28 December 2022 by Stephen

Another year, another two thousand or more photographs, some of which I thought were quite good. There’s a little taster below but if you want to see the full set of 55 pictures that were my favourites from this year, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What I Read In December

Posted on 28 December 2022 by Henry Gee

Richard Fortey: A Curious Boy It was the author himself who recommended this book to me, as he said — and I hope, if he reads this, he won’t mind my saying so — that aspects of his book reminded … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Right. 2022’s almost over. Here are 2021’s top photos.

Posted on 25 December 2022 by Richard Wintle

…because when do I ever do anything on time? Here, then, in the customary “no particular order”, are my favourite ten images from 2021. 2022’s batch are all queued up, although at this rate… you know. Beaver Pond, Frontenac Provincial … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What Does Excellence Look Like?

Posted on 17 December 2022 by Athene Donald

Harnessing the Metric Tide, the recently-published follow-on to the 2015 Report The Metric Tide, provides a welcome focus on our cultures and practice within HEIs. It imagines an ecosystem where metrics are collected which inform the community about the health … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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