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Cameron Patrick @cameronpat.bsky.social · 27d

eight years as a statistical consultant and ecologists still manage to collect weird data that I'm not immediately sure what to do with

(it's fun though!)

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William Kay @willpkay.bsky.social · Sep 9

Can't seem to DM you.. feel free to drop me an email ([email protected])

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William Kay @willpkay.bsky.social · Sep 9

Yes, and it will be recorded. I'll DM you the details.

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William Kay @willpkay.bsky.social · Sep 8

I'm excited to share that this Wednesday (10th Sept at 12:00 BST) I'll be presenting this year's first National Centre for Statistical Ecology (NCSE) invited seminar: "How should we train the next generation of statistical ecologists?" #ecology #rstats

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William Kay @willpkay.bsky.social · Sep 4

~4hrs of work planned for the journey this morning with @transportforwales.bsky.social only to find, yet again, that the WiFi won't connect. Very disappointing. Appears to be a consistent issue on trains on the Holyhead line...

William Kay @willpkay.bsky.social · Sep 4

Very wet and early start this morning to travel to Liverpool for CETL-MSOR 2025!

William Kay @willpkay.bsky.social · Jul 31

The RoSE conference is now live! A marathon 13 hr day of talks all about statistics education - what more could you want? It's not too late to join - register at this link: forms.gle/ebM2kPyYAhbv.... #RoSE2025Conf #StatsEd #EduSky #statistics

RoSE Network @rosenetwork.bsky.social · Jul 10

Do your students suffer from statistics anxiety? Don't miss our free #StatsEd conference on July 31st, and learn more about who struggles with statistics and potential solutions! Register to attend here: bit.ly/roseconferen... #EduSky #statistics #teaching #mathanxiety

RoSE Network 2025 e-Conference Statistics Anxiety Talks:

- Do neurodivergent individuals have higher statistics and mathematics anxiety? Evaluating evidence from the STARs study

- How do Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs) impact statistics anxiety and attainment? Insights from a secondary analysis

- Exploring Undergraduate Students' Expectations for Psychology Statistics Courses

- The Psychological Benefits of Collaborative Mock Exams: Examining Effects on Statistics Anxiety and Academic Self-Efficacy

- Who Struggles with Stats? A Meta-Analysis of the Prevalence and Predictors of Statistics Anxiety

- How to tackle anxiety about statistics – the student perspective

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RoSE Network @rosenetwork.bsky.social · Jul 10

Do your students suffer from statistics anxiety? Don't miss our free #StatsEd conference on July 31st, and learn more about who struggles with statistics and potential solutions! Register to attend here: bit.ly/roseconferen... #EduSky #statistics #teaching #mathanxiety

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William Kay @willpkay.bsky.social · Jun 25

On the move again, this time to the Year 2 Coastal Ecology field course in Dale, Pembrokeshire.

William Kay @willpkay.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thoroughly enjoyed my day return to Glasgow University for @ukcots.bsky.social #UKCOTS25. Another city with stunning architecture.

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James Bartlett @bartlettje.bsky.social · Jun 20

Nearly there #UKCOTS2025! Looking forward to meeting everyone at the pre-conference social on Monday. Just need to make sure I make the registration desk for 8am on Tuesday...

UK Conference on Teaching Statistics @ukcots.bsky.social · Jun 20

We have almost reached #UKCOTS2025!

We hope everyone has safe travels and remember to check out the delegate information section of the website for advice on travel and social events: www.ukcots.org/delegates.html

UKCOTS 25 - Delegate Information – UKCOTS 25

www.ukcots.org

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William Kay @willpkay.bsky.social · Jun 21

As both an academic staff member at Cardiff University and an active seafarer (volunteer lifeboat coxswain), this is devastating news.

Andy Williams @llantwit.bsky.social · Jun 21

Cardiff UCU:
“What we see with examples like this, and there are many other examples throughout the university, is the less reported side of the disastrous and unnecessary widespread cuts that Cardiff University's management have brought in this year.”
www.nautilusint.org/en/news-insi...

Seafarers' health and welfare research gets the chop as Cardiff shutters SIRC

The renowned Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC) – which was set up in 1995 on the initiative of Nautilus International General Secretary Mark Dickinson who at the time ran the ITF Seafarer...

www.nautilusint.org

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RoSE Network @rosenetwork.bsky.social · Jun 21

Good news, researchers and educators in #StatsEd! The RoSE 2025 e-conference registration has just opened up! Sign up for our free international conference happening July 31st here: bit.ly/roseconferen...

