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Lessons from the year that was 2019

I wrote a post with a similar title at the end of 2017. It seems timely to reflect on these 5 lessons and consider how I might apply them to the year, and indeed the decade, ahead. Not a list of new year resolutions most certainly, I prefer to think of them as a setContinue reading “Lessons from the year that was 2019”

PACT week 3: Domain 4 Professional Knowledge and Skills in Teaching and Learning

Part of this week’s PACT homework involves digging into the national PD Framework (for all staff who teach in higher education). I love the ‘all staff‘ focus since it certainly helps with the identity crisis that regularly hits me – but that’s a post for another day since we have a 250 word limit onContinue reading “PACT week 3: Domain 4 Professional Knowledge and Skills in Teaching and Learning”

PACT week 1: Typology of Professional Development Activities

You probably haven’t noticed that Pathway to PhD has been on an unscheduled sabbatical for a number of months now but that’s okay, I won’t take it personally! I recall at the outset of my PhD programme being told that ‘life events’ may get in the way of our studies. Little did I expect theContinue reading “PACT week 1: Typology of Professional Development Activities”

Settling into PhD life

Is this really week 7 of the first module of my structured Phd programme? I hadn’t been counting, instead focusing on the readings and online discussions over six whole weeks. I even managed a first draft of the research proposal for the assignment due at the end of the module (although not a very goodContinue reading “Settling into PhD life”