Monthly Archives: January 2008

Open Days…oh joy!

One of the duties of a full time member of staff that is completely new to me is being present at an open day! Of course you can’t work at a university without seeing the groups of A level students … Read More »

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Lecturing

Lectures given in this academic year: 20 so far Times I’ve been unnerved by the students’ response: 20, I’m afraid! As I have been employed as a ‘lecturer’ it is a pretty good assumption that lecturing will form a central … Read More »

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Interviews

Thank goodness I don’t have to go to a job interview for a while! I had rather too many of them while searching for this job and they can be an exhausting and dispiriting experience, although on a more positive … Read More »

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Teaching Postgraduates

Happy New Year! Like many of us in the academic profession (well, probably most professions actually) the holiday period has resulted in a rather chaotic few days answering emails and picking up the threads of our work. So a short … Read More »

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