#university-college-london — Public Fediverse posts

You might have encountered me IRL if you're associated with

workplaces: #PlymouthUniversity, #UniversityOfCambridge, #CambridgeAssessment, #UniversityCollegeLondon

educational institutions: #GirtonCollege, #UniversityOfCambridge, #BournemouthSchool, #TorquayBoysGrammarSchool

locations: #Sawston, #Ivybridge, #BrixtonDevon, #Torbay, #Parkstone.

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You might have encountered me IRL if you're associated with

workplaces: #PlymouthUniversity, #UniversityOfCambridge, #CambridgeAssessment, #UniversityCollegeLondon

educational institutions: #GirtonCollege, #UniversityOfCambridge, #BournemouthSchool, #TorquayBoysGrammarSchool

locations: #Sawston, #Ivybridge, #BrixtonDevon, #Torbay, #Parkstone.

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I've been on here for a while, but in this new era of having my real name as my display name, it's finally time to write an #introduction post. I spend most of my time being a full-time #carer for an unwell member of my family. Before that, I was a lecturer in mechanical and marine #engineering at #PlymouthUniversity, and before that a postdoc researching various bits of #environmentalPhysics and #engineeringFluidMechanics at the #UniversityOfCambridge and #UniversityCollegeLondon...

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I've been on here for a while, but in this new era of having my real name as my display name, it's finally time to write an #introduction post. I spend most of my time being a full-time #carer for an unwell member of my family. Before that, I was a lecturer in mechanical and marine #engineering at #PlymouthUniversity, and before that a postdoc researching various bits of #environmentalPhysics and #engineeringFluidMechanics at the #UniversityOfCambridge and #UniversityCollegeLondon...

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Tuesday 20 May 2025, 7.00-10.00, North Herts for Europe Rejoin Roundtable, featuring 'The Impact of Brexit on UK Science' with James Gilbert (University College London), in Holy Saviour Church Hall, Radcliffe Rd, Hitchin SG5 1QG

Sign up for it on our ticketing page, so we have a rough idea of how many people to expect. Free tickets here, https://buytickets.at/northhertsforeurope/1693371

#UCL #UniversityCollegeLondon #Brexit #BrexitBritain #BrexitBrokeBritain #BrexitLies #UK #Politics #UKPolitics
#UKPol #EU #RejoinEU #NorthHerts #Hitchin #Letchworth #Baldock #Royston

A week or so ago I posted an item about the Edgeworth family that included a reference to Kenneth Edgeworth, an amateur astronomer of some note who first posited the existence of what is now known as the Kuiper belt. Here’s another interesting connection. Kenneth Edgeworth was born in 1880 in Daramona House in Street in County Westmeath. The owner of this house was Edgeworth’s uncle, another astronomer called William Edward Wilson who built an observatory next to Daramona House.

Here are pictures of (left) house and (right) the observatory, neither of look in particularly good condition!

After independence many of the large houses owned by the rich English who had run Ireland until then fell into disrepair or were destroyed.

Anyway, on top of the two-storey observatory building there used to be a dome that housed a 24″ Grubb reflecting telescope. Here’s an old picture showing what it looked like in better times, around 1900:

The dome is no longer there, and neither is the telescope. The latter was donated to the University of London in 1925 eventually housed in the Observatory at Mill Hill, now run by University College London. Here is an excerpt from the history of the University of London Observatory:

W.E. Wilson established an observatory at Daramona, Street, County Westmeath, in 1871 and equipped it with a 12-inch equatorial reflector by Grubb. Wilson (born in 1851, elected FRS in 1896, an original member of the BAA, awarded an honorary DSc by the University of Dublin in 1901, High Sheriff of Co. Westmeath in 1894), observed the transit of Venus in 1882 and solar eclipses at Oran in 1870 and Spain in 1900, published many papers in Proc. R. Soc, Proc. R. Dublin Soc., Proc. R. Irish Acad., etc., and died in 1908) enlarged his observatory in 1881 and installed a 24-inch reflector by Grubb on the mounting previously used for the 12-inch reflector. Ten years later a new mounting was constructed. It is this mounting which was moved to Mill Hill in 1928. Dr. Wilson used his telescope to make some of the best photographs of his time of star clusters and nebulae, and he worked extensively on problems of solar physics and the solar constant. The telescope may be used in Newtonian and Cassegrain forms; the focal length of the mirror is 10 feet and the equivalent focal length at the Cassegrain focus is approximately 42 feet. The telescope was moved in 1928 from Ireland to University College, where minor modifications were made to the focussing arrangements and plate-holder, and an electric motor was added to rewind the driving clock automatically.

