I think Britain has gone mad –
It used to be Keep Calm and Carry On in the face of a crisis- now its more like Run Around, Panic and come up with wacky ideas.
Maybe the whole world has gone mad but I live in Britain and this week seems to be mad week… This is mad in the British sense, insane, not really pissed off but then again that Continue reading
First of all, many thanks to everyone who’s shared the update posting burden! I’m happy to take it from here as we enter the final couple of weeks, but your help is greatly appreciated – the pool became a bit of a chore last year, but not this time! I think having more players also helped to keep things a bit more interesting!
I’d ban all automobiles from the central part of the city. You see, the automobile was just a passing fad. It’s got to go. It’s got to go a long way from here.
~Lawrence Ferlinghetti
I received an interesting request last week from one of my colleagues:
“Please provide an update on the [gene name] ozone OCD”.
The email in question was sent to me, several other colleagues, and some of our external collaborators. The tell-tale “sent from my iPhone” text at the bottom pointed to an autocorrect error, but no Continue reading
This week saw the publication of a report from MIT entitled: A Report on the Status of Women Faculty in the Schools of Science and Engineering at MIT, 2011. This is a follow up report to an earlier ground-breaking report published in 1999 and details, not only what is described as ‘an overwhelmingly positive view’, but also some of the issues that Continue reading
Some years ago when I was looking for a job, I had an interview at a university on the East Coast of the US. One of the search committee members picked me up, and on the way we had a conversation. I asked what her impression was regarding the level of the students enrolled in the graduate program in her department. Her answer was as follows: “Gener Continue reading
The graduate student came running into the lab.
“The centrifuge is on fire!”
We’re talking quite a while ago now. Continue reading
To the surprise of pretty much nobody, either in the University or outside, my University has become the latest to announce that undergraduate tuition fees will rise to the full £ 9000 a year from 2012.
[Formal announcement from the Univ, noting that the higher fees will be combined with fee waiver and bursary schemes, and more outreach work, is he Continue reading
Anyone in the U. of K. and not moving quickly enough to avoid it will have to complete a census form, providing what will be a snapshot of who is doing what, with whom, and where, on 27 March 2011. Being the good citizen that I am I have just completed the form interposed herewith at the Maison Des Girrafes, noting – with relief – that Continue reading
