Data analytics & strategy @DUcollege @UofDenver. Formerly Lecturer in Modern European History @UoMhistdept, @OxfordHistory & @StAntsCollege.
Denver, USA
Joined May 2013
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Feels strange to be sharing good news in these difficult times... but look what just arrived! Thanks to @OUPHistory @GermanHistSoc and all my fantastic colleagues who made this happen!
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Followed by @MarcelT293 who throws fresh light on the issue of Ostalgie/Eastalgia by comparing it to nostalgia in West Germany based on his study of two German towns. zeithistorische-forschungen.…
Starting in my new role as Associate Director of Academic Quality and Data today. So excited to continue the fun work with data to ensure an awesome student experience @DUcollege!
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Over the next week we're profiling shortlisted books for this year's #RHSWhitfieldPrize & #RHSGladstonePrize. Winners announced online in our 2021 Prize Ceremony, Friday 23 July.
Today it's the turn of Dr Marcel Thomas (@MarcelT293) youtu.be/XG9tncbG-kM #twitterstorians
I’m honoured to be part of such a fantastic shortlist!
RHS Gladstone Book Prize: 2021 shortlist out today! blog.royalhistsoc.org/2021/0…
Shortlist of 8 first books not primarily related to British & Irish History. Winner announced in July #rhsgladstone21
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ALT Gladstone Shortlist prize 2021
After two months of job searching, I finally have some good news: I just started my new job as Quality and Data Specialist @DUcollege. I'll be using data and analytics to improve learning experiences and shape higher ed strategy. Really excited for the new challenge!
Some overdue personal announcements... 1. My contract at @UoMhistdept expired at the beginning of this month. I had a great year there and learned so much. I'll definitely miss my fantastic colleagues!
3. This is probably the end of the road in academia for me, at least for now. Looking to apply my experience in EdTech, L&D or research/analytics roles, so if you know of any opportunities, let me know!
Student feedback on one of my courses this year: "The teaching from the underpaid staff on insecure contracts was fantastic, as always."🙄
Very proud of our MA student @angharadmaix for going on BBC Radio Wales to explain why exactly statues/monuments to slave owners and colonialists need to come down. You can listen to it here (starts 1:21:00): bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000jv…
And on top of that she has also started a petition to teach more Black history in Welsh schools! Well done, Angharad! petitions.senedd.wales/petit…
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Today History Dept Manchester University passed a resolution on Black Lives Matter, pledging to do more in terms of recruitment of staff and students of colour, decolonising our curriculum, and acknowledge the deep-seated racial roots of the discipline. So proud of you colleagues
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If you are looking for English-language books about the #GDR, you can't go far wrong with these. #twitterstorians
Just took a few minutes to add up all the marking I did since last Sept. By end of June I will have marked 550 individual pieces of assessment (from L1 essays to MA thesis); a total of about 1,287,500 words. Life of the fixed-term lecturer!
Even if I use the ambitious figure of 20 mins per piece (unrealistic given this also includes dissertations), that's 183.3h of marking, or 4.58 full work weeks of non-stop marking.
Completely agree with this. One thing I learned from my research is the huge potential to bounce back from crisis when local communities are given the tools to make their own decisions. theguardian.com/society/2020…
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For anyone who missed @MarcelT293's fascinating talk on construction noise and value change in West Germany, you can listen to it here: digitalmedia.sheffield.ac.uk…
Thanks for having me! I feel like a digital pioneer now...
A huge thanks to @MarcelT293 for braving the hazards of delivering a research paper online to tell us about construction work, noise complaints, and value change in post-1945 Frankfurt! Thanks also to everybody who joined the session, from Sheffield and from further afield.
