David Colwill
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David Colwill
@majikmutton
Doctor of ancient history. Specialist in Middle Republic Rome, and Roman genocide. Widening access. Bibliophile. Technophile. Dinosaurophile.
Cardiff, UK Katılım Şubat 2009
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Can't believe this amazing widening access outreach programme is 10 years old already 🎂🎉
Congrats to @SHAREWyatt and all the post-grad coordinators and student volunteers who have made it such a success for the children of Cardiff and the Valleys 🎓⚱️🙂
cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2498…
Dave 💙@SHAREWyatt
@SHAREwithSchool is 10 today!Students own it: @sherd_nerd @CathH_Underwood @DrAndrewR_CU @AbdulAzim @BalkanCaveman @LaiqahOsman @FatouSambe1 @ClareParry_ @NeighbourJack @MedievalMJJ @td_george @majikmutton @cadanceloretta @jewsonDan @BassettHayleye See: cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2498…
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@SHAREWyatt @SHAREwithSchool @sherd_nerd @CathH_Underwood @DrAndrewR_CU @AbdulAzim @BalkanCaveman @LaiqahOsman @FatouSambe1 @ClareParry_ @NeighbourJack @MedievalMJJ @td_george @cadanceloretta @jewsonDan @BassettHayleye Double digits! Absolutely amazing! 👏 Such an brilliant programme to have reached so many local children over the years. A privilege to have been part of: the skills and experience working with SwS offered has certainly helped my employment in WP outreach 🙂🎓⚱️
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Just donated to the Stonehenge appeal fund, last chance to prevent permanent damage to the prehistoric world heritage site
crowdjustice.com/case/save-ston…
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@jarede ...hmmm ... I _think_ maybe ... But it might have been in the context of a wider topic? I've still got a few files from history GCSE but they're all Battle of Britain and Dunkirk
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@majikmutton am i misremembering... did we do the slave trade in year 9 or maybe GCSE history?
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Bet you never knew #Santa uses treats you leave out to recharge his batteries, did you?🔋⚡️ Thankfully he's a #scientist so he can use some zinc and copper to make sure that #Rudolph's nose is nice and bright later tonight🔦🦌🎅🛷🎄
Thanks to @megjlow for this #XPeriMas idea!🥼
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The last one! It's a #ChristmasEve #XPeriMas making a #ChristmasDinner Battery What if Santa needs to recharge Rudolph's nose so he can see tonight? Well, thankfully you left out some treats for him to make a new battery out… hopefullynothinggoesboom.com/2019/12/24/x-p…
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If you've ever seen dancing raisins and thought... I wish they were bright pink then look no further
This #XPeriMas is about density and making floaters sink....
Try it out, make a Cartesian Diver or just add a party #science #STEM trick to your gin and tonic this #Christmas
Hopefully Nothing Goes Boom@hngBOOM
#XPeriMas 17 - That Sinking Feeling.. This is all about whether things sink or float... and whether you can change that! Try this experiment out and see if you can make a floater sink or a sinker float! #Science #STEM… hopefullynothinggoesboom.com/2019/12/18/x-p…
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This week @philjemmett is doing science concepts as fairy tales. See if you can guess from his description what my suggestion was
Phil Jemmett@philjemmett
A request (@majikmutton) A long time ago, the creatures in the world were tiny and just little blobs of goop floating in the sea🦠 One day the air was filled with oxygen🌬️which was nice to breathe so over time they developed💪arms+legs🦵so they could wear t-shirts👕+sunbathe😎
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Dear Science Friends 👋🤔 worst headlines you've seen for missing the point/wilfully misinterpreting results from research?📰🗞️I'm after examples + will reward you with💷😎
That's right, the reward is emojis🥼🧪🏆 #SciComm #ScienceTwitter #Science #SciTweeps #AcademicTwitter
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@StephJAtherton @philjemmett @EJStrange13 But if it's an environmental/mechanical thing, why do we only have fingerprints on hands (and feet I presume but I'm on the train so I'm not checking…) and not all over the body? We must have answers.
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@philjemmett @Alex_tee Unfortunately most of the pub quizes I know are themed "cultural touchstones that no-one under 45 would get".
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@majikmutton @Alex_tee She did indeed!
If we can find a quiz with physical chemistry, Roman genocide and animal microbiome rounds I think we are in with a shot of winning you know ....
Have you seen any of those?
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The day after graduating with a Ph.D. researching chickens a pub quiz question about bird anatomy... @Alex_tee
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Well it's on paper now, so I suppose I can say it. As of today, I am officially Dr Strazzulla 🙂
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@philjemmett By the way you'd have *loved* the dodgy clip art logo I made for the group! I think it's right up your street.
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Hey #wideningparticipation #outreachworks #wearencop Twitter folks, I'm looking for some WP literature for an outreach practitioners study group I'm running.
Any suggestions? 🧐
What're your must-reads?
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@EduDetective Hi Alex, yes I did thank you! I wrote down most of your biblio on the day too just in case! I'll definitely be using some/most/all of them.
I'll take a look into the UCL seminars, thanks for the heads up.
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@majikmutton Also whilst I think about it, UCL are running a series of 7 wp seminars over the summer which look really good. Think they're free.
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@SHAREWyatt hoping you might be able to make some good suggestions!
David Colwill@majikmutton
Hey #wideningparticipation #outreachworks #wearencop Twitter folks, I'm looking for some WP literature for an outreach practitioners study group I'm running. Any suggestions? 🧐 What're your must-reads?
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