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It’s a no from me

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| Career Development, Conferences

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, […]

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The value of mentoring

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Grand Master Yoda

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 […]

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Chat with an educational legend

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Professor Sally Brown

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. […]

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HEBTOY 2021

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| #DryLabsRealScience, Career Development, Teaching Award
RSB HEBTOY 2021

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 […]

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