“We are currently experiencing a new way of life and adapting to a whole new normal. As we navigate these uncertain times, we seek light in the darkness, clarity in the confusion, and hope in the helplessness. Self-isolation and social distancing is providing us with the time and space we need to reflect…
“My diary for March 2020 was full and organized, with three days of ‘subject expert’ work for Ofqual, combined with two days of A-level teaching, pencilled in for each week. By the middle of week two, however, it was clear that forces far greater than school timetables and examination regulators were taking hold. What happened…
“For any teacher, it is a salutary experience to be a learner – and ideally, a learner who feels no particular aptitude for the matter in hand. That was my fate when schools were closed and we found ourselves in our virtual classrooms providing virtual teaching to literally remote students. If nothing else, I…
“I have never spent so much time in my kitchen… Not cooking, or not only cooking, but round the table with laptops, books, pens, pencils, scissors and glue trying to balance working with my own children (keystage 2 maths, English, history, geography and quite a lot of art) and to maintain some kind…
“I am not a natural online teacher – I like being in the classroom too much… I love that feeling of leaving the world at the door and turning towards books and ideas. My students at Salford are so sparky and funny – no matter what meetings I’ve been in that day or forms…
“I don’t think any of us will forget this academic year, or the next. Or perhaps the next… The pandemic will have a significant impact on the lived experience of working and studying in UK HE and HEIs for years to come. Resilience and sustainability, strategy and transition, adaptability and community have become the…