Anna Grey
@annamgrey.bsky.social
By day Director of Research and Innovation at Dundee University. By night, usually asleep. Data geek and research management guru. Plus knitting, singing and cat servant. Comments are in a personal capacity.
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Royal Mail have written a GDPR policy for their letter to Santa scheme that is a) pitched at children explaining how their data is used and b) fully committed to the existence of Father Christmas and it’s just… really cute
December 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Royal Mail have written a GDPR policy for their letter to Santa scheme that is a) pitched at children explaining how their data is used and b) fully committed to the existence of Father Christmas and it’s just… really cute
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Tablescaping? Or laying the table, as mere mortals I used to call it.
December 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Tablescaping? Or laying the table, as mere mortals I used to call it.
I approach polls on this as I approach discussions on scones, jam and cream. If it's part of your Christmas, so be it, it's your choice. Jam 1st v Cream 1st, whatever works for you. But I will die on the hill that crochet is not knitting (both are equally valid form of crafting) #GameOfWool
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.
But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I approach polls on this as I approach discussions on scones, jam and cream. If it's part of your Christmas, so be it, it's your choice. Jam 1st v Cream 1st, whatever works for you. But I will die on the hill that crochet is not knitting (both are equally valid form of crafting) #GameOfWool
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“The funders did not recognise my genius!” on one side and “But they will be sorry!!!” on the other. Picture of Victor von Doom shaking his fist optional.
December 2, 2025 at 9:05 AM
“The funders did not recognise my genius!” on one side and “But they will be sorry!!!” on the other. Picture of Victor von Doom shaking his fist optional.
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To be considered a genuine Cockney Christmas tree, you have to have been planted within the sound of the baubles.
December 2, 2025 at 7:29 AM
To be considered a genuine Cockney Christmas tree, you have to have been planted within the sound of the baubles.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Braithwaites in Dundee is a proper and rather fabulous purveyor of teas and coffees. Currently drinking their spiced tea blend and it is delicious.
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Braithwaites in Dundee is a proper and rather fabulous purveyor of teas and coffees. Currently drinking their spiced tea blend and it is delicious.
I've been brave and been to my dental checkup. I'm very lucky as I have a lovely practice, who support my anxiety brilliantly. But have they also designed drills to be much quieter (because that really helps!)
November 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I've been brave and been to my dental checkup. I'm very lucky as I have a lovely practice, who support my anxiety brilliantly. But have they also designed drills to be much quieter (because that really helps!)
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It's one of those official Scottish bank holidays on which not all banks or offices close, so that makes it harder to notice...
(But on English bank holidays that are not bank holidays in Scotland, we keeping hearing about it being a holiday on the news just to confuse us)
(But on English bank holidays that are not bank holidays in Scotland, we keeping hearing about it being a holiday on the news just to confuse us)
A national survey has revealed that almost four in 10 Scots are unable to identify the date of St Andrew’s Day 🏴
Four in ten Scots don't know the date of St Andrew's Day, poll finds
www.thenational.scot
November 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It's one of those official Scottish bank holidays on which not all banks or offices close, so that makes it harder to notice...
(But on English bank holidays that are not bank holidays in Scotland, we keeping hearing about it being a holiday on the news just to confuse us)
(But on English bank holidays that are not bank holidays in Scotland, we keeping hearing about it being a holiday on the news just to confuse us)
You know that bit in the first Indiana Jones, with the screaming angels at the end? Yeah, well that's what it sounds like in my office at the moment, with the wind howling outside (and let's not dwell on the creaking noises). It's quite unnerving.
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
You know that bit in the first Indiana Jones, with the screaming angels at the end? Yeah, well that's what it sounds like in my office at the moment, with the wind howling outside (and let's not dwell on the creaking noises). It's quite unnerving.
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Wake up to 400 emails on how I can hide my money from the Chancellor and, as ever, it's good to see the generous, warm-hearted, UK press in action.
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Wake up to 400 emails on how I can hide my money from the Chancellor and, as ever, it's good to see the generous, warm-hearted, UK press in action.
Importantly, Nurse goes on to say that we need to fully fund research, including sufficient funds to employ administrative staff.
We could start by taking professional research services seriously, start listening to them and stop pretending we can replace them by AI and self-services systems
We could start by taking professional research services seriously, start listening to them and stop pretending we can replace them by AI and self-services systems
UK ‘making research scientists suffer’, warns Paul Nurse.
Bureaucracy must be cut to stop skilled researchers being forced into “trivial tasks”, urges geneticist.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Bureaucracy must be cut to stop skilled researchers being forced into “trivial tasks”, urges geneticist.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
UK ‘making research scientists suffer’, warns Paul Nurse - Research Professional News
Bureaucracy must be cut to stop skilled researchers being forced into “trivial tasks”, urges geneticist
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Importantly, Nurse goes on to say that we need to fully fund research, including sufficient funds to employ administrative staff.
