When the BBC are talking about hybrid working you know that there is something going on. Unfortunately there’s still lots of noise and little signal. I think part of that is because no-one has a solid idea about what the future will be. Lots of experts are talking about how they want it to be, but fewer… Read More Hybrid learning
I was asked to speak at an event and declared my usual caveat about the event being gender balanced to the organisers. They agreed and then started discussing how the panel I’d be on would be organised. It was, unfortunately, going to be a manel so I stopped them and said I’d not be able… Read More A little bit of pressure
I got a menu through the door the other day. It’s for a new café that does all sorts of cakes, ice creams, waffles and shakes that also delivers. It is, without doubt, the worst temptation for me right now so I went to put it into the recycling bin. Just before I did, I… Read More What’s your take away?
Someone asked me recently if I did ‘that training thing’. As someone outside of the LnD field I thought it’d be good to find out what they thought about learning. They’re a skill worker, i.e. travel to a place to work to carry out a form of service/production, so impacted by the pandemic and lockdown.… Read More That training thing
Football chants have been around since the early 20th century but only really grew in the 1960s. Crowds at games took popular songs and added their own lyrics to them. Some chants can be identified to certain clubs – ‘when the saints go marching in’ for example – but many are general, changed around to… Read More The football chant
Lost and Desperate 