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How to save time on teaching prep, without compromising quality
One of the secrets to saving time while teaching, is streamlining your learning objectives. They may make you groan in neoliberal bureaucracy, but ar…
5 years, 3 months ago
Surviving and Thriving in Uncertain Times
Uncertainty is stressful. Things are always uncertain. We have limited control over the future. My approach to supporting academics focuses on identi…
5 years, 4 months ago
Planning in Uncertain Times
In situations of high levels of uncertainty, you need a plan even more than you might otherwise. Planning is one practice it’s worth building into yo…
5 years, 4 months ago
Freedom & Scheduling
Using the analogy of gravity to explore how freedom can both be helped and hindered by scheduling, it's about finding the right balance to sustain a …
5 years, 4 months ago
How to take a vacation
Tips and advice on how to take a vacation as an academic. This post deals with planning and prioritising to get the most out of your summer, while to…
5 years, 4 months ago
Introducing the Academic Writing Studio
Recounting the story of how the Academic Writing Studio came to be, through Meeting With Your Writing weekly virtual writing groups to realising acad…
5 years, 4 months ago
A Story from A Meeting With Your Writing
A story from a past member of A Meeting With Your Writing weekly virtual writing groups, sharing insights about how and why the structure helped main…
5 years, 4 months ago
Pressure vs Ease
An exploration of how to find the balance between the right amount of pressure and ease in motivation. I look at an analogy from cattle farming to sh…
5 years, 4 months ago
A class provides structure
On how classes can provide the right kind of structure, through accountability and community to motivate you to continue the course and keep learning…
5 years, 4 months ago
Just Enough Structure (Intro)
An introduction to this Spotlight, focusing on how and why finding the right kinds of structure in academic careers can help you achieve writing goal…
5 years, 4 months ago