Promotion Commotion v.3.0

Inspired by my participation in the HEFCE-supported ‘Responsible Metrics’ event waaaaay back in 2018, and motivated by my strong belief that the promotion process in many higher education institutions is too opaque, I decided to write a series of blogposts. These posts were to give me a chance to outline and discuss Imperial College’s criteria

Promotion Commotion v.2.0

Inspired by my participation in the HEFCE-supported ‘Responsible metrics’ event, and motivated by my strong belief that promotion documentation should not be confidential and that the related process should be transparent, I will ‘publish’ documentation associated with my three promotion steps at IC. Lecturer to Senior Lecturer was covered in my last blogpost; this post

Promotion commotion v.1.0

During their careers, almost all academic ask themselves or others the seemingly simple question, “what do you need to do to get promoted?”. Indeed, it’s that time of year again at Imperial College (IC) when the results of the last promotion round are announced. There will be successes and disappointments, with candidates preparing to apply

Claringbould et al. (2017) – Pre-existing normal faults have limited control on the rift geometry of the northern North Sea

Claringbould et al._EPSL_accepted post review Revised_Manuscript_with Figures

Deng et al. (2017) – Influence of fault reactivation during multiphase rifting: the Oseberg area, northern North Sea rift

Deng et al. (2017) – Oseberg multiphase rifting (AAM)

Coleman et al. (in press) – Balancing sub- and supra-salt strain in salt-influenced rifts: Implications for extension estimates

AJC_CALJ_OBD_Halten2017_FINAL

Ta. Bigly.

So…having been trapped in Arkansas for a little longer than planned, I decided to write a close-out blogpost for my GSA James B. Thompson Distinguished Lecturer Tour. As documented here and on Twitter, and as you will read below, I’ve had an amazing time. It is hard and perhaps unfair (unwise, even) to pick-out and

Click. Vol. 2

I’m rubbish at taking photos, but here are some of the most personally memorable images from Leg 2 of my tour. With captions. Enjoy. All photos taken on an IPhone 6.

Stop 6 – University of Arkansas

Doctors prescribe a trip to Fayetteville as the antidote to New York. I was happy to swallow the pill. The journey down to NW Arkansas Regional Airport, AR from La Guardia, NY was the first direct flight of my tour. This was much appreciated, given the ‘exertions’ of my time with Matt and Graham in

Stop 5 – Columbia University, New York, NY

From the calm, leafy greenness of the UConn campus in Connecticut, to the hyper-urban, downright lunacy of New York, my GSA lecture tour crunched through the gears and switched it up. The GSA travel agent saw fit to fly me from Hartford, CT to to New York, NY via Washington DC. Although it was nice