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 […]
Printmaking without a Press
Catriona Clayson is a Print Technician, usually based in the Daphne Oram, and Artist. She’s put together some printmaking ideas for those that want to try something a little more ambitious.
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 […]