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  • Summer holidays with history

    After being rather unwell at the beginning of 2016, I decided that this summer I would spend as much time on holiday as I could.  This was only made possible by the fact that we have access to a caravan that is currently in Oban, and we have a trailer tent, and it meant that…

  • Marine Lives and the way we conduct research

    Back at the beginning of July, I chatted via Skype to Colin Greenstreet of the Marine Lives project about how I do my research.  It was one of a number of interviews that Colin carried out so that the project leaders could tweak the functionality of their database in order to make it as useful…

  • Taking Stock

    As  the summer vacation seems to be a good time to take stock of where things are, I thought I’d share a few bits of news.  First, the bad news: I didn’t get the British Academy Postgraduate Research Fellowship for which I was shortlisted, which was disappointing to say the least. I am, however, very…

  • Blended Learning course weeks 3 & 4

    In a follow up to my previous post, this is my reflective log on Weeks 3 and 4 of the online blended learning that I am undertaking this summer. Week 3 of my FutureLearn Blended Learning Essentials course proved much more useful in a practical way. (Again, any sections in italics are definitions provided by…

  • Blended Learning course week 5

    Here is my reflective log on the final week of my FutureLearn Blended Learning Essentials course.  It’s certainly been an interesting few weeks. The final week of the course focuses on how we can use blended learning to accommodate students whose needs are a bit different – those with learning disabilities, for example, or caring…