Honouring cruelty
I will be glad to see the end of 2019 for many reasons. In the UK the arrival of a new year traditionally holds a New Year’s Honours list with […]
#resist through joy
For many of us, still recovering from the shock of an unimaginable election result, it is a real challenge to face the coming festivities with anything approaching joyfulness. The UK […]
A Capital priority
The country I was born in has changed over recent years. It was an essentially kind, caring society. Tolerant and respectful, I have enjoyed the diversity and multiculturalism of our […]
For the few, not the many.
The government of the UK is now in the hands of a privileged few. It has ever been so you may say. Not so. In what would, had it happened […]
Hope
Gradually I’m emerging from writing, presenting, teaching, mentoring and marking exams (just orals to go this week) and I am determined to find some time to think and share thoughts […]
#saveyourinternet
I contacted MEPs in order to share my concerns about the European copyright reform (copyright directive) and was surprised to get responses. Perhaps this was because I added my perspective […]
Thoughts on curating #femedtech
Back at #OER17 in London I joined a small group of women meeting to sort out how we could support each other online where some of that group had experienced […]
You’ll miss them when they are gone
A reflective post and a warning for 2019. A line from Luhrmann’s song will always remind me of 2018: “be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone” […]
An accident of birth.
Many years ago, in my first year of secondary school in Leamington Spa I recited a poem in front of my English class. Our teacher had asked us to choose […]
Creative Commons Certified!
As an open educational practitioner Creative Commons licences have been central to my practice online and when the opportunity came along to complete an accredited course online over the summer […]
