Sam Giles (@gilespalaeolab) 's Twitter Profile
Sam Giles

@gilespalaeolab

Fossil fish palaeobiologist | @RoyalSociety Research Fellow | Academic Keeper @LapworthMuseum | #QueerInSTEM | 🏳️‍🌈 | currently mostly migraines |she/her/hers

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Kirsty Sedgman (@kirstysedgman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

the UK media: universities need to stop luring students into degrees where they’ll receive poor-quality teaching that does nothing to improve their prospects UKHE: good news! we did brilliant teaching so our students did brilliantly 😃 the UK media: this is inexplicable

the UK media: universities need to stop luring students into degrees where they’ll receive poor-quality teaching that does nothing to improve their prospects

UKHE: good news! we did brilliant teaching so our students did brilliantly 😃

the UK media: this is inexplicable
Sam Giles (@gilespalaeolab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Many many thanks to the track defect in the Cheltenham area for waiting until after I was on a train out of Cheltenham to develop; here’s hoping I can still catch a train on to Manchester later 😬

Sam Giles (@gilespalaeolab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For #FossilFriday I’m going to indulge myself by spending some time segmenting this deliciously noisy CT scan. There’s a whole 3D skull in there, honestly 🤩

For #FossilFriday I’m going to indulge myself by spending some time segmenting this deliciously noisy CT scan. There’s a whole 3D skull in there, honestly 🤩
Sam Giles (@gilespalaeolab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Getting strong ‘If I can’t see you, you can’t see me’ vibes from this mysterious statue in New Street station, as if you’re playing hide and seek with a three year old

Getting strong ‘If I can’t see you, you can’t see me’ vibes from this mysterious statue in New Street station, as if you’re playing hide and seek with a three year old
David K Smith (@professor_dave) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As we enter school summer holiday period, I did an interview reflecting on the realities of working part-time in academia. 'The problem is not with me being unprepared to do unpaid overtime, the problem is with academia for routinely expecting it' nature.com/articles/s4200…

As we enter school summer holiday period, I did an interview reflecting on the realities of working part-time in academia.
'The problem is not with me being unprepared to do unpaid overtime, the problem is with academia for routinely expecting it'  nature.com/articles/s4200…
Sam Giles (@gilespalaeolab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

‘We’re going to dock half your wages even though teaching isn’t mentioned in your contract because it’s a career development opportunity ☺️’

Sam Giles (@gilespalaeolab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Aimovig is generally working really well at reducing my migraines to a manageable level, but annoyingly I’m suffering from a rare severe side effects. My doctor is having me try out a medication to counter it… and one of it *its* side effects is severe headaches 🤦

Kai or Aurie 🍉 (@kkaineus) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Please RT! I'm looking to get short statements from queer marine scientists & biologists (& related fields) about their experiences being queer in their fields. Any level of experience or career is okay, anonymous statements are possible. DM me here on Twitter or email me!

Please RT! I'm looking to get short statements from queer marine scientists & biologists (& related fields) about their experiences being queer in their fields. Any level of experience or career is okay, anonymous statements are possible. DM me here on Twitter or email me!
Justin Isip (@justin_isip) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Had a great time at the NHM Explorers Programme Summer Social presenting my PhD research and connecting folks with the REED Ecological Network as their new partnerships officer. Also great to reconnect with my Equator Research School folk! Exciting news to come, watch this space 👀👀

Had a great time at the <a href="/NHM_Explorers/">NHM Explorers Programme</a> Summer Social presenting my PhD research and connecting folks with the <a href="/ReedEcolNet/">REED Ecological Network</a> as their new partnerships officer. Also great to reconnect with my Equator Research School folk! Exciting news to come, watch this space 👀👀
Ben Fernando (@space_quakes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢New paper alert!! We analysed PhD recruitment processes in the geosciences, and developed recommendations for making the process more equitable. Now out in Nature Geoscience: doi.org/10.1038/s41561… (1/3)🔨🌋☁️

📢New paper alert!! 

We analysed PhD recruitment processes in the geosciences, and developed recommendations for making the process more equitable. 

Now out in <a href="/NatureGeosci/">Nature Geoscience</a>: doi.org/10.1038/s41561… (1/3)🔨🌋☁️
Dr Natasha Dowey (@drnatashadowey) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Are you involved in PhD admissions? Do you advertise projects or assess candidates? Check out this paper, the latest publication from our Equator project. Doctoral recruitment is often biased against students from marginalised backgrounds- we propose changes to improve equity: