Becky Ford @orknip
Thinker, worrier, depressive optimist, knitter, PhD student, and part-time book pusher. Obsessed with Bakhtin and dialogism. PhD project @words_waves Orkney Joined December 2008-
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The shortlistees for the Ross Roy Medal are: Rebecca Ford @ThinkUHI , Mhairi Rutherford @StirUni Fred Spence @UofGlasgow and Kate Wilson @UniStrathclyde #SNBA22
If you like quizzes, know stuff about George Mackay Brown and fancy winning a fabulous prize, then there is still time to enter the @OrkneyLibrary #GMB100 quiz! orkneylibrary.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
Hang on that’s me!
We are delighted to launch our Island Matters Webinar Series. Set up to address the hunger in the Scottish islands to hear from experts based in other islands worldwide, and to help inform the @ThinkUHI Islands’ Strategy 12pm 7 Oct #ThinkUHI #islandsmatter bit.ly/3ATHEqD
Our first seminar is Dr. Rebecca Ford with 'Words and Waves: Exploring the Power of Stories, Community and Renewable Energy in Orkney' on 30 September at 7pm. Free to attend and online. uhi.ac.uk/en/research-en… #INSseminars #ThinkUHI @orknip
BACKSPEER (v): ask for more information. 'I thowt sheu saed robotics, bit mebbe A'm wrang, A'll backspeer her the morn.'
Still can’t quite believe I passed my PhD viva today! @INS_UHI Thanks @alexsanmark @BorthwickDave & @S_Carden for making it such a positive experience and my supervisors @DonnaHeddle,Jo Vergunst and Mike Lange for getting me to the finish line in one piece!
The world's most powerful tidal turbine, the O2, is generating clean, predictable power into the UK nat'l grid: a major milestone not just for Orbital, but for the future of #tidalenergy! 🙌 ⚡ #FloTEC #ResearchImpactEU #H2020 #ITEG #NWE #LetsDoNetZero orbitalmarine.com/o2-power-gener…
“Why do we believe in individualism when we exist only through interdependence and only as part of a larger ecosystem?” @dchungyalpa wrote about ecology and interdependence: humansandnature.org/at-the-center-…
So lovely to see all my fellow authors today at the virtual book launch.
🌊⚡️HUGE NEWS🌪️☀️ Energy Worlds in Experiment has *just* hit our virtual shelves. matteringpress.org/books/energy-w… We are super-charged with excitement ⚡️⚡️⚡️ #openaccess @ScholarLed #energyworlds 1/10
A huge thank you to @orknip and all involved in organising a fantastic @asleuki @ASLEconference A wonderful opportunity to share thoughts and experiences with so many inspiring people in beautiful and welcoming #Orkney

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