It was Universities Week last week – a campaign to highlight the impact of higher education institutions on UK individuals, communities, culture and businesses. One of the projects rolled out for the event was the web-based ‘FactShare Generator‘. If you happen to like car-crash science communication, go and have a play. Otherwise, I don’t want to dwell … Continue reading »
Posted in June 2011 …
Sue the TRex lipbalm
This was originally posted on our student blog, Refractive Index. This is a picture of some Sue the TRex lipbalm, on sale at the gift shop at the Chicago’s Field Museum. Behind it is the eponymous Sue: the largest, most complete, best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex in the world. If you look carefully, you’ll see a sign saying the … Continue reading »
KABOOM: Exploding ‘impact’
Picture: social researcher number one. This is a drawing of a social researcher. I don’t mean a researcher who studies social relations. I mean this is a researcher who is social; one that’s connects to other people, very simply by citing other researchers. (Yes, sociology-spotters, it’s ‘inspired’ by Bruno Latour. It’s a poor reinterpretation of an early diagram … Continue reading »
Rebooting the seminar
Last week in the Times Higher: My little paean for the seminar, including some notes on I think digital communication might help ‘reboot’ them. Some background: I used to love seminars. As a PhD student, I’d fill my diary with listings for these little academic get-togethers, full of excitement about what I might learn, what new area of … Continue reading »
Boobie-cakes
Breasts, by Genichiro Yagyu. Part of the Japanese My Body series, this children’s book about breasts comes from the people who brought the world Everybody Poops, The Gas we Pass, The Holes in Your Nose, All About Scabs and, my personal favourite, Contemplating Your Bellybutton. It focuses on the relationship breasts play between mother and child, and includes several pictures of breastfeeding. It’s … Continue reading »
