Keith's blog

Musings and rants from an experienced University Academic. The opinions are my own and in no way connected to any of the Higher Education bodies I work for or represent. No Universities were harmed in the writing of this blog.

Sunday, 10 May 2020

Old Dogs

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It is said that you cannot teach old dogs new tricks. Take Missy (1998 - 2012) for example. She hated "shower time", unlike her ...

Thursday, 30 April 2020

The demise of Coal Mining in the UK

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For generations, the stalwart miners of the UK literally "kept the home-fires burning" and kept the wheels of industry turning thr...

Thursday, 2 April 2020

Preparing students for SAFE Online Learning

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I have written about this subject before in The Farmers Breakfast and I'm Engaged but when's the Wedding? but not, as I recall, ...

Tuesday, 3 March 2020

Digital thinking: This week I have been self-isolating but still delivering lectures!

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Many HE institutions pride themselves on the power and prestige of that tried and tested delivery mechanism of the face to face lecture. T...

Wednesday, 12 February 2020

Have you repaid your student debt?

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The UK General Election in 2019 showed that the biggest divide between voters was not political party, nor was it North vs. South. It was a...

Thursday, 30 January 2020

Mission to Mongolia

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I'm not sure that I could think of a more inhospitable place in which to develop online learning than Mongolia. Its not the ultra low ...

Monday, 20 January 2020

SHARE or SHAFT?

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Avid daytime TV viewers will recall a fleetingly popular show hosted by political lightweight Robert Kilroy-Silk. It was called SHARE or SH...

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