Monthly Archives: December 2008

End of term: phew!

It’s been a long, hard term and a break from teaching is welcome even by those of us who genuinely enjoy it. I think the students need a rest too! However, those friends and family outside academia often mistake our … Read More »

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Why did we want to be academics again?

It’s a really tough part of the term: many lecturers and students are feeling fatigued and/or sick and Christmas is just around the corner. So perhaps it’s not surprising that one of the most interesting articles in Chronicle this week … Read More »

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Marking: it's that time of year again

Anyone who is doing an undergraduate degree will probably be quite stressed at the moment because it seems as though the assessed work submission deadlines are coming thick and fast, but spare a thought for us lecturers too. We are … Read More »

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