Do you know how your Students feel?

I mean: Do you know how they really feel about their degrees?
I found this page on Facebook, it had 21,100 fans (far more than many degree related pages), and many of the comments on it were about exam stress, a lack of