We could start by taking professional research services seriously, start listening to them and stop pretending we can replace them by AI and self-services systems
We could start by taking professional research services seriously, start listening to them and stop pretending we can replace them by AI and self-services systems
Do I read the SFC conditions of funding for Dundee that have been published this evening or do I just go to bed? How is my stress level?
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Do I read the SFC conditions of funding for Dundee that have been published this evening or do I just go to bed? How is my stress level?
Just watching Poison Water, excellent documentary from the BBC. I remember the Camelford incident but not much about the cause of the impact. Dear god, what an arrogant cess pit politics was in the 80s. I had forgotten that.
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Just watching Poison Water, excellent documentary from the BBC. I remember the Camelford incident but not much about the cause of the impact. Dear god, what an arrogant cess pit politics was in the 80s. I had forgotten that.
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Neurological disorders cost the EU & USA >$1.7T annually, yet effective neurotech is limited by surgical complexity.
We’re scoping a programme to build brain surgery-free interfaces, allowing responsive, outpatient therapies for earlier intervention. ↓
link.aria.org.uk/SNI-MSN-thes...
We’re scoping a programme to build brain surgery-free interfaces, allowing responsive, outpatient therapies for earlier intervention. ↓
link.aria.org.uk/SNI-MSN-thes...
Scalable Neural Interfaces
Neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders have overwhelming societal and economic impacts. We need a new suite of tools that enable us to interface, at scale, with the human brain.
link.aria.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Neurological disorders cost the EU & USA >$1.7T annually, yet effective neurotech is limited by surgical complexity.
We’re scoping a programme to build brain surgery-free interfaces, allowing responsive, outpatient therapies for earlier intervention. ↓
link.aria.org.uk/SNI-MSN-thes...
We’re scoping a programme to build brain surgery-free interfaces, allowing responsive, outpatient therapies for earlier intervention. ↓
link.aria.org.uk/SNI-MSN-thes...
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Ponteland College of Education
I think this may have been associated with what is now Northumbria University; the site itself is now housing, judging by google maps
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
I think this may have been associated with what is now Northumbria University; the site itself is now housing, judging by google maps
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Ponteland College of Education
I think this may have been associated with what is now Northumbria University; the site itself is now housing, judging by google maps
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
I think this may have been associated with what is now Northumbria University; the site itself is now housing, judging by google maps
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
I need to use the recruitment system. Can't even begin to explain the level of blood pressure inducing rage it creates. It makes the 7th circle of hell look like an appealing holiday destination. Why are HEIs so bad at purchasing corporates systems? (don't tell me, I already know)
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I need to use the recruitment system. Can't even begin to explain the level of blood pressure inducing rage it creates. It makes the 7th circle of hell look like an appealing holiday destination. Why are HEIs so bad at purchasing corporates systems? (don't tell me, I already know)
I don't know about other committees, but if you've ever watched the Scottish Parliament Education Committee asking about HE, I can assure you, the MSPs are very good at asking difficult questions.
One frustration of watching MPs ask questions for an hour is that they're not very good at it. Prescott has not been asked about the fairly glaring errors in his own report – that *it misquoted Trump in exactly the same way it says Panorama did*
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I don't know about other committees, but if you've ever watched the Scottish Parliament Education Committee asking about HE, I can assure you, the MSPs are very good at asking difficult questions.
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of where @qmuniversity.bsky.social started out - its the Royal Scottish Museum, now part of the National Museum of Scotland
Queen Margaret University used rooms here for teaching
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
Queen Margaret University used rooms here for teaching
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of where @qmuniversity.bsky.social started out - its the Royal Scottish Museum, now part of the National Museum of Scotland
Queen Margaret University used rooms here for teaching
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
Queen Margaret University used rooms here for teaching
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
I'm sort of enjoying #GameOfWool but knitting and crochet are not the same (and what is a granny square stitch?!). But the main issue is what you can physically knit in 12 hours is pretty limited.
"He's used up every crochet stitch he knows," almost as if he was under the impression he'd joined a knitting competition #GameOfWool
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'm sort of enjoying #GameOfWool but knitting and crochet are not the same (and what is a granny square stitch?!). But the main issue is what you can physically knit in 12 hours is pretty limited.
We seem to have reached the point where every Christmas movie is either a Hallmark type movie or a remake of A Christmas Carol. (And they aren't even showing the best version of A Christmas Carol)
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We seem to have reached the point where every Christmas movie is either a Hallmark type movie or a remake of A Christmas Carol. (And they aren't even showing the best version of A Christmas Carol)
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Oberbaumbrücke, 1961 - when it served as a border crossing between East and West Berlin
November 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Oberbaumbrücke, 1961 - when it served as a border crossing between East and West Berlin