2018: Turning corners & Tipping point(s)…

The end of a year always brings a sense of “taking stock” of past, present and near future or in … More

‘The Research Catalogue: Publishing Art in Academia’ by Henk Borgdorff

Another day in academia with my ECR (early career researcher) hat on. Another acronym and role for wordgirl’s existence. This … More

Workshop: Cultural Understanding for a Global Future

On Friday, I attended the two-hour workshop ‘Cultural Understanding for a Global Future’ run by Jo Bloxham from the independent … More

MEd Academic Practice – TELT Pre-reading 1

The MED in Academic Practice continues with a different module, this time the Technology Enhanced Learning and Teaching (TELT) module … More

Speaking at ‘Jewellery Futures Symposium’ – Globalisation, Mobility and Migration

At the end of last week, I was invited by the School of Jewellery at Birmingham City University to speak … More

Brushing up on Blogging…

Squeezed in between all my many work-life strands of practice and study, I went to a two-hour ‘Introduction to Blogging’ course by … More

MEd Academic Practice – Curriculum Design 2

Time for the second session of the curriculum design module ‘Enhancing the Student Experience through Course Design and Delivery (ESEtCDD)’ as part of … More

Teaching Talk, Models, Pyramids & C.S Lewis…

One of my many hats (as you readers know) is as an arts educator where I am currently undertaking a … More