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Balancing research and teaching

This is our ‘reading week’, which is what our university calls half term. It means that we have a week off from our teaching commitments, but every other duty such as meeting attendance and research or writing has to be … Read More »

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Reading week: another name for half-term?

It’s reading week and so we don’t have to teach any lectures or seminars and, in theory at least, the students are using the time to diligently prepare their assignments! But what should diligent lecturers be doing?

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Research during term time: is it possible?

We have just had our ‘reading week’  here at MMU which means that all the History students had an informal half-term break in which they don’t have to prepare for class and instead can devote themselves to their assessed essays … Read More »

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