At the beginning of the week, Zoe shared a little of her relationship with music and how it motivated her in different ways. I, too, love music. I especially love […]
Delivering Virtual Learning & Development for Staff, Part 2
In yesterday’s blog we explored digital learning principles and what you need to consider when designing online learning and development for staff, whether that is through formal “training sessions” or […]
Delivering Virtual Learning & Development for Staff, Part 1
With the move to remote working, we also have to consider how we deliver staff training online. And training isn’t just facilitating “formal” training sessions for large groups of staff […]
All Change Please
Someone said to me today “change is much easier if someone else tells you what to do”. I’m not sure I wholly agree, but it gave me pause for thought […]
Music and Motivation
Whenever I’m about to start a mundane, repetitive, boring yet necessary task, my first instinct is to ‘jack into’ my ultimate playlist and bop along to my favourite tunes. Without […]
How to be a swot
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 […]