Tag: Community

24th Durham Blackboard Users' Conference #DURBBU

Little things, big pressures #DURBBU

There’s something quietly comfortable about reflecting on an event like last week’s DURBBU. Reflection and time away helps me gather

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meditation, wellbeing, and 5 stacked rocks on a beach

Redundancy, resilience, and finding what’s next. #LTHEChat

I joined the LTHEChat team in 2015 for their 31st community chat on Twitter to ask questions about the ‘intrinsic

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Voice

‘2025 Voice of the Online Learner (UK Edition)’

This week marked the release of ‘Voice of the Online Learner (UK Edition)‘. This is the first time UK-specific insight

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Adopt and Adapt

Time to Adapt and Adopt

Every body of work reaches that familiar moment: the big announcement, the new platform/course/system is live, the training sessions are

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Meaningful professional engagement

Meaningful professional engagement

Like many currently navigating a career transition, I’ve been spending more time on LinkedIn: connecting with my network and peers,

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Commuters wiating to get on an underground/metro train

From campus to community

When considering the broad benefits of university education beyond the subject and specialism of the course, it’s essential to explore

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Pile of books on a desk

Does the subject matter?

The last few years have seen a growing narrative around so-called “Mickey Mouse degrees,” with some suggesting that some university

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