Andrew Coogan

Andrew Coogan

@cooganlab.bsky.social

Sleep Researcher and Professor. Views very much my own. Crowland’s Silver Jubilee Committee-fancier.

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With many parts of Canada experimenting with daylight time in the winter for the first time, it's important to consider how this might affect people. Here's a new article we've just written exploring possible impacts on schools in Canada. theconversation.com/how-permanen...

theconversation.comHow permanent daylight saving time could affect schoolsRisks for negative outcomes may be reduced through mitigation measures such as public education on sleep health and later or flexible start times.
Andrew Coogan
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Apropos of nothing, I have been reading about St Martin of Tours. This is the impressive list of things if which he is patron saint of: Against poverty; against alcoholism; Baħrija, Malta; beggars; Beli Manastir; Archdiocese of Bratislava; Buenos Aires; Burgenland; cavalry;

Andrew Coogan
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Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade; Dieburg; Edingen equestrians; Erfurt;Foiano della Chiana; France; geese; horses; hotel-keepers; innkeepers; Kortrijk; Mainz; Montemagno; Olpe; Ourense; Pietrasanta; Pontifical Swiss Guards; quartermasters; reformed alcoholics; riders; Villadoz; Torre di Mosto

Andrew Coogan
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Taal, Batangas; Touraine;[1] Bocaue, Bulacan; Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart; soldiers; tailors; Utrecht; vintners; Virje; wine growers; wine makers; Wissmannsdorf

Andrew Coogan
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I find myself thinking of Malcolm quite a bit, not just as a colleague scientist but as a re-assuring, common sense but erudite presence here; it was always nice to know he was out there in the world.

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Andrew Coogan
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Giving a talk being critical of social media when this guy walks in after being flown over by Meta; I rapidly change my conclusions.

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Andrew Coogan
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Well look, the minister is going to commission a report to go alongside of all of those other reports that confirm this and then do nothing until it is time to commission another report.

RTÉ News@news.rte.ie

Universities are to tell an Oireachtas committee that they are at capacity and teetering on a cliff-edge unless the Government addresses a funding gap in higher education.

rte.ieUniversities warn funding gap leaves sector at cliff-edgeUniversities are to tell an Oireachtas committee that they are at capacity and teetering on a cliff-edge unless the Government addresses a funding gap in higher education.
Andrew Coogan
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Recruitment/promotions freeze - staff leave to go elsewhere where advancement is reasonably possible - hire agency staff to plug holes - why are we spending so much on agency staff. Geniuses.

Andrew Coogan@cooganlab.bsky.social

That’s really going to help with staff retention. www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/...

irishtimes.comHealth staff face sweeping promotion restrictions under spending controlsStaffing rules introduced by HSE to tackle potential €1bn overrun as doctors, nurses warn of significant patient risk
Andrew Coogan
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Yes, yes, but are they Executive Pro-Vice Chancellors or just regular Pro-Vice Chancellors?

El Espectro 👻@telescoper.bsky.social

Massive job cuts at the University of Nottingham in response to a financial crisis caused by Senior Management, yet there's still money for three new Pro-Vice-Chancellor positions... www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...

timeshighereducation.comCollege Pro-Vice-Chancellor - University Park, Nottingham job with UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM | 416813The University of Nottingham is seeking three College Pro-Vice-Chancellors to help lead its next chapter.
Andrew Coogan
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Apart from the specific issues involved, fuck all the Toucher O’Callaghans and other gobshites trying to import US culture-wars bullshit politics here.

Andrew Coogan
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Apart from the ridiculousness of this, a senior Garda calling for more gillet jaune is pretty funny.

The Journal@thejournal.ie

Assistant Garda Commissioner Denis Ferry said "all pedestrians" including in urban areas should wear high visibility clothing. "I think you should do everything you can to ensure you're visible," he said. www.thejournal.ie/driving-phon...

thejournal.ieMinister tells drivers to put phones in glove box, while gardaí say city pedestrians need high-visSeán Canney said he will receive a plan for reform of the beleaguered Road Safety Authority within weeks.
Andrew Coogan
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Trying to figure out a walking route home that minimises my chance of being hit by a car going straight through a well-turned red light (pretty much every day now). I don’t know, peoples’ brains seem to have turned to mush so they forget they are driving a ton or more of metal and glass.

Andrew Coogan
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As Mitt Romney is in the news, I am thinking of his father George's line that he was "brainwashed" by the generals into supporting the Vietnam war, a comment which elicited the wonderfully bitchy response from Eugene McCarthy that a "light rinse would have been sufficient".

Andrew Coogan
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Still there, getting ready for the winter storms, research excellence in action.

Andrew Coogan@cooganlab.bsky.social

True story; there are long standing leaks in our PhD room and research corridor where participants are brought. Instead of actually fixing the leak the solution apparently is to build little wooden trays for the buckets catching water from the leaks. Excellence in action.

Andrew Coogan
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This would be a real shame in psychology, our final year dissertations are the highlight of the programme for many of our students and have proven to be pretty AI free so far.

Jay Van Bavel, PhD@jayvanbavel.bsky.social

The number of people writing dissertations in the humanities and social sciences has collapsed. I'd wager that we will see a similar trend in psychology and other fields before long. Cuts in funding, the tight academic job market, and AI are cratering grad programs.

Andrew Coogan
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Mind you , I am preparing a manuscript now which contains the word "scaldy".

Andrew Coogan@cooganlab.bsky.social

I see that "out of whack" is now acceptable scientific terminology, and will endeavor to use in the future.

Andrew Coogan
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From the minister about to spaff away 150 million on “AI Upskilling”, whatever the fuck that is.

RTÉ News@news.rte.ie

Minister for Higher and Further Education James Lawless has said the demand from Irish universities for €250 million to bridge a core funding gap is "significantly in excess" of the previously agreed figure.

rte.ieMinister questions university funding gap figureMinister for Higher and Further Education James Lawless has said the demand from Irish universities for €250 million to bridge a core funding gap is "significantly in excess" of the previously agreed ...
Andrew Coogan
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I guess they are a breed apart then but still will accept the hard-won pay settlements negotiated.

Andrew Coogan@cooganlab.bsky.social

Irish university colleagues, did you experience senior managers showing up to the picket line to express solidarity with what is after all a shared cause?