Do grant proposal texts matter for funding decisions? A field experiment Spoiler alert...NO! #Grants #academia

We're testing local #waterquality in #FlorencePark, #Oxford. Thanks FreshWater Watch Earthwatch Europe for running this programme - looking guard to seeing how our results fit into the bigger picture! #CitizenScience

A massive #thankyou to the #volunteers and everyone else involved in protecting and managing Lye Valley #nature reserve. Not only of huge ecological value, but a magical, restful space in the heart of busy #Oxford. I know it takes a lot of work on site and behind the scenes. 🙏

I'll be going to the #restorenaturenow march in London on Saturday, sending a message to whoever gets into no.10 that #nature needs to be a priority for all of our sakes.

The programme is here! 🤩 From the re-wilding to the war on want - the meditation to the music - the bird song to the big sing - the the programme is broad and wide, and we can't wait for you to come and soak it all in! This Saturday Park Lane to Parliament Square. Noon

Yesterday evening I saw these structures on grass heads in a meadow - could they be cocoons? Pics not great; ca 5 mm long roughly spherical mesh of golden material. George Tordoff

So pleased I could attend the #restorenaturenow march. Amazing to be surrounded by so many people passionate about the need to protect #nature. Restore Nature Now #FloraFaunaFunga

We owe it to them: all our female ancestors who were denied that democratic right. Patriarchal forces still attempt to hold us back by pushing apathy, telling us that “politicians are all the same”. They’re not - and you have the right to choose, to vote from the heart, for our

"If you live in #WaveneyValley, and you want to get the Tories out, the best person to vote for is Adrian Ramsay of The Green Party." Steve Coogan Help Adrian get over the line. 📷 Help deliver today: shorturl.at/75a1X 📷 Help tomorrow: shorturl.at/8Zc0C #VoteGreen

I have learned such a lot since beginning my project on equity of access to #greenspace last year. Not least the difference between #equity and #equality - a very important distinction. Thanks Lizzie Moore!

This post on whether the new Labour government "get" the environment articulates some of my concerns on this topic. We have a #HousingCrisis, a #ClimateCrisis and a #biodiversitycrisis. Addressing any of these needs to take the others into account.

Can anyone confirm for me that parish councils and town councils have the same powers? I'm pretty certain it's just different names for organisations with the same powers, but would be great to have that confirmed. Thanks! NALC

I decided to remove the Twitter and LinkedIn apps from my phone. I missed them for a few days, but now glad of having two fewer temptations to scroll. I'm checking in on Twitter and LinkedIn every few days, keeping up to date, but not scrolling for the sake of it.

@SCBEurope Conservation Letters Tom Martin @dhaelewa Allison Walker Elisandro Ricardo Drechsler-Santos Martha Crockatt Jonathan Cazabonne 🍄🧬 @jeff_stallman Lotus Lofgren J Heilmann-Clausen Myco_Mieke Dr Peter Irga UTS Ruben De Lange Brian Douglas Alisha Quandt @susana_vpc

Feels like I've got to a good place with the grant proposal when I can summarise my hypotheses with a simple graphic :-)