Experience… Excel numbers from Word tables 1 Nov 202112 Mar 2022 Compared to the last academic year, we can do more face to face teaching. We just need to be savvy about how it's done! Social distancing is still in place…
Experience… JSmol in Moodle 9 Jul 202110 Jul 2021 Feel free to skip the blurb and get to the instructions section below. The blurb When I studied undergrad chemistry at Glasgow we needed to buy textbooks and a simple…
Experience The Road Goes – Part 2 7 Apr 2021 In my last blog post I wrote about the metaphorical musings inspired by watching (or reading) Lord of the Rings. It was while I was writing that piece that I…
Experience The Road Goes – Part 1 7 Apr 20218 Apr 2021 There's something about Tolkien's Middle-earth that stokes my imagination! It's so easy to step into the Third Age where the hassles and aggravations of the real world just slip away.…
Experience Cerin Armoth 7 Apr 20218 Apr 2021 I'm starting to feel that lockdown has hollowed me out: I can't travel, I can't see friends, I can't go to church. All I can do (or am supposed to…
Experience… NewU 20 Aug 202024 Oct 2020 In this post I want to share my thoughts about a new system of Higher Education (HE): one that is open, inclusive and equal. Over the lockdown months I've been…
Experience Which path? 6 Jul 20197 Jul 2019 Over the last few years I've had a number of conversations with students about careers, training and location choices. Should students apply for jobs while they are studying? When should…
Experience… Talking about games 30 Jun 201914 Oct 2019 This week my colleague Dave Breen and I drove down to Manchester for the UK's Pharmacy Education Conference. Dave and Gary Lynas presented a poster on a game they've designed…
Education… The pivotal role of great students 10 May 201915 May 2019 Last year I was awarded the Strathclyde University Student Union's Best Teacher prize. I gave a short speech at the time (which you can find here), but last year's winner…
Experience Multi-disciplinary faith 30 Apr 2019 I've always been interested in multi-disciplinary science. It seems that in the process of bringing together two different disciplines, ideas are exchanged and I learn something new and profound. Two…
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