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Words with Wings

I feel it is vital to keep engaging with the students learning story.  Recently, within a module of the nursing degree pathway, we had the chance to open the learning within a creative context.  I referred to it in the last blog…with the idea of finding a community of creative thinkers.

The Door

I have always loved poetry. Some of my earliest and most treasured memories are of my Granddad reading poetry to me before bed. Poetry isn’t age-appropriate, it doesn’t have a sticker on the box saying only suitable for readers of a certain age. It is for everyone.

What’s changed in the legal profession and is being a lawyer a job for life anymore?

We recently had a visit from Craig Sharpe to talk to our law students about how the legal market has radically changed in the last 20 years.

Craig has an interesting and unusual background. He qualified as a solicitor and practised in a  variety of different commercial law firms for over 15 years. Around 10 years ago changed career path and began working as a specialist marketing consultant for law firms. His current clients include Darlingtons, Streathers and Gannons.

Dancing amongst the stars asking ‘who will come dance with me and forget who is watching’

‘When you open yourself to the view of others it’s a risk. Much like the poem at the end of this post suggests ‘at times we will not open our eyes to see who is dancing amongst the stars with us’.

Thomas Delahunt, Senior Lecturer and Nurturer of the #poeticnursingheart, asks for a student’s view and is amazed by the insight and determined voice that comes back.

The connection across the Atlantic through prose

Dawn an educator in America was particularly struck by the ‘student’s voice – blog’ which was an insight into Cathi Leah’s Inpression of value of prose in care. Linking to a shared nursing theorist Jean Watson. Dawn’s response was wonderful – ‘finally! I can feel excitement for nursing theory. It is so abstract and sometimes does not connect in the early semesters to development of skills, but is so important in development of structure and attitude to care’ Bellow is a blog that centers around connections and creativity.

The librarian’s tale of openness

Back in February, a call went out on Twitter to share poems as part of something called #poeticnursingheart. I’m not a nurse, but I work closely with students and staff from nursing and other health professions. My role is as a librarian supporting the Health and Wellbeing programmes at the Medway campus. This idea of the Poetic Nursing Heart appealed to me both personally and professionally.