First time as the opponent at a Swedish viva, Tjarno, on speciation and inversions in snails. Memorable field/snail trip yesterday, to Ursholmen islands, helped by gorgeous weather and warm sea. "Viva" v. different from UK equivalent, quite a lot of pros, and few negatives (except the £!). #genomics#littorina#snails#sweden#phd#viva#Speciation
As tomorrow I'll be around the Craft Festival Bovey Tracey collecting graphic stories from craftspeople and craft lovers, it seems a good moment to finally launch my 'Sustainability in the Making' website, a work-in-progress online space (still in its infancy) where everyone can follow my research progress in real time, & find resources and links to the amazing initiatives and people I am encountering along the way.
#PhD#Geology#mining
For anyone interested in working on historic mines, we just got an EU grant to look at the potential of mine waste as a source of desperately needed 'Green' metals, and the environmental implications of leaving this waste be.
Looking to hire a PhD this year yet, strong petrology and analytical chem background needed, preferably some knowledge of metallurgy. German is a ++ as community outreach is important to us.
Reach out if interested. Advert coming soon..
Kamna Patel resigns from Research England as equity, diversity and inclusion expert after being investigated for "extreme views":
"I cannot remain... and legitimate the bad decisions of RE and UKRI... there is an ongoing genocide... Since the Secretary of State’s claim these words constitute “extreme views”, the International Court of Justice concluded genocide of Palestinians in Gaza is a plausible risk... you have (been) played." 🔥
If you are looking for a #PhD and are interested in working on #OpticalComputing for #MachineLearning (and to spend some time in the UK and some time in Australia), contact me!
Got the funding but the official advert is not out yet. Will update when it is (but the deadlines are going to be short).
En route to #Geneva to attend a #PhD jury at the Geneva #observatory, which is located near the French border outside Geneva.
Instead of renting a #car, as I used to do in the past, this time I’m renting… a bike to go from the station to my #hotel (about 16km away) and the diary to the observatory.
@academicchatter
In 2010, McSweeney's answered the question about snake fights at thesis defenses
Q: Do I have to kill the snake?
A: University guidelines state that you have to “defeat” the snake. There are many ways to accomplish this. Lots of students choose to wrestle the snake.
A PhD viva is an opportunity to present and defend your thesis before a committee of expert academics. The verbal meaning of viva voce in Latin is “living
First and foremost, we had more than 20 wonderful participants at #YoMos2024, ranging from Bachelor- to #PhD- level #students all modelling #ecological systems. Everyone had the chance to present their projects and methods and we had vivid question+discussion rounds afterwards. Although #YoMos seems like a niche group already, we heard about a bandwidth of methods including mechanistic #eco(-evo)-models, #SDMs, #climate and vegeation models, network models, #Machinelearning, #AI and much more.
"In between came associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
When Tillman successfully defended her dissertation in December, she became the youngest person — at age 17 — to earn a doctoral degree in integrated behavioral health at Arizona State...
Most of her classwork was done remotely and online."
#MPI#IMPRS student John Ssebandeke successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled "Quantifying aspects of ocean's energetics using eddy-resolving simulations" last week 🥳 . We congratulate him warmly and will follow his further career with great interest.
Well done! 🎓 #Phd
I am either making friends or enemies with subject librarians at my university this week by requesting many purchases of books about queer and disabled community building/intimacy/materiality and arts.
Folks, I'm starting my post-#PhD job search low-key on the side while I write up my #thesis.
I have an odd collection of skills - #Linux, #Python, #Jupyter, #pandas, #DevRel, and I've done a lot of work in team leadership and management, and have led a multi-million $ not for profit in the past. Keynote speaker.
I'm looking for something that harnesses all of these skills - and it will be a senior role with senior pay, given my experience, qualifications and proven capability. I have time and will be discerning about my next step.
Job titles that might fit here would be Senior Research Engineer, Engineering Lead, Lead AI Engineer or similar.
Looking for fully remote work, with one day a fortnight max in #Melbourne, AU. If you don't believe in #RemoteWork or #WFH, we're not a good fit.
Super keen on something full time rather than splitting my attention over multiple part-time roles.
Looking to start around August, so a fair amount of lead time.
Keen on organisations that have strong values alignment - #FAIR and #CARE data use, #EthicalAI, AI for social good.
Another exciting opportunity to join our department: Incoming Prof. Dr. Jing Zeng is looking for a #PhD student with a background in #computational#communication science 👩🏻💻
10 Proven Tips to Pass Your PhD Viva and Impress Your Panel (specificnews.co.uk)
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