In the Dark » Cardiff University

The results of the UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 have now been published. You can find them all here at the REF’s own website because they are presented there in a much more i...

https://telescoper.blog/2022/05/12/ref-2021-results-and-ranking/

A few communications with former colleagues from the United Kingdom last week reminded me that, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the deadline for submissions to the 2021 Research Excellence Framewo...

https://telescoper.blog/2021/03/27/the-ref-goes-on/

It’s 1st December 2020 which means that it’s now been three whole years since I started my job as Professor of Theoretical Physics in the Department of Theoretical Physics at Maynooth Univers...

https://telescoper.blog/2020/12/01/three-years-in-maynooth/

I was talking over Zoom with some former colleagues from the United Kingdom last week, and was surprised to learn that, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2021 Research Excellence Framework is pl...

https://telescoper.blog/2020/11/25/out-of-the-ref/

The nice people involved with Physics at Cardiff University, Prism Exeter and the GW4 group generally have organized a (virtual) event to celebrate Diversity and Inclusion for LGBTQ+ STEM Day 202...

https://telescoper.blog/2020/11/14/diversity-in-physics-lgbtqstemday/

After attending my second Repeat Examination Board of the week (this one in the Department of Engineering) it’s now time to begin the task of moving the contents of my office into the new one I...

https://telescoper.blog/2019/08/22/moving-on/

Regular readers of this blog will know that last year I was still employed part of the time at Cardiff University and during that period I was participating in strike action called by the Univers...

https://telescoper.blog/2019/05/22/should-students-be-financially-compensated-for-strike-action-by-lecturers/

I remember a few years ago one of my colleagues when I worked in the School of Physics & Astronomy at Cardiff University, Steven Baker, won an award for being the best STEM Technician in the cate...

https://telescoper.blog/2019/05/08/the-new-iop-physics-technician-award/

A couple of weeks ago I posted an item about planned job losses at Cardiff University during which I remarked that it seemed that a number of other universities are suffering financial problems. ...

https://telescoper.blog/2019/03/04/surrey-another-unsustainable-uk-university/

Just before I left on my travels last week I saw a rather depressing news item about Cardiff University. It seems that, after posting a deficit of £22.8 M last year, the University is planning t...

https://telescoper.blog/2019/02/20/cardiff-blues-sustainability-and-uk-universities/