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via GIPHY As I’ve become more invested in using technology in my teaching, I’ve started to investigate conferences that would expose me to the latest ideas. Online Educa, which is held in Berlin, is one of the biggest conferences in this area, and it is one that I had hoped to attend this year. However, […]
I’ve just finished a Zoom call with a member of staff who had asked whether I would be willing to mentor them through the next stages of their teaching journey. As well as being very honoured to be asked, it got me thinking about the benefits of mentoring and being mentored. We often talk about […]
It’s not every day that you have the opportunity to have a one-to-one chat with one of the biggest names in pedagogy in the UK. Today I got just that opportunity with a 15-minute chat with Professor Sally Brown. The opportunity came about because I signed up for a webinar arranged by the Physiology Society. […]
Well, my hands have just about stopped shaking enough to type this post now! I feel incredibly humbled to have been announced today as the Royal Society of Biology Higher Education Biosciences Teacher of the Year 2021 (HEBTOY 2021). This is a huge honour, especially when I consider the calibre of the finalists, Drs Helen […]