As I sit down to reflect on the journey for the research paper co-authored with my fellow PhD alumnus from Lancaster University, Dave Gatrell, I realise that much of my planned reflection has already been reflected on (a bit of a mouthful but here’s the link to save me repeating myself). This reflection therefore focusesContinue reading “From ideation to publication – Spring 2026”
Category Archives: PD Typology
Lessons with my students – Spring 2025
My preparations to teach two modules on the MSc in Project Management programme in the spring semester this year involved considerable reflexivity on my previous semester’s module (MN6001 Project Management Science and Principles). I knew that Leganto had considerable potential for use in module assessment and I was also keen to support student engagement ofContinue reading “Lessons with my students – Spring 2025”
Lessons from my students – Autumn 2024
Until this semester I had not taught a class on campus since Spring 2022. Back then, and in the preceding decade, my classes consisted of about 30 postgraduate students, and I included a mix of slide presentation work along with class discussions, group work and so on to achieve the module learning outcomes. Resources includedContinue reading “Lessons from my students – Autumn 2024”
Just like riding a bicycle…
…there are some things that once learned are never forgotten. Not that I have any recent experiences of riding a bicycle except for the odd indoor ‘spin’ for charity if that counts. I’m not thinking about bicycles however, rather my experiences of crafting process flowcharts that started about 25 years ago – eeek!
A researcher’s ethical PhD journey
I received notification this week that my PhD was awarded on 24 August, so now seems a good time to reflect on the ethical choices of my journey up to this point and consider plans for the future, from an ethical and personal values perspective.
Thinking about accessibility: Part 3
Ensure all diagrams and tables are accessible and have alt text labels… PhD Examiners’ report, May 2023 Regular readers will know that since I ‘discovered’ the importance of making writing accessible it is never far from my mind. Since this post is part 3 of a series entitled ‘Thinking about accessibility’, it seems to meContinue reading “Thinking about accessibility: Part 3”