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A note in support of Professor Chris Jackson

I wrote this piece in support of Professor Chris Jackson, especially as I was asked to provide the journalist Tosin Thompson some copy for…

5 min readOct 19, 2022

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A note in support of Professor Chris Jackson

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Dr Ben Britton

Graduate Student Housing

Today we are going to look at Grad Student Housing — a topic that has risen on my agenda/interest now that I am a member of the UBC Senate…

5 min readOct 22, 2023

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Graduate Student Housing

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Dr Ben Britton

Update: TMS letter re: Hosting Conferences in Florida

There have been some developments following engagement like mine (and many others) and there is now a “Joint Statement by The Minerals…

2 min readMay 30, 2023

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Update: TMS letter re: Hosting Conferences in Florida

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Dr Ben Britton

Hosting Conferences in Florida — TMS 2024

As you may be aware, the US can be united in providing freedom right now, but there is certainly something quite heterogenous about the…

6 min readMay 16, 2023

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Hosting Conferences in Florida — TMS 2024

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Dr Ben Britton

Social Media / Privacy / Mastodon Mining

Hopefully a quick one to reflect on something that happened over on https://sciencemastodon.com/explore today and highlights some of the…

7 min readNov 23, 2022

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Toot containing the network graph that highlights user membership of science mastodon, and the message of excitement about what it contains from the instance admin

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Dr Ben Britton

The Fishy State of Research Impact Reporting in UK Higher Education

If you are on social media presently, you might be aware that there is a storm brewing about Research Fish, which traces itself in part due…

4 min readMar 21, 2022

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The Fishy State of Research Impact Reporting in UK Higher Education

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Dr Ben Britton

What we call each other — professional titles in academia

Professional titles are not used equally in academia, specifically women and other minoritized academics are often stripped of their…

5 min readMar 9, 2022

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What we call each other — professional titles in academia

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Dr Ben Britton

Negotiating Faculty Jobs

If you are fortunate enough to be offered a faculty job, you might want to consider what you can negotiate. I can’t offer an exhaustive…

8 min readMar 7, 2022

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Negotiating Faculty Jobs

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Dr Ben Britton

EDI — Flipping the tables

Many areas of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths) are hyper masculine and reward people for bad behaviour. Many of the…

3 min readJun 17, 2021

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EDI — Flipping the tables

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Dr Ben Britton

A year, and a little bit, older

It’s that time of year again, well, with a few more days added on for good measure, that I celebragetting that bit older.

4 min readApr 21, 2021

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a flower well lit on a black background

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Dr Ben Britton

Dr Ben Britton

Atomic sorcerer, based at UBC (Canada). Plays with metals. Discusses academic life. Swooshes down ski slopes. Pegs it round parks. (Views my own)

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