#WritersCoffeeClub 9: have you ever abandoned a #writing project?

All the time, though it's mostly down to my neurological issues, where I start things but rarely finish. In recent times, however, the only things I've finished were #ShortStories for my #A215 and #A111 assignments.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #OpenUniversity #neurodivergence #CreativeWriting

Do people studying and doing mathematics still use #minitab and #maxima for stats and algebra respectively?

The two #openuniversity maths modules I'm studying this year use them quite a bit and I'm trying to get a sense of how out of date the programme is or isn't :)

#WritersCoffeeClub 1: I only found out about this late yesterday...

I'm a #CreativeWriting and #EnglishLanguage undergrad student at the #OpenUniversity.

I don't currently have any published works, at the moment, as I'm only really just starting out. I write in fantasy (both urban and high), and romance/erotica, with a dash of crime. I'm also planning on doing #NaNoWriMo this year.

What else would you like to know?

#introduction #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

Looking forward to starting my new #OpenUniversity module, next month. Doing #E302 #Language and Creativity. 😀

#linguistics

I didn't do #NaNoWriMo last year, as I was doing two #OpenUniversity modules and that would have been too much.

I'm seriously considering an attempt for this year's #challenge. Plenty of time for me to think about what my story will be! 🤔 🙂

#writing

Signed myself up to study #maths with #OpenUniversity because why not?

Well, yesterday I got my study material from the #openuniversity
#study

SI call for papers: Connected Learning in Contexts of #ForcedDisplacement edited by Dr Koula Charitonos (#OpenUniversity) and Dr Rovincer Najjuma (#Makerere University) and me (#Edinburgh). Abstracts due 1 September. https://www.de.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Connected%20Learning%20CFP%20-%20Pub.docx%20%281%29-MAR.pdf #blendedlearning #digital #education #refugees

The origin of the Spectre Dress
#hatfest #aperiodic #transpride #fashion #math #openuniversity

So the origin of the spectre dress is relatively mundane and silly. Following a rough period of early transition (I started in 2022) I felt like I was finally starting to hit my stride and could feel my confidence growing. I'd purchased a trans pride-themed dress from an Etsy seller earlier in the year which had been attracting a lot of positive attention, and since I consider my transition and my journey through mathematics to be intimately related, I wanted to combine the two.

Originally I wanted to contact Stefan Pautze [http://pautze.de/] and use a colour variation of one of his designs (rough version pictured), as I've always been a huge fan of his art and I'd also met him in-person at the exhibition in memory of Uwe Grimm in 2022 where we hit it off. At this point it was still just a kernel of an idea, nothing concrete. But then two things happened in a short span of time. Hatfest was announced, and the spectre tiling was discovered about two weeks later. The idea for the dress instantly crystallized, and I got in contact with the same Etsy seller who did my pride dress to ask about a custom design. (0/8)

#CFP on Connected Learning in Contexts of #ForcedDisplacement that I am editing with colleagues from #OpenUniversity and #Makerere. Connected learning for #refugees and #IDP is essentially an approximation of #blendedlearning. All are welcome, practitioners and academics. Abstracts due 1 September so plenty of time.

https://www.de.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Connected%20Learning%20CFP%20-%20Pub.docx%20%281%29-MAR.pdf

Just wanted to share a little milestone on my journey. This morning I got the results for the first module in my Pure #Mathematics BSc degree from the #openuniversity. I've been working hard on that for most of the past year and I really proud that I was awarded a distinction grade.

#Mathematics and other technical topics don't come easily to me so I'm very happy with the result. There's a lot of effort / struggle / time spent behind it. Happy to have had some good role models and encouragement along the way. Looking forward to the next two modules which start formally in October! We get to dive into #linearalgebra and #calculus. Exciting! 🤓

The #OpenUniversity website is currently completely /. ed. If you're getting results today or tomorrow, I wish you the best of luck! I'm terrified!

Anyone know anything about removing accounts from Cisco SkillsForAll? I was invited to join years ago (when it was called something different) after passing a course with the Open University, but now want nothing to do with it

There is absolutely nothing about removing accounts on the site and the chatbot is useless (no useful contact information on the site)

#Cisco #SkillsForAll #OpenUniversity

Having a good #LineManager in #HigherEducation is an absolute boon & game changer.

After decades of VERY poor, uninspiring, useless and professionally & mentally damaging line management in #UK #universities, I had absolutely no idea of what a good line manager actually does.

They:

#listen
#care
#trust
#suggest
#MakeEnquiries
#Facilitate
#KeepInTouch
#remember
#share
#explain
#motivate
#encourage
#inform
#LeadByExample

Similar to my exceptional #PhD #supervisors.

Thank you #OpenUniversity

Pleased that our local #UCU branch at the #OpenUniversity passed a motion today supporting #Ukraine, not just following #UCUcongress's #Motion6 but adding Ukraine's [obvious] right to self-defence and donating to #UkraineSolidarityCampaign. The discussion was collegial but I was very saddened to see a small number of frankly deluded, unpersuadable colleagues insisting it's a #NATO war & regurgitating #Russia's talking points. My first encounter with #tankies :( #SlavaUkraini

Myself and and Dr James Pearson from the #OpenUniversity on “What would you like 100000 people to do for you?” - how to make your own #CitizenScience project, at the #SKAO #OpenScience summer school in Granada earlier this month https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZaDkDK39F8

I realised this evening that I had misunderstood the question for my assignment. Now I have to start all over again, the deadline is Tuesday noon. This is going to be stressful... 🤔 #study #openuniversity

Ok, now back to studies... #openuniversity

@interconnectedmoment I'm eager to read it. I'm currently exploring Buddhism (and compassion) as part of my studies at the #openuniversity

Interesting. A mail from student association to see if I support the marking and assessment boycott? Fucking right I support it! Pay them what they are worth! #ToriesOut #OpenUniversity