Where are we in the pandemic?
The bottom line here is that anyone making the statement ‘coming out of the Covid environment’ has not kept up with the data, which demonstrate the following:
(more…)Archive for the ‘Universities’ Category
Over? It hasn’t even started!
Posted in Biochemistry, Covid-19, Research integrity, Science process, Scientific progress, Universities, tagged covid19, Long Covid, research, SARS-CoV-2, science, Science progress on July 12, 2022|
Message to my research team
Posted in Covid-19, Higher Education, Politics, Universities, tagged science on April 9, 2022|
So today I sent this email as a reminder to the members of my research team.
“I write this email because University management has abdicated all responsibility towards the wellbeing of their staff and students, and their families. Current University and UK government Covid ‘rules’ contradict the most simple evidence, which is based on exceptionally solid physics and biology/medicine. We are scientists capable of critical thinking, and we should carry these qualities into our daily lives.
(more…)When ‘choice’ is a mirage of ideology
Posted in Education, Higher Education, Politics, Universities, tagged Academy, Choice, Comprehensive, Faith, Grammar, School on April 3, 2022|
The UK schooling system is an example of the mirage of choice and how the mantra of ‘choice’ is used to reduce choice, opportunity and promote ideology.
(more…)Some thoughts from an old fogey
Posted in Higher Education, Science process, Universities, tagged research, Research Excellence Framework, science, Science progress, Teaching on May 21, 2021|
What is important for your career in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Liverpool
With Project SHAPE progressing in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Liverpool, we have now moved onto the compulsory redundancy stage. As a senior member of staff who went back to the trenches after ten years in management, I have been contacted informally by a number of staff who have been sent a notice that they are at risk of redundancy. So I used my experience in management and my knowledge of the University to figure what may be important for retention in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Liverpool and, perhaps more important, what may kill your career and result in a P45.
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