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”
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An open letter to my students of #MN6052 AY2018/19
Our module has come and gone, assessment work has been graded and it’s time for reflection. By that I mean my own reflection rather than yours, many of which have inspired this blog post (or ‘blessay’ given its length at just over 1,000 words) and your insightful direct quotes are scattered liberally throughout. Here goes…Continue reading “An open letter to my students of #MN6052 AY2018/19”
Academic writing summer school
In my last post I wrote about my increased confidence following my first year of blogging. Perhaps it was too much to expect that my academic writing might miraculously appear (not improve or develop but appear) during the same timeframe. So, when the opportunity arose to participate in an optional #acwri summer school offered by myContinue reading “Academic writing summer school”
Reflections on my first year of blogging
It’s been a year since I tentatively dipped my toes into the then cold waters of blogging to create a learning journal for myself, publishing my first post on 19 June 2017 at 2:50pm local time. The intention was for it to be a personal place to reflect on my learning, teaching and research journeyContinue reading “Reflections on my first year of blogging”
What’s in a name?
At the outset of every new semester, students in my face-to-face class always appear unsure about what to expect from my module. It is called ‘International Project Management’ but the titles of the texts range from the aforementioned International Project Management to Global Project Management and Mastering Virtual Teams. By the end of the firstContinue reading “What’s in a name?”
An open letter to my students of #MN6052 AY2017/18
Featured image courtesy of Pixabay Our module has come and gone, assessment work has been graded and it’s time for reflection. By that I mean my own reflection since I’ve completed reviewing your submissions and that’s the topic of this blog post. At the start of the semester we struggled with dynamic interaction but IContinue reading “An open letter to my students of #MN6052 AY2017/18”
Sandra Flynn 