I farewelled Macquarie University over two weeks ago, but it has taken until now—with the holidays over and the kids in their second week back to school—to document this life-changing transition. I have had many roles in my decades on Wallumattagal campus: undergraduate and postgraduate student; casual, contract and continuing, part-time and full-time, professional and … Continue reading University as palimpsest
Academic careers
Academic mentoring
I continue to share brief lessons from the modules in Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching. Session 1, 2024 enrolment is open now. You can sign up at https://canvas.instructure.com/register and use the following join code: FPXJJW. Academic Mentoring is Module 18 and part of the Enhancing your teaching pathway through the course. Developed by Dr Trudy … Continue reading Academic mentoring
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Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching is a self-paced, free massive open online course (MOOC) for the international higher education sector. Course commences 12 February 2024. Enrol now! I love co-leading this MOOC with Marina Harvey. The modules and resources have been developed by over 50 content experts including teachers, researchers, university leaders and academic developers. … Continue reading Enrol in a free teaching and learning MOOC!
The Slow Academic 