This is a guest post by Rhyd Lewis, Reader in Mathematics, Cardiff University. Some time ago I was asked to edit a special issue of
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Author: handee
A senior lecturer in computer science at Aberystwyth University
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Scientists are humans during covid
We’re coming up to the 2nd anniversary of the founding of Scientists are Humans and looking back over what we’ve achieved, the last seven months
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Spending your own money on work
I was in a car with some friends a few weeks ago and found out that one of them had spent their own money on
I can’t get no sleep
Sleeping has never been my superpower. Unlike the Faithless song, though, I don’t generally spend my insomniac hours tearing off tights with my teeth –
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Why are we doing this?
Just over two weeks ago, at the Alan Turing Institute, 40-50 diversity in STEM activists gathered for STEM Gamechangers. The idea behind the event was
A twitter bot for new students
We (in Aberystwyth Computer Science) have compiled a set of advice tweets from undergraduate students to undergraduate students. A twitter bot posts a tip from