Starting PhD student pro tips:
- Keep a backlog of “small ideas” that you don’t find the time to work on. Soon enough you will be asked to supervise undergrad students in some capacity, and these ideas will be exactly what they need to get started.
(read: if people consistently don’t buy your idea, consider that they may be correct)
(but probably submit anyway - better to aim high and fail than to aim low)
(P.S.: still working on this one myself - I may get there in retirement)
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We used contact survey data collected by CoMix (https://t.co/ezbCIOgRa1) to quantify differences in contact patterns during November (Schools open) and January (Schools closed) 'Lockdown periods'. NOT YET PEER REVIEWED 2/
We combined this analysis with estimates of susceptibility and infectiousness of children relative to adults from literature. We also inferred relative susceptibility by fitting R estimates from CoMix to EpiForecasts estimates(https://t.co/6lUM2wK0bn). NOT YET PEER REVIEWED 3/
We estimated that reopening all schools would increase R by between 20% to 90% whereas reopening primary or secondary schools alone would increase R by 10% to 40%, depending on the infectiousness/susceptibility profile we used. NOT YET PEER REVIEWED 4/
Assuming a current R of 0.8 (in line with Govt. estimates: https://t.co/ZZhCe79zC4). Reopening all schools would increase R to between 1.0 and 1.5 and reopening either primary or secondary schools would increase R to between 0.9 and 1.2. NOT YET PEER REVIEWED 5/
Hearing laughter &banter from lessons in the background every day. Yesterday at end of \u201c school\u201d she rushed out for snack, had to be quick as she wanted to join peer zoom doing art... her pals are thinking of doing afterschool yoga/ book club/ gardening, low/no cost ideas
— Ruth knight (@ruth_rmknig) January 29, 2021
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Helped prepare my teenagers for online life postschoolc. My daughter engaged with a health professional on teams this week with no input from me. They are well prepared for workplaces where online learning and e-learning are increasingly the norm. Life skills
— Sughra Nazir \U0001f499 (@Care_excellence) January 29, 2021
https://t.co/7eOi1Bv3bM
I have reconnected with my children as we have never had this time together before. We have had time to talk without the hustle and bustle of work, car journeys etc. No hassling over uniform washing has been a bonus too. \U0001f600
— Sughra Nazir \U0001f499 (@Care_excellence) January 29, 2021
https://t.co/GhxVgLuWJE
Prompted to try to have a day of positive talk about our children and young people today.
— Little Hoppy Saul \U0001f499#SafeEdForAll (@HoppySaul) January 29, 2021
Let\u2019s stop the alarmist headlines of LOST LEARNING
DAMAGE OF SCHOOL \u2018CLOSURES\u2019
Let\u2019s look at the opportunities and positives of temporary remote education & hope for a long-term strategy https://t.co/ODBqdZzSw2
https://t.co/ymHp910wrC
Like I say, I\u2019m a shy student and I always have been! I\u2019ve loved not having that pressure on top of me and I agree that it\u2019s helped us flourish!
— Hear Our Voices (@HearTheStudent) January 29, 2021