Thank you NZAG for the invitation to be your plenary speaker - giving a whistle stop tour & many attendees have said it was thought provoking 😉 here's a sneaky peak at the front cover of the forthcoming edited book - 10 fantastic chs, published by Cognella

I've met some wonderful ppl at NZAG - reminds of other confs back in the 00s. A few of us did a panel yesterday afternoon at the Conference, we were coming from different perspectives.

.NZAG Conf dinner where keynotes, grad students & society committee members are found on 1 table together. Many other Confs could learn a few things from NZAG & I can't speak highly enough of the fantastic exp I've had, very friendly, grt research showcased.

One gem from this excellent report on Athena Swan is that the decision to treat gender as a spectrum, the headline change in the Transformed Athena Swan Charter was based on the views of 0.5% of survey respondents murrayblackburnmackenzie.org/2024/08/28/rep…

Universities will be like “I know we have a preferred internal candidate, but wouldn’t it be funny if we got 450 people’s hopes up?”

Goodbye Wellington - you've been kind, & welcoming. A new journey, a new country is ahead - toodles 👋

Excellent and legally correct piece from Sonia Sodha on academic free speech in universities and the govt's decision to pause the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act - another one for Bridget Phillipson & Department for Education to have a look at theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Succulents & sunset - my 2nd night in Sydney #Australia

Here is Stonewall casually announcing an end to their indoctrination (sorry, training) of teachers after a “strategic review”. This is where organisations responsible for harming children attempt to erase the memory of what they did. We will not forget. stonewall.org.uk/schools-colleg…

It's good news that Stonewall is withdrawing from advising schools. In recent years Stonewall have, through their guidance, been encouraging schools to behave unlawfully in discriminating against pupils, eg female pupils (details in next tweet).

They don't learn any lessons, do they? Springer Nature Current Psychology Nature Human Behaviour Retraction Watch "Springer Nature has halted an accepted paper criticizing the publishing giant’s controversial retraction last year of an article that surveyed parents of children with gender

It is unethical for publishers to spike academic papers which have been accepted following a proper peer review process without a very good reason. 'Research Integrity Group' = doublespeak. Sense about Science

If any of you are doing ML research, especially in Computer Vision or Natural Language Processing I would really really like to get in touch with you. I am building an app using the Google Vision API and N-gram language models. Please RT for more reach. 🙏

Wd any1 like to do a review of my book? Its OA (see below) I'd especially love an ECR or WCA to review it. A book review was the first thing I ever wrote tinyurl.com/3s7a6p5b (read a few before writing). A book review is something your supervisor often suggests you do too

Quiet please… Lemon Raspberry Loaf is sleeping

Adelaide you've been a blast. Now heading to Melbourne where I'll be meeting up with A/Prof Holly Lawford-Smith amongst other people & activities

Hi Melbs, I'm here! Catching up & staying with an old friend who I know from Cologne. We've got bubbles in the fridge 🍾

Thanks Monash University - you've been very kind!! I ♥️ the surroundings - calm & tranquil. On to the next meeting.

Thanks A/Prof Holly Lawford-Smith for taking the time to meet. Melbs is full of #streetart & quirky streets. I like the vibe.

Melbs skyline from the rooftop terrace Naked For Satan is phenomenal! Great indoor features & brilliant staff. Thanks Melbs for the last 48hrs you've been a blast & catching up with an old friend. I like the 90s grunge feel that you give off & your street art. #researcherlife