The Wilson telescope was retired from active service in 1974 and moved to the World Museum in Liverpool where, as far as I know, it remains on display to this day.

https://telescoper.blog/2024/11/03/another-edgeworth-connection/

#24ReflectingTelescope #astronomy #CountyWestmeath #DaramondaHouse #HowardGrubb #observatory #Street #ThomasGrubb #UniversityCollegeLondon #WilliamEdwardWilson

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ Tom Taylor ✧

Tom Taylor (1817–1880) was an English dramatist, public servant and writer. After a brief academic career in English literature and language at University College London in the 1840s, Taylor practised law and became a civil servant. At the same time he became a journalist, most prominently as a contributor to and eventually the editor of the magazine Punch. He...

#UniversityCollegeLondon #Punch #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Taylor

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ Tom Taylor ✧

Tom Taylor (1817–1880) was an English dramatist, public servant and writer. After a brief academic career in English literature and language at University College London in the 1840s, Taylor practised law and became a civil servant. At the same time he became a journalist, most prominently as a contributor to and eventually the editor of the magazine Punch. He...

#UniversityCollegeLondon #Punch #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Taylor

"We finally know why some people got COVID while others didn’t"

by Marko Nikolic, Kaylee Worlock, UCL
Published: June 28, 2024 11:46am EDT

https://theconversation.com/we-finally-know-why-some-people-got-covid-while-others-didnt-233063

#COVID19 #ChallengeTrial #UniversityCollegeLondon

"We finally know why some people got COVID while others didn’t"

by Marko Nikolic, Kaylee Worlock, UCL
Published: June 28, 2024 11:46am EDT

https://theconversation.com/we-finally-know-why-some-people-got-covid-while-others-didnt-233063

#COVID19 #ChallengeTrial #UniversityCollegeLondon

⚽ 🏆 Rassismus nach Sportereignissen?
Eine aktuelle soziologische Studie von Wissenschaftlern der #UniKöln, der #UniUtrecht und dem #UniversityCollegeLondon zeigt, dass Sportgroßereignisse wie die Fußball-EM 2020 zu einem Anstieg rassistischer Hasskriminalität führen können.

Fans mit negativen Voreinstellungen gegenüber Minderheiten sind besonders anfällig für Gewalt.

Mehr dazu ➡️ https://uni.koeln/42TV9

📄 Die Studie wird bald in Sociological Science erscheinen 👇
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382117881_Three_Lions_or_Three_Scapegoats_Racial_Hate_Crime_in_the_Wake_of_the_Euro_2020_Final_in_London

⚽ 🏆 Rassismus nach Sportereignissen?
Eine aktuelle soziologische Studie von Wissenschaftlern der #UniKöln, der #UniUtrecht und dem #UniversityCollegeLondon zeigt, dass Sportgroßereignisse wie die Fußball-EM 2020 zu einem Anstieg rassistischer Hasskriminalität führen können.

Fans mit negativen Voreinstellungen gegenüber Minderheiten sind besonders anfällig für Gewalt.

Mehr dazu ➡️ https://uni.koeln/42TV9

📄 Die Studie wird bald in Sociological Science erscheinen 👇
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382117881_Three_Lions_or_Three_Scapegoats_Racial_Hate_Crime_in_the_Wake_of_the_Euro_2020_Final_in_London

ICYMI: since Weds, #UCL students have been occupying the Jeremy Bentham Room, declaring it an #Apartheid Free Zone 🥹❤️🇵🇸

Today they're hosting a teach in, banner & zine making workshops ✊

If in central London, why not drop by & support them? 🤝

https://www.instagram.com/p/C4h6_Q3Al-E/

@academicchatter @academicsunite
#UKHE #UniversityCollegeLondon #Palestine #Protest #Boycott #Weapons #BDS #Solidarity #Israel #Gaza #Genocide #EthnicCleansing #IDF #Military #Abolition #Divestment #SocialJustice #Violence #Peace

ICYMI: since Weds, #UCL students have been occupying the Jeremy Bentham Room, declaring it an #Apartheid Free Zone 🥹❤️🇵🇸

Today they're hosting a teach in, banner & zine making workshops ✊

If in central London, why not drop by & support them? 🤝

https://www.instagram.com/p/C4h6_Q3Al-E/

@academicchatter @academicsunite
#UKHE #UniversityCollegeLondon #Palestine #Protest #Boycott #Weapons #BDS #Solidarity #Israel #Gaza #Genocide #EthnicCleansing #IDF #Military #Abolition #Divestment #SocialJustice #Violence #Peace

One month to go until our next webinar 'Social Media and Ethics'

Date: Wed 21st Feb
Time: 10:00-11:00 GMT
Speaker: Dr Nicolas Gold, Associate Professor, University College London

This webinar discusses these ethical concerns that require a combination of thoughtful consideration, adherence to research guidelines, and engagement with relevant stakeholders, including social media platforms and users.

