On the 20th of July, I was invited to host a workshop at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD) Research Summer School about using Social Media to promote research. As promised, I’m sticking the presentation online so that those who were there can get a little bit more information based on the discussions that [...]
I thought I would write a quick blog post as I’ve had a few people ask me if I’m moving back to Scotland (or given up the PhD) and I think it is about time I clarify what is going on (plus, I lost my voice over the weekend after chatting loads about this stuff [...]
Well, I wouldn’t go that far. Although, ironically, today’s research methods seminar that I was teaching on SPSS was probably the smoothest session I’ve held in the last 6 weeks. I have an intrinsic fear of SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Scientists) after my near failure of the exam we had during our masters last [...]
The one I got: Got sent a copy of an essay in a strange file format, accompanied with, “This essay is due next week. Can you read it, make corrections and have it back to me next week?” When I explained in class today that I wouldn’t be able to do that – but I [...]
Week 8 into Semester one and my 6th week of teaching (ever) and I had my teaching assistant assessment from my boss (aka the course leader). It happened to coinside with one of my busiest weeks of presentations – 3 hours, 3 seperate seminars and 9 presentations between them. From the little experience I [...]