Every time I have sat down in the past couple of weeks to write a post I am overwhelmed by a sense of doom and gloom, and just found myself staring at the screen. This doom and gloom of course reached a high, or should that be low, on Wednesday the 9th of November, when Read More…
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words-no one is exactly sure of its provenance, but it is assumed to be oriental in origin. The one above certainly does for me. WhenI took this picture, as I was walking into work at Marjon University this morning just before 8am, I was Read More…
Summertime sadness…
The title of this post pretty much sums up how I am feeling at the moment. I am conscious that it is less than two weeks until the clocks go back and that the summer is officially over-although having said that, the act of scraping off ice from my car’s windscreen last Friday made me Read More…
New term, new challenges…
The new term is well under way now, and the campus is alive with chattering students and harrassed looking Academics. We in the Professional Services departments tend to be a bit more relaxed, at this time of year, as we haven’t had a long summer break away from the campus, where the Academics have no Read More…
Inhale to prepare…
Induction at the University of St Mark & St John (Marjon), is full on this week and I think this track sums up my sentiment… The campus is busy with mostly eager and expectant people, although there are a fair few who are looking anxious and still haven’t found their ‘tribe’, as my 20 year Read More…
And the new term begins…for some
It has always seemed a little strange to me that September brings with it the new influx of students, just as Autumn starts and the nights start drawing in. I always have this overwhelming urge to hibernate, and have insisted that if there is an afterlife, I come back as a creature who hibernates throughout Read More…
Going live!
Pressed the ‘public’ link this morning so that now these musings are no longer confined to myself and the eLearning team here at Marjon! I am anticipating publishing ‘musings’ on a Monday morning, which will incorporate a mixture of issues raised by students the week before, current issues in all matters pertaining to Academic Skills, Read More…
What a day!
A level results day and what a day it is for over 300,000 students in England and Wales. I can remember the day as if it was yesterday, and it was a long time ago. The results used to be posted up on a wall in the 6th form common room for all to see. Read More…
Hello world!
Welcome to the most important, well may be not the most important, but definitely the most entertaining and informative University of St Mark & St John blog! Each week the crazy Academic Skills team will post a blog featuring, hopefully, all things related to academic skills, but no doubt there will be diversions! Each week Read More…