Something a little different from me this week!
A friend and fellow doctor (in sociology) found this fascinating blog posting and I thought it worthy of publishing here, see what you think here
Archive for September, 2007
Letters of recommendation
Friday, September 28th, 2007Induction part II
Thursday, September 20th, 2007Students shown round the university: 25
People who got caught in typical Manchester rain: 25 students and 1 very cross lecturer!
I now feel as though I am a ‘proper’ lecturer having been roped in to give student induction tours despite barely knowing the way round the campus myself. My last post was on the importance of the induction period for new members of staff and this one concerns being thrown from that frying pan into the fire of student inductions! I think these too are extremely important, despite being rather overwhelming for students trying to take in so much information. But it is also an opportunity to provide a decent welcome and a friendly face for a bunch of 18 year-olds away from home for the first time.
Induction part I
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007Well, I have been in my new job for one week now and I wanted to share some of my experiences so that you would know what to expect when starting a new academic job. As well as coping with a new job, I am also buying a house and I got married on Saturday, so this really is an exciting month for me! Thank goodness I haven’t been thrown into the deep end at work, there’s still ten days until teaching starts (only ten days…hmmm!) and so I have been able to acclimatize myself slowly to my new work surroundings.
