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Dr Em Williams

@DrEmWilliams

Psychology & User Researcher specialising in understanding people’s experiences, barriers and needs 🧠 https://teapawt.net/t.co/shQw9jGVa7

 Manchester, England
Joined July 2017
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The #TurboTyping school study successfully launched this morning, with 150+ logins today 🥳🤩🎉 200 Year 5 children will be logging in 4x a week for 7 months. They learn to touch type & every month complete a set of mini-games that measure progress on typing "sub-skills" ⌨️🕹️
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1 year since launching my 7-month #TurboTyping study! 🤯 1️⃣5️⃣0️⃣+ pupils learned to touch type 🧒 2️⃣2️⃣ school weeks of 4x 20 min 🗓 1️⃣ proud researcher ☺️ Celebrated the launch by embroidering & sleeping 🪡 Celebrating the anniversary by analysing the keyboard memory data! 📊
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🚨 New #preprint: The #TypabilityIndex is here! 🚨 The Typability Index explained 72–87% of typing difficulty variance across datasets and allows users to score new texts & create grouped text sets. Read here: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/qx… Try the web app: emily-a-williams.shinyapps.i…
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An antidote for: If you've got too many people coming to your door, saying, "A quick stats question; it'll only take a minute" ...
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Excited to be invited to the @UniversityLeeds Research Impact & Engagement Awards for my #TurboTyping project for 'Emerging Societal Impact'! Highlights: 🔍 Feedback from pupils 👩‍🏫 Co-design with educators 🎮 Gamified research on typing learning #MotorSkills #DigitalLiteracy
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“…we fear that without a more compassionate shift in how researchers engage in critique of each other's work, academic progress may suffer, with marginalised scholars being pushed further out of the discipline”
Dr Madeleine Pownall (@maddi_pow) profile pictureDr Madeleine Pownall@maddi_pow13 Oct 2024
Consider this a subtweet bps.org.uk/psychologist/slow…
Slow science in scholarly critique | BPS

Slow science in scholarly critique | BPS

Madeleine Pownall and Carina Hoerst with a letter from our February issue.

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Me today. We know that numbers and capitals are slower to type than lowercase, but who actually SAID it? 🔍🤦‍♀️
Mayowa Tijani (@OluwamayowaTJ) profile pictureMayowa Tijani@OluwamayowaTJ3 May 2024
The most annoying part of academic writing is knowing the thing, but looking for some other paper to say it for you. You can't just say bread is soft, you have to say according to Baker 2001, bread is soft. 😕
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Replying to @RebeccaLeek_ @SwailesRuth @AaronTeamEC @FroebelTrust @ian_cushing
I actually despair. Play - the bedrock of discovery, debate, compromise; the physical gym of proprioception; the melting pot of creativity; the foundation of learning. The springboard of life.
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a truth for writers by @SeanLemonhead:
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Thanks to @LeverhulmeTrust, especially AH, for the warm, positive, and personalised responses to my updates. It really helps normalise the challenges we face as researchers and people. Not every funder feels safe to be open with, but Leverhulme does. #ResearchCulture #GreenFlag
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New blogpost - Public engagement gavinbuckingham.wordpress.co…
Public engagement

Public engagement

I really enjoy public engagement. Since 2018, I’ve done about 15 public engagement activities (including a three-year gap when the pandemic made me feel a bit reluctant to engage in this kind…

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#TurboTyping was back at @EurekaMuseum last week! 🎉 We showcased our typing mini-games during the 'Let's Get Digital' #HomeEducator Days, discussing our research and the benefits of #TouchTyping for young learners ⌨️ Check out our TikTok debut! 📱✨ #TypingSkills #SciComm
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Please back if you have a Lego account 🙏 🔗 ideas.lego.com/projects/f634…
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It's a good job I don't wear heels ⌨️ They even have a carriage return 😭
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This week I shared my #research fellowship reflections #poem at an event for early career researchers. Core message: It's not just you and things will get better Full 4.5 min recording, written poem & #mentalHealth resources @ osf.io/9kcwv/ #AcademicChatter #ECRchat
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Ethan BdM@ethanbdm19 Sep 2024
False positive and false negative are lovely, self-explanatory terms. I see no reason for anyone to ever say Type 1 and Type 2 error when strictly better alternatives are available. And I refuse to look up which is which.
Josh Merfeld (@Josh_Merfeld) profile pictureJosh Merfeld@Josh_Merfeld19 Sep 2024
Am I the only one that has to consistently look up which error is type 1 and which is type 2? I blame the diabetes.
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Hugh Kearns@ithinkwellHugh19 Sep 2024
If you're finding your #research or #writing hard this doesn't mean you are stupid. It could just be that it's hard. In fact it is hard. So hang in there. #PhDchat #ECRchat #postdoc #gradschool #PhDforum
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Looking forward to reading my fellowship reflection poem tomorrow and linking to some mental health resources for ECRs osf.io/9kcwv
Dr. Florence Sheen (also on Bluesky) (@Flosheen) profile pictureDr. Florence Sheen (also on Bluesky)@Flosheen19 Aug 2024
📣#ECRs our next L3 ECR Fellowship event is coming Sept '24! 🌟 4 fab ECRs will share experiences of applying for fellowships, inc. writing applications, navigating interviews & post-award reflections Scan the QR⬇️to join our mailing list + get a meeting link - see you there!
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Great Idea for Poster presentation...!!! Via Caroline O'Donnell/O'Flaherty Lab (Linkedin) #scicomm #scienceoutreach #sciencetalk #scienceposter
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Had a wonderful time at the @BERA_ECRNetwork conference, getting to hang out with @Emily_EAL who gave a fantastic keynote 🤩 I presented a poem on the ups & downs of the 1st year of my fellowship and distributed #mentalHealth handouts, both available @ osf.io/9kcwv ⭐️
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I am nerv-cited to be presenting this poem tomorrow at the @BERA_ECRNetwork conference! 👻💪
Dr Em Williams (@DrEmWilliams) profile pictureDr Em Williams@DrEmWilliams25 Sep 2023
Now with 1 less typo ✨ Decided to include this #poem about #mentalHealth during the first year of my independent research fellowship in the End of Year report I'm writing 📝 Noticed I suggested "daily mediation" was helpful. I'll have a T please, Bob 🧘‍♀️
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