This book is now available to purchase in paperback for the very reasonable (and curiously precise) sum of £17.02 (+postage)! Purchase here: www.lulu.com/shop/brittan.... Or still read online for free here: teaching-programming.github.io/book/

Dr William Kay@willpkay.bsky.social · last mo.

And that book is now published! Free here: teaching-programming.github.io/book/ Phenomenal work by the editors. Pleased to have co-authored two chapters w/ @chrissuthy.bsky.social @talom.bsky.social @chrisoldnall.bsky.social @brittneuropsych.bsky.social @colquhoun.bsky.social Rob Young & Ozan Evkaya

Hugely enjoyed the last two days at #Burwalls 2026, Aston University 🌞 Excellent discussions; from trends in misuse of #statistics to shaping curricula for a #data literate society 📊 I presented an example of how to teach statistics using biscuits! 🍪 Also loved exploring Birmingham's Shoreditch 🧑‍🎨

And that book is now published! Free here: teaching-programming.github.io/book/ Phenomenal work by the editors. Pleased to have co-authored two chapters w/ @chrissuthy.bsky.social @talom.bsky.social @chrisoldnall.bsky.social @brittneuropsych.bsky.social @colquhoun.bsky.social Rob Young & Ozan Evkaya

Dr Brittany Blankinship@brittneuropsych.bsky.social · 2mo ago

As you may or may not know, our community of coding and data educators who teach outside of traditional computer science settings has been WRITING A BOOK over the past 16 months, and this book will be launching on June 22nd! 📖🚀 📚Teaching Programming Across Disciplines

A pleasure to be at CREEM, @uniofstandrews.bsky.social today and yesterday for an invited seminar on quantitative education for ecologists. My first time visiting the Observatory. An energising couple of days! @fergusjchadwick.bsky.social @chrissuthy.bsky.social @talom.bsky.social

Reform Vs Green. Hate Vs Hope. Hundreds and hundreds of people out on the streets today making sure hope wins. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Gorton and Denton by-election: Zack Polanski urges 'hope over hate'

Zack Polanski joined candidate Hannah Spencer, a councillor and plumber, on the campaign trail.

bbc.co.uk

Immigration is good for this country! Let the truth ring out 🔔

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7mo ago

"The question is whether political leaders are brave enough to speak the truth? Immigration is good for this country and that we have a clear, moral responsibility to protect those failed by global injustice and political neglect." observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Watching the total donations shooting up after the Xmas Day Message is so beautiful. Thank you all! 💚🎄 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...

Together in Solidarity

At Calais Appeal, we come together with varied areas of expertise to provide essential support. We are committed to continuing this essential network of solidarity, but we need your support to do so.

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Bold Politics@boldpolitics.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Let's choose kindness in 2026. youtu.be/lopMMkz0law

The real man of the people. A far more important, memorable, and humanitarian Christmas message than the "King's" speech. Great work @zackpolanski.bsky.social. Merry Christmas indeed. #kind2026

Bold Politics@boldpolitics.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Let's choose kindness in 2026. youtu.be/lopMMkz0law

A Christmas Day tale in 3 parts. 1) Steve Reed - Housing Minister - launches a Xmas Day attack. 2) It's the Labour Governments usual shit. 3) join.greenparty.org.uk Merry Xmas! www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...

Exclusive: Cabinet Minister Brands Zack Polanski A 'Con Artist' In Outspoken Attack

Steve Reed also suggested the Green Party leader is immoral.

huffingtonpost.co.uk

Some really (and qualifiedly) good news from Cardiff UCU @cardiffucu.bsky.social : No redundancies next year, no downgrading of professional services staff. And all without the need for disruptive industrial action, which nobody at all wants. nation.cymru/news/cardiff...

Cardiff University agrees to no compulsory redundancies in 2026

Martin Shipton Union members at Cardiff University have welcomed “major concessions” from management including no compulsory redundancies in 2026 in an ongoing dispute about job cuts and working condi...

nation.cymru

Today's the day! This is looking to be a very well attended session! Exciting!

Dr William Kay@willpkay.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Excited to host #BES2025 Thematic Session next week! The future of quantitative learning and literacy in ecology. 16 Dec 16:00-18:00 Edinburgh EICC @fiebergjohn.bsky.social @nhcooper123.bsky.social @fergusjchadwick.bsky.social @talom.bsky.social @chrissuthy.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org

Excited to host #BES2025 Thematic Session next week! The future of quantitative learning and literacy in ecology. 16 Dec 16:00-18:00 Edinburgh EICC @fiebergjohn.bsky.social @nhcooper123.bsky.social @fergusjchadwick.bsky.social @talom.bsky.social @chrissuthy.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org

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!)

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

~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...

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

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 · last yr.

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

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

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

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

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 · last yr.

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

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 · last yr.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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.

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...

nation.cymru

For the urgent attention of university vice-chancellors.

Steve Most@sbmost.bsky.social · last yr.

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

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