21 April 2015
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One of my small daily pleasures is hearing the station announcements for the trains to Carlisle. As the train travels westwards it moves across a period of early British history: from the Saxon villages of Shipley, Bingley and Keighley across … Continue reading
11 March 2014
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This is a presentation from a research grants workshop in the School of Education at Leeds University For more information see: Sandpit Reflections Part One Sandpit Reflections Part Two EPRSC: What is a sandpit?
7 February 2014
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Further to my previous post… I decided to create two blogs firstly because I wanted the academic theme to be more coherent and to make it easier for readers to find the academic material. However, I also found that that … Continue reading
4 February 2014
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I’ve decided to separate the personal and academic aspects of this blog. Personal posts can now be found at www.cosyrosie.net.
23 January 2014
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What I learned from and about the sandpit experience Without doubt, the sandpit was, as my Head of Department put it, “a valuable learning opportunity”. If I ever have the opportunity to attend another sandpit, as I hope I will, … Continue reading
19 January 2014
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What is a Sandpit? I spent last week (five days) at an ESRC sandpit. I had never heard of research sandpits before I applied for this one and I wanted to go simply because I was really excited by the … Continue reading
20 December 2013
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The Great Hall at the University of Leeds is actually pretty small and so we do not have huge graduation ceremonies. Instead we have a week (winter) or two (summer) of back-to-back small ceremonies each lasting about 45 minutes. For … Continue reading
15 December 2013
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I am in the process of moving my blog (now at www.aishawalker.weebly.com) from Weebly to WordPress. So far I have set up the pages and moved some posts but this is still work in progress. In particular, some image links … Continue reading
9 December 2013
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This video features a graduate of our distance learning MA ICT in Education (now MA Technology, Education and Learning). Since completing her MA, the student has been promoted and is now working to use the blended learning skills developed through … Continue reading
26 October 2013
by Aisha
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If you want to ensure that your conference participants are disgruntled then here are some useful tips: Do not put any posters on the outside of the building where the registration desk is situated otherwise people might be able to … Continue reading