academic encounters 2 listening speaking p13

University of Cambridge Undergraduate Prospectus 2021 Published on Feb 23, 2020 Undergraduate Prospectus for 2021 entry to the University of Cambridge.

Fridays are days for organising the week that was in preparation for the week to come.

Over at the University of Hull they were surprised I was not carrying on at Lincoln but it was never an option.

Last years sponsorship of 1734 was deducted from my final salary.

In the end it was easier to accept this was the price which had to be paid.

A week before I left, Thesis Whisperer published Know Your Limits, a piece I wrote last year about my lack of doctoral supervision.

It seems there is interest in my work around e-teaching but not at Lincoln.

It has been increasingly difficult to manage a PhD on digital education when there was no longer any remit for the digital within my workload.

This Blog and Log will continue but in a different format with a new URL.

One of my supervisors told me Everyone does Bourdieu, I think oh no, not Bourdieu again, find someone different.

It put me off yet Id always been influenced by Foucaults writing on institutions and power and when I recently read some Bourdieu it all fitted into place.

Having said that, theres one more essential work-task to complete then I should have cleared a space.

My next time away is 25th Spetember Oh Vienna Until then, and over the next two weeks I must be research active.

In between will be the development of my reading and reflections on the journey.

I reckon a sheet of A3 will be enough and the purpose of the diagram is to provide a snapshot of how I got to where I am with key citations and references.

It takes being disconnected to realise just how dependent youve become.

Then you come back and BANG Ive blogged about China and The next one is about food it will follow on naturally from language and loos.

Its encourages the extraction of the essence of an experience.

My worry was I wouldnt have time to either write up my note books or process my thoughts.

I didnt and I havent but blogging is a way to create a record.

The only positive from my accidental trip last November was putting the doctoral-study hat back on.

I didnt get to present at ASCILITE but I did get time to synthesise my progress resulting in three draft chapters Introduction, Literature Review and Methodology.

The drafts are currently with my new supervisor and were meeting soon for feedback.

I work from home on Fridays.

In reality its a desk-day for catching up with emails, writing reports, developing resources, marking etc.

Academic Encounters 2 Listening Speaking P13