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…
Education… Poor marks 10 Nov 201815 Sep 2018 A short story as narrated by a student. I'm not sure what to do... Last week I opened up the email and looked at the spreadsheet. It took me a…
Experience… Lessons from failure 2 Jul 201812 Jul 2018 A few weeks ago I contacted my few remaining clients telling them that I was closing my freelance business, Kelvin Quad: devised and set up over 2 years ago, it…
Experience Comments… 20 Jun 20189 Aug 2018 This week I watched the C4 clip on YouTube of the Jordan Peterson/Cathy Newman interview. Once it was over I scrolled down to read some of the comments.... I was…
Education… Good students and great colleagues 12 May 201830 Jun 2018 I was invited to the University of Strathclyde Students Association last night for their annual teaching award dinner. I came away with a nomination and two shortlistings (see below), but…
Education… Pedagogy of the Oppressed 19 Oct 20174 Jul 2018 I get really curious about something when to turns up in two different parts of my life in quick succession. Recently this happened with Paulo Freire’s book,The Pedagogy of the…
Experience Innovation and regulation 6 Sep 20177 Sep 2017 I'm not sure why, but I seem to spend more time looking at 'quality' than I do at 'science' these days. I'm not sure how I feel about that, but…
