If you're interested in #QualityAssurance in #VetEd2023 my talk is briefly summarised here along with our #shiny app to support everyone to make use of data analyses: jillymackay.com/talk/veted-202…

Its great that Meta have chosen a nice, unthreatening name with no cultural relevance for their Twitter competitor youtu.be/MrHoMSRZOS4

Finishing a very important and powerful plenary on suicide prevention and hearing from @DocTheHoff giving a very positive approach to what we _can_ do to embed wellbeing. Lots to think about and great speakers #VetEd2023

Hold on. You're not telling me that the students attending those graduations where they don't get their actual degree yet have been charged for doing so? With the commission from the gowning and photos going back to the university? My god.

Today we launch our #FormulaForChange campaign in partnership with Metro calling on Department of Health and Social Care to urgently review their rules barring families buying formula with points, grocery vouchers & gift cards. Sign our petition to support the campaign: change.org/formulaforchan…

Please sign our petition! #FormulaForChange

Look I’m all for holding university managers to account and I get pointing at UCEA but several universities are closing departments, doing recruitment freezes or holding redundancy rounds. If those in the posh bit of the sector succeed it’ll end up them having to do a QUB, and…

Funnily enough I have no further questions

This is shocking. There used to be many routes into study for those who didn’t make the cut first time - cheap FE evening classes, extra-mural university departments, low cost Open University modules. What is *wrong* with these people?

We have a new paper out! From Conservation Med student Nicola Earnshaw, in Frontiers - Veterinary Science - the health of working dogs in Africa doi.org/10.3389/fvets.… 🐕🐕🐕 I used to do behind the paper threads but I now do that on my blog, here: jillymackay.com/publication/wo… #AnimalWelfare

Hey Edinburgh colleagues - have you ever wanted our brand colours for your #rstats? Have you ever thought "I want to carefully read our brand guidelines and apply them thoughtfully to ggplot?" Well have I got the package for you! 😅 github.com/jillymackay/Uo… R-Ladies Edinburgh

Hey normal friends, I built a #ggplot2 palette package and it actually wasn't that hard because I just copied Simon Jackson and Jake Kaupp - I describe my workflow here: jillymackay.com/post/ggplot2-p… #RStats #tidyverse

"Handlers cannot thrive from a strong handler-dog relationship alone. For a strong handler-dog relationship, handler welfare must be prioritized alongside conservation dog welfare, taking a #OneWelfare approach" frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies Zack Wurtzebach Jill MacKay

SIGH. I know there's a lot of ethical issues, but anyone got one of them bsky invite codes? 👀

I do this now apparently jillymackay.com/post/july-news…

📢📢📢 JOB CLAXON!!! We are recruiting a Teaching Fellow to work within the Data-Driven Health & Social Care Talent Programme team at the Usher Institute. 👩‍🎓Teaching #RStats and #Python 🙏 Part of a supportive team 📍 Hybrid working pattern 📆 Apply by 12/09 Feel free to DM/email me with questions. #academicjobs

I blogged: jillymackay.com/post/newslette…