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William Kay @willpkay.bsky.social · May 21

Interested in external training courses on biological data analysis (and more!)? Follow @prstats.bsky.social! I've taught on their courses and sent students to them. I'd highly recommend! I attended my first spatial analysis course with them back in 2016. Website: www.prstats.org

www.prstats.org

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PR Stats @prstats.bsky.social · May 20

Online Course - Live and Online

Full course details and registration:
www.prstats.org/course/onlin...

#SpeciesDistributionModelling #BayesianStatistics
#EcologicalModelling #RStats #QuantitativeEcology
#SpatialEcology #EnvironmentalDataScience
#Biostatistics #EcologyTraining #StatisticalModelling

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PR Stats @prstats.bsky.social · May 21

Live & Online

Sep 22nd–26th
Instructor: Dr. Neftalí Sillero

Key concepts, data preparation, model calibration and validation.

Registration:
www.prstats.org/course/speci...

#SpeciesDistribution #Ecology #RStats #SpatialAnalysis #ENM #SDM #EcologicalModelling #EnvironmentalScience #RProgramming

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William Kay @willpkay.bsky.social · Apr 19

Very pleased to share the news that I'm now a Lifeboat Coxswain at @SevernRescue. This comes after 3 years of training with SARA Newport, and ~5 years of prior service as Crew with @TheMumblesRNLI @RNLI.

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Leighton Andrews @leightonandrews.bsky.social · Mar 12

Six weeks ago today I and 1806 other academics @cardiffuni were told our jobs were at risk of redundancy.

Six weeks on, and the University has failed to give us information promised in the consultation document which is crucial to the submission of critiques by Friday.

nation.cymru/news/cardiff...

Cardiff University releases breakdown of academics 'in scope' for redundancy

Martin Shipton Cardiff University has released to Nation.Cymru the breakdown by School of the 1,807 academics who have been told their jobs are “in scope” to be cut. The university announced in Januar...

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Rob Thomas @robthomasbirds.bsky.social · Mar 15

For the urgent attention of university vice-chancellors.

Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · Mar 14

This story is apocryphal, but I can’t stop thinking about it

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · Mar 10

Its frustrating since there are a lot of statistical misunderstandings found in even the most prestigious medical journals, so they become enshrined as "correct" but contradict the expert statistician's understanding.

statsepi.substack.com/p/how-bad-st...

How bad statistical practices drive away the good ones

I am interested in research integrity and reproducibility.

statsepi.substack.com

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Christopher Satoor @nieaufgehenderrest.bsky.social · Mar 10

"Education Is Not A Product. The Students Are Not Customers. The Professors Are Not Tools. The University Is Not A Factory."

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Andy Williams @llantwit.bsky.social · Mar 10

I just a BBC Radio Wales interview for Cardiff UCU.
Cardiff Uni needs to work in true social partnership with the Union, and draw on its millions in available ££ to fund a more gradual recovery which doesn’t destroy 400+ jobs & irreparably harm the University/Wales.
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youtu.be/tqjaFuFdESM?...

Dr Andy Williams from Cardiff UCU on the struggle to save 400+ jobs at Cardiff Uni. 10.03.25

YouTube video by Llantwit1977

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Masud Husain @masudhusain.bsky.social · Mar 6

Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

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Rob Thomas @robthomasbirds.bsky.social · Feb 27

Correct me if I'm wrong, but are we supposed to be celebrating the news that after Cardiff University gives up on training nurses, the Welsh Government scales up its recruitment of nurses from other countries that *can* be bothered to train nurses on our behalf?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Indian nurses to help fill 2,000 NHS vacancies

The arrival of 200 Indian nurses in Wales is welcomed - but a union warns of far greater shortages.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · Feb 23

Dystopian mismanagement. "There is no trust left. Even before the hammer fell, a survey found that only 31% of staff said they trusted the University Executive Board to be honest in their communications. People are also terrified."

Andy Williams @llantwit.bsky.social · Feb 21

Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University, by an anonymous academic.
This is truly shocking read.
The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame.
voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...

Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University -

Reading Time: 4 minutesBy an anonymous academic. Cover image by Adwitiya Pal On the second day of classes…

voice.cymru

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