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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · 1d

A little busy tonight 😊. Will get back to the chat tomorrow

Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · 2d

Which is why I am saying what we submit almost doesn’t matter (because I think most of us can tell a 2* from a 3/4*). Maybe AI could help more for submission selection in that sense-

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · 2d

I think panels do what they are asked- and work really hard the problem is what I have experienced during selection especially in “General Engineering” where submissions as so broad that reverting to JIFs to decide what is 3* and 4*

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · 2d

Very important and uplifting perspective on REF

Cathy Abbott @cathyabbott.bsky.social · 2d

There's been lots on this already. I think it would work in some circumstances but the submitting units that would be most disadvantaged would be the smaller, generally less well-funded. Panel members can spot hidden gems in a way AI wouldn't, I suspect. Might as well go back to JIFs!

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Cathy Abbott @cathyabbott.bsky.social · 2d

There's been lots on this already. I think it would work in some circumstances but the submitting units that would be most disadvantaged would be the smaller, generally less well-funded. Panel members can spot hidden gems in a way AI wouldn't, I suspect. Might as well go back to JIFs!

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · 2d

Btw this was never a criticism of the panels who I know work really hard along with everyone who tries to deliver REF. It was really in the context of a struggling sector and where efforts should be concentrated

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · 2d

Hi Cathy, thanks. You are right my perspective was entirely on big submitting units. From a positive angle, how can we use AI so it saves the sector some of the money spent on REF for outcomes that are predictable to focus on the unpredictable?

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · 2d

I have been thinking that a AI model should be able to predict REF outcomes and I believe that whatever papers are chosen for a submission outcomes won’t change much… anyone prepared to run an experiment?

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · 3d

If these headlines don’t reek of personality cult and dictatorship I don’t know what does. Didn’t realise he was 79, are the US going to get a big Jubilee next year?

Reuters @reuters.com · 4d

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 7d

💯 Academic social media was a game changer for scholars from traditionally less well-connected places.

Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 7d

Twitter revolutionised my career.

I learnt a huge amount about causal inference through #EpiTwitter.

And I met many amazing people who I've since had the joy of working with (Eg @epiellie.bsky.social, @epidbydesign.bsky.social, @robertwplatt.bsky.social, @jlrohmann.bsky.social, etc etc)

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 7d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · 7d

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · 9d

👋🏻👋🏻 I am going to try and convert useless scrolling time on instagram to some time on here then!

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · 10d

a green penguin with the number 6 on it

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · 10d

Glad to hear it! Motivating me to visit more often!

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Martin Stoermer @martinstoermer.bsky.social · 10d

Pretty happy in terms of the #chemsky content. Sure there’s heaps less signal than #chemtwitter at its peak but also vastly less noise. And people don’t shout at me for my non-chem opinions and musical tastes so that’s pretty nice.

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · 10d

I haven’t posted here in many months but LinkedIn is so depressing. Elon truly won, we had a space where we could talk without “keeping up appearances” now academics migrated to LinkedIn and it’s all polished edulcorated saccharine. Everyone back in the box. How is everyone getting on here?

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Anna DNP, FNP, BC@ AccessToCareAdvocate @anna1900.bsky.social · Jul 11

At least 798 people have died while seeking food at distribution points run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation simce late May, according to the UN. The GHF has faced criticism for breaching humanitarian impartiality and possible involvement in war crimes. #DontForgetGaza

Nearly 800 killed at Gaza food hubs and aid convoy routes since end of May, UN says

UN human rights office says 615 of the deaths were in vicinity of sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

www.theguardian.com

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 23

Too much international women in engineering day on LinkedIn so here I am. I applaud my (often junior) colleagues in engineering who patiently fill out form with their profile for their institution to boast about them on #IWED and then deny the existence of their struggles the rest of the year.

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 17

Btw you are in Glasgow next week!

Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

Indeed. Thanks for letting me rant!

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

That’s interesting. But there is more to you than the things you do, and we all have the potentials to have many different lives anyway and enjoyment of life can take many forms. But ultimately yes I believe that to continue living or not is your choice.

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

Mattered in the end

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

I mean it is really useful because it gives you a good idea of the panel conversation and I am grateful- but just feel a bit jaded that the think that tanked us had been addressed by reviewers has having been addressed. Reviewers reviewed and I spent days on the response and it seems neither really

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

Indeed- I also meant it gets worse as you get yourself in more senior rooms

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

Yes I got that, and it really genuinely made me think on whether then such a law would be better than not.

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