Dr Zoë Ayres

@ZJAyres

Analytical chemist👩‍🔬 advocate🌱 Co-founder 💬 Cat lover🐈 Fuelled by caffeine & kindness🌈 Not MD. She/her. Views mine.

United Kingdom
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Joined August 2014
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jul 23

    I started advocating for just over two years ago. We've built a community - together. I have run a range of different initiatives to raise awareness and reduce the stigma around mental health. Here is an outline of some of my projects to date ⬇️

    Characature of Zoë surrounded by bubbles saying #100Voices campaign, mental health in academia posters, voices of academia blog, and academic mental health community
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  2. Retweeted
    13 minutes ago

    All behavior is communication. When students miss class, cheat, miss deadlines, and don't engage in class how you'd like, they're communicating. They may be communicating that the class is uninteresting or unclear, or that their lives are complex. Are you listening?

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  3. 19 minutes ago

    My favourite thing* on here is when people are like "you forgot about this though" based on a tweet. Like it's 240 characters, not an essay? *Not my favourite thing.

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  4. 1 hour ago

    I want to see university rankings on graduate mental health.

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  5. 3 hours ago

    28 years later 😂

    Zoë age 2 with cast on left leg
    Zoë age 30 in same pose with left leg in cast
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  6. 4 hours ago

    There's so much fluff.

    Fluffy back cat getting strokes
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  7. 5 hours ago

    I'm definitely a Paladin 😂

    What are you?
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  8. 6 hours ago

    I hope that this is the start of a greater push to acknowledge that stepping back to look after your mental health is essential for succeeding, and that prioritising well-being is simply a sensible thing to do.

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  9. 7 hours ago

    With recent tweets can anyone guess what chapter of my book I'm currently writing? 😂

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  10. 7 hours ago

    We've got to understand that to not make the cut in academia, or to be seen as average, is still outstanding. Everyone is capable. The opportunities to succeed are not equal.

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  11. Retweeted
    10 hours ago

    Once we ditch the idea that immigrants must over-achieve to be deserving of the same level of respect, rights and rewards as non-immigrants then we can talk about fairness and equality.

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  12. 7 hours ago

    Got out and about 🙏

    Zoë at Lakeside with leg in cast
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  13. 9 hours ago

    24 hours left to enter!

    Pink washi tape with sunshine saying be kind to your mind. Purple washi tape with flowers saying end the stigma around mental health. Both outstretched to show wording on tape.
    Pink washi tape with sunshine saying be kind to your mind. Purple washi tape with flowers saying end the stigma around mental health..stacked on top of each other.
    In celebration of the new Mental Health Collection washi tape dropping, I'll be doing a little giveaway! You've got 48 hours to like and retweet this post, AND comment underneath about your favourite self-care activity.
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  14. 10 hours ago

    Time for a reintroduction. I'm Zoë. I'm a Senior Scientist in the water industry, trained analytical chemist, and mental health advocate. I live with depression and anxiety. I am driving for better in academia so people like me can thrive not just survive 🌻

    Zoë hair down, standing in a field of sunflowers
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  15. 12 hours ago

    I just keep thinking about the hate Emma Raducanu would have likely received if she had lost the US Open from people FROM the UK.

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  16. 12 hours ago

    Source:

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  17. 12 hours ago

    If someone tells you it's just hard work needed to get faculty position because they did it, show them this. This competition fuels the culture of overwork which is unsustainable for many. There's both luck and privilege involved in making it to the top too.

    Graphic showing Since 1982, almost 800,000 PhDs were awarded in science and engineering (S&E) fields, whereas only about 100,000 academic faculty positions were created in those fields within the same time frame. The cumulative change over time shows a huge increase in PhDs awards, showing competition for jobs has gone from almost 1:1 to 8:1 from 1982 to 2011.
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  18. 15 hours ago

    "Well I managed to navigate academia just fine" is called survivor bias.

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    Sep 11
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    You should be able to sign up here:

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  20. Sep 11

    Wondering if I write my book about the realities and difficulties of doing a PhD I might just deflate people not empower them? I think there is power in being seen and how your feeling being acknowledged? I'd write in survival tips too ofc, but I cannot fix academia in 80k words.

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  21. Sep 11

    Yay! 100 subscribers for my newsletter 💚

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