No, not a teacher’s pet, always compliments the boss, gets work in ahead of time kind of swot. The title is, of course, a play on words which perhaps not […]
Work Hacks #2 – Managing Your Inbox
We all have days where all we seem to do is try to battle the ongoing wave of emails. Maybe this is every day for you. So many emails are […]
An apple for the teacher
Last week saw the first ever Virtual Golden Apples ceremony, a Christ Church Student Union event celebrating the fantastic colleagues we have here at the university.
Taking Action for My Happiness
I was buzzed by the activity and conversations during both Working Well Week and Mental Health Awareness Week. These ‘theme’ weeks really help to bring the much-needed and valuable spotlight […]
Keeping Connected
We have been collecting stories over the last few weeks of how teams have stayed connected with one another despite being physically separate. We have already shared one of those […]
Work Hacks #1 – Pomodoro
A number of our blogs have mentioned a productivity technique called Pomodoro. So we thought that, for the first of our occasional series of Work Hacks, we would look at […]
#KindnessMatters
We talk a lot about kindness, especially now in times of difficulty, and Mental Health Awareness Week. I want to dig underneath what we mean by kindness – how does […]
Volunteering
Along with the rest of Society during these unprecedented times, charities are being stretched and challenged, with many facing uncertain futures. As they adapt to support their beneficiaries in different […]
Spread a little happiness
Happiness is an oft maligned term – too idealist, too vague, too twee for some. I’m rather fond if it myself, that idea of a cheerful state of being. In […]