Who cares?
I, like many many people, have caring responsibilities. We care about the wellbeing of family and friends of course. I have loved and lost both my parents now, they set […]
Tag Archives: leadership
Off my own bat.
This place of contemplation attracted me during a family weekend near Bath. I love a willow tree. We had one in the garden when I was growing up. I love […]
The price of everything…
I have been thinking recently about values. On Friday I will be hosting a discussion webinar for the Open Ed Sig on this very topic so my reflections are in […]
On ownership and stewardship.
Image: NASA via wikimedia A recent trailer for a BBC programme about our planet included a soundbite which struck me so much I wrote it down: “This is our home […]
Bubbling up! OER17 – an invigorating experience.
When streams rush together to meet and make their way to the ocean, they foam and bubble, oxygen rich waters feed the area, bringing life and carving through rock and […]
Personal pedagogy
A response to discussions in #creativeHE. There are so many flavours of pedagogy flying around in HE at the moment: paragogy, discipline-specific pedagogies, critical digital pedagogy, androgogy and many more. […]
Nailing our colours to the mast
There are times when we each have to let others know what we feel. The past few months have brought me to a point where I can no longer dismiss […]
On judgement and being judgemental.
Who are we to judge?
I’m no expert but…
The UK has just lived through one of the most dramatic changes in recent history. A long-discussed referendum on our membership of the European Union brought back an unexpected result […]
Power play
Today sees the conclusions of the 2 year-long Hillsborough inquests. On the radio this morning they played clips from the day and it was clear that there was little realisation […]
Espace Sisyphe 