Reserve your space https://zurl.co/Cabn
#SocialMedia #UniversityCollegeLondon #Ethics

One month to go until our next webinar 'Social Media and Ethics'

Date: Wed 21st Feb
Time: 10:00-11:00 GMT
Speaker: Dr Nicolas Gold, Associate Professor, University College London

This webinar discusses these ethical concerns that require a combination of thoughtful consideration, adherence to research guidelines, and engagement with relevant stakeholders, including social media platforms and users.

Reserve your space https://zurl.co/Cabn
#SocialMedia #UniversityCollegeLondon #Ethics

Health inequalities ‘caused 1m early deaths in England in last decade’ | Inequality | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2024/jan/08/england-deaths-inequality-poverty-austerity-covid-study-public-health

#Health
#Inequalities
#EarlyDeath
#PrematureDeath
#Poverty
#Austerity
#Covid
#InstituteOfHealthEquity
#UniversityCollegeLondon
#ONS
#HealthInequalitiesLivesCutShort
#ExcessDeaths

Health inequalities ‘caused 1m early deaths in England in last decade’ | Inequality | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2024/jan/08/england-deaths-inequality-poverty-austerity-covid-study-public-health

#Health
#Inequalities
#EarlyDeath
#PrematureDeath
#Poverty
#Austerity
#Covid
#InstituteOfHealthEquity
#UniversityCollegeLondon
#ONS
#HealthInequalitiesLivesCutShort
#ExcessDeaths

Eight major arms companies give UK universities £100m | openDemocracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/universities-millions-defence-companies-israel-gaza/

#Universities
#UniversityFunding
#IsraeliUKArmsTrade
#RussellGroup
#LockheedMartin
#BAESystems
#Raytheon
#RTX
#Boeing
#GeneralDynamic
#NorthropGrumman
#RollsRoyce
#UniversityCollegeLondon
#SheffieldUni
#OxfordUni
#CambridgeUni
#CampaignAgainstTheArmsTrade
#CAAT

Eight major arms companies give UK universities £100m | openDemocracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/universities-millions-defence-companies-israel-gaza/

#Universities
#UniversityFunding
#IsraeliUKArmsTrade
#RussellGroup
#LockheedMartin
#BAESystems
#Raytheon
#RTX
#Boeing
#GeneralDynamic
#NorthropGrumman
#RollsRoyce
#UniversityCollegeLondon
#SheffieldUni
#OxfordUni
#CambridgeUni
#CampaignAgainstTheArmsTrade
#CAAT

A daytime nap is good for the brain

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65950168

I don't need any excuse to take a nap!

#Sleep #Nap #Brain #Health #UniversityCollegeLondon #UCL #UniversityOfEdinburgh #BritishNeuroscienceAssociation #UKBiobank #DNA #SleepHealth #Dementia #Alzheimers

A daytime nap is good for the brain

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65950168

I don't need any excuse to take a nap!

#Sleep #Nap #Brain #Health #UniversityCollegeLondon #UCL #UniversityOfEdinburgh #BritishNeuroscienceAssociation #UKBiobank #DNA #SleepHealth #Dementia #Alzheimers

The Men / Small-Penises / Fast-Cars Research Study https://improbable.com/2023/01/10/the-men-small-penises-fast-cars-research-study/ #UCL #UniversityCollegeLondon

The Men / Small-Penises / Fast-Cars Research Study https://improbable.com/2023/01/10/the-men-small-penises-fast-cars-research-study/ #UCL #UniversityCollegeLondon

#GoodNewsForNature
#BadNewsForLogging
#UniversityCollegeLondon 🇬🇧
#UCL researchers using a 3D scanning technique estimate the above ground carbon stores are almost double previous estimates. Giving a #WinWinForNature. This means that #ClearCutting would result in double the loss in carbon value.
#NoHighProductionForestry
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-uk-woodlands-carbon-previously.html

📢 We are very happy to announce the new financial support of #UniversityCollegeLondon
@PeerCommunityJournal through the #Jisc #openaccess community framework (OACF)! https://jisc.ac.uk/blog/a-new-approach-to-supporting-scholarly-communications-announcing-the-oacf-24-feb-2022

📢 We are very happy to announce the new financial support of #UniversityCollegeLondon
@PeerCommunityJournal through the #Jisc #openaccess community framework (OACF)! https://jisc.ac.uk/blog/a-new-approach-to-supporting-scholarly-communications-announcing-the-oacf-24-feb-2022

#UniversityCollegeLondon (#UCL) are opening their new Office for #OpenScience and Scholarship. Good on them, and good to see the principles (along with the promotion of collaboration and #FAIRData principles) spreading furher every day.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news/2020/oct/ucl-office-open-science-and-scholarship

#science #research