Sometimes university infrastructure makes unrealistic demands of us all

It's an embarrassment for the UK that talented young international students would have to setup gofundme page to cover the visa costs for their PhD studies. UK Research and Innovation Department for Education A single PhD student would have to pay close to £4,500 in visa related costs to /1

I've always said the way to win a major football tournament is consistent sideways passing

Great to be spending some time this morning working with international summer students at Edinburgh's College of Open Learning.

Congratulations to Dr William Barter who has been elected as LHCb UK Physics Coordinator. He will be leading the UK community who are searching for signs of new fundamental particles and forces of nature. ⚛️edin.ac/3LlHfUM #LHCb #CERN #particlephysics

This feels like it could be wrong for Malta?

We need to pass sideways more

Students are smart (as smart today as they were when you were young), so you can teach them a lot of very difficult stuff. The trick is not to be an ass about it, and actually give them the proper conditions to learn.

Scored 43 opening the batting yesterday. Pleased at the score but annoyed I didn't get 7 more. Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.

I'm hiring a postdoc! Join our awesome dark matter team in Edinburgh and help us design a next-generation rare event observatory for #darkmatter & #neutrinos as part of the XLZD 💫 Particle Physics Experiment - PPE - Edinburgh elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

Delivering a fun lecture tomorrow - just putting the finishing touch on my slides.

<emails something to self> <oooh, I wonder what that email I just got is...>

🕯️ Remembering #RomaHolocaustMemorialDay 🕯️ On 2nd August, we honour the Romani victims of the #Holocaust. Their strength amidst unimaginable horrors during #WWII is a testament to their resilience. We remember the countless lives lost and stand against ongoing #discrimination.

Promming

I'm off coffee for dentistry reasons for 2 weeks. This is awful. I apologise in advance for any grouchiness.

I should not need to use a clubcard to access lower prices.

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