It’s been a while. Missed me? I’ve missed me – or rather, I’ve missed the me that hasn’t been dragged down by a seemingly never-ending cold virus which showed up just before my holiday (of course it did) and then hung around for weeks making me feel like a sort
Now that the autumn term is nearly halfway gone, I’ve been having discussions with a number of my university students about their major writing projects – independent essays and dissertations which will run until the end of the academic year as part of their final year submissions. Although they’re still
Last week, at the end of a very jolly study day on women musicians, a very enthusiastic course participant came over to me to thank me for the session. He had been in attendance throughout the year’s worth of weekly sessions and focus events, and spent a little time reviewing
It occurred to me earlier this week, as I reminisced about the very first group of undergraduates I ever taught, that I delivered my first lecture a decade ago this spring. Back then, I was a Masters student, offered the opportunity to take over a first year BA module for
Well, it’s happened again. Results Day. That terrifying Thursday morning when you must make the journey, or the phone call, or risk logging into your UCAS account, to find out How It Went. Were the last two years of your life well spent? Did you choose the right subjects? What
