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FraserWSmith

@fraserwsmith

Cognitive Neuroscience - interested in minds, brains, emotions

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calendar_today02-05-2019 11:48:31

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The Brain Prize (@brainprize) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Did you know that neuroscience played a key role in AI’s development? Artificial Intelligence: From Mind to Machine explores how brain research led to artificial neural networks, machine learning, and modern AI. Watch the full documentary: brainprize.org/winners/comput…

Caroline Lucas (@carolinelucas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“The world has changed” says Chancellor on #bbclaurak. Yes it has - so why stick to outdated counterproductive austerity agenda & arbitrary fiscal rules? You can’t cut your way to growth. Taxes on extreme wealth of super rich would be far fairer & more effective than more cuts

UEA UCU says join a union (@uea_ucu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There is power in coming together and acting as a collective in moments of crisis, and we need to act together to support all our colleagues who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy. Join us on the picket this Weds 26th. #SaveUEA UCU timeshighereducation.com/news/uea-staff…

UCU (@ucu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

‼️Huge vote for strike action by Cardiff UCU✊🌱 members 🚀83% YES vote 🚀64% turnout Time for management to protect jobs and courses! ucu.org.uk/article/13961/…

Ken Loach & Sixteen Films (@kenloachsixteen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Welfare cuts will mean another quarter million will fall into relative poverty, including another 50,000 children. Nobody remembers stats, but we remember stories. How about the Labour cabinet watch I Daniel Blake again, shamefully more relevant now that it was under the Tories.

Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I am in solidarity with the UEA staff who are now taking industrial action against plans to cut 163 full-time equivalent roles in addition to the 400 posts lost in 2023. I know UEA staff are angry that the university hasn't engaged in "meaningful negotiations" and urge it to

UEA UCU says join a union (@uea_ucu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A phenomenal turnout for the UEA UCU day of action. Staff and students are making their voice heard, striving for a future for Higher Ed that doesn't look as bleak as it does right now. #SaveUEA #UKHE #StopTheCuts UCU

A phenomenal turnout for the UEA UCU day of action. Staff and students are making their voice heard, striving for a future for Higher Ed that doesn't look as bleak as it does right now. #SaveUEA #UKHE #StopTheCuts <a href="/ucu/">UCU</a>
UEA UCU says join a union (@uea_ucu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"There is a crisis in Higher Education in this country, and this crisis writ large in an institution in my own area - the University of East Anglia." Thanks Alice Macdonald MP for speaking up for UEA staff and students at today's parliamentary debate on university finances. #SaveUEA

UEA UCU says join a union (@uea_ucu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📣UEA UCU members have voted for 9 days of strike action to commence this week from Thurs 1st May. 📣This is in response to management's plans to continue progressing compulsory redundancies. 📣There is still time for the employer to change course. #SaveUEA

UCU (@ucu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"The financial crisis facing English universities is the result of a failed free market experiment." Writes Philip Augar in the Financial Times 3⁄4 of English universities are expected to be in deficit by 2026. 10,000 jobs are under threat. Change is needed. ft.com/content/7514ea…

Louis Renoult (@renoultlouis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Please share; My lab at UEA Psychology UEA is recruiting a post-doc for a cognitive neuroscience memory project. It is a 3-year post, with a proposed start date of 8th September. Application deadline is 15th of June. vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/1511…

UCU (@ucu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Compulsory redundancies remain on the table at UEA "It’s time for UEA management to do the right thing, drop the threats, engage meaningfully, and commit to real accountability." Jo Grady Solidarity with all striking staff. ✊ #SaveUEA #UCU

Gary Younge (@garyyounge) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"There would be something deeply perverse about celebrating the defeat of the extreme right on the battlefield on VE Day while ignoring the fact that much of the West is currently voting for its ideological descendants at the ballot box." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

UCU (@ucu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Today's data confirms UK universities remain under severe financial stress." Jo Grady New HESA & OfS data confirms our universities are in crisis. Over 10,000 jobs are at risk and international student numbers are under threat from short-sighted immigration policy. Join

Chris Packham (@chrisgpackham) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As an ambassador , I'm firmly behind Big Issue's call for a ‘Poverty Zero’ law – the establishment of statutory poverty reduction targets . Please join me in my support by signing the petition at bigissue.com/poverty-zero – thank you !

As an ambassador , I'm firmly behind <a href="/BigIssue/">Big Issue</a>'s call for a ‘Poverty Zero’ law – the establishment of statutory poverty reduction targets . Please join me in my support by signing the petition at bigissue.com/poverty-zero – thank you !
UEA UCU says join a union (@uea_ucu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📣It is our firm stance that protecting students and staff at UEA requires us to fight compulsory redundancies with every tool we have. 🥰We've had a fantastic turnout on the picket this week and are so grateful to everyone who has supported us. 🚩Together we can #SaveUEA

📣It is our firm stance that protecting students and staff at UEA requires us to fight compulsory redundancies with every tool we have. 

🥰We've had a fantastic turnout on the picket this week and are so grateful to everyone who has supported us. 

🚩Together we can #SaveUEA
The NeuroRights Foundation (@neuro_rights) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The global neurorights movement continues to gain momentum: NRF's rafael yuste just returned from Uruguay, where he testified in Parliament in support of a neural data protection bill. We look forward to continue working with Uruguay's leadership to advance strong legal protections

Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 (@doctorchrisvt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The FIFA Club World Cup starts this week with Coca-Cola as a main sponsor. The evidence that fizzy drinks do harm is overwhelming - and the players are no more likely to consume them as a source of athletic energy than they are to light up a cigarette at half-time. My piece in