Nick Thorne

Yesterday I suffered my worst bout of culture shock in terms of going from working for NXP Semiconductors Ltd – a very commercial, private equitied company into Southampton Solent University.

I was in an appraisal training meeting.

I checked through the relevant HR forms and asked where the box is for entering an overall rating.

Answer – there is . . . → Read More: Performance appraisals with no grading … ?

I was pondering how over millions of years the white cliffs in western Isle of Wight were created by gazillions of tiny calcifying creatures. They use photosynthesis to convert sunlight + calcium ions + carbon dioxide into chalk.

I was also wondering whether Southampton has the skills to look further into harnessing this to combat climate change. . . . → Read More: Ocean based carbon sequestration