This was my first experience of Education Estates conference, and it was a useful insight into the priorities of the Dept. of Education, architects and stakeholders across all levels of education, from nursery schools to…
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Why did I start blogging? Present Absence
Recently, Dom Pates, Jane Secker and I were discussing the future of the blogging group once I leave City (more about that later). We ended up talking about why we started blogging. Here’s my answer….
Picturing how to write essays
Do your students find it difficult to develop their essays? If so, Alke Groppel-Wegener’s ‘Writing Essays by Pictures’ may provide a helpful guide. She approaches what can appear to be a dry process in a creative…
Copyright, Education and the International Community of Practice
I’ve been away to two conferences in the last month presenting about one of my key research interests: copyright education. As some of you may know, I am a former librarian / copyright officer, now…
LEaD Writing Group – Developing your creativity
This month’s theme for the LEaD Writing Group was creativity. We started by using an activity suggested by Heather Leach in The Road to Somewhere: A Creative Writing Companion. Stretch the imaginative muscle (Leach, 2014)….
Walking the City
Now in its third year, the Culture Capital Exchange (TCCE) is hosting a three day Walking the City event. This event brings together a diverse range of creative and innovative walks taking place around the capital. The…
The Walking Reading Group and Beyond
The highly successful Walking Reading Group, facilitated by Lydia Ashman, Ania Bas and Simone Mair, finished it’s current iteration of walks with a flurry of activity this month. Events included a suite of walks in Bilbao,…
Teaching, learning, creativity and passion in higher education: notes from a conference about scholarship of teaching and learning
International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) Conference, Quebec, Canada, 22-25 October. In October 2014, I attended the ISSOTL Conference for the first time. The theme of the conference was Nurturing Passion…
Video-making Skills at City
There is a sizable video community at City University (learning technologists, the AV department, the SU and careers to name just a few) and we recently met up in the MILL to find out: How…
Innovation, Creativity and Leadership Day
One of the highlights of the City calendar for me is the Innovation, Creativity and Leadership (ICL) Day run by the Centre for Creativity in Professional Practice. As ever, this was an opportunity to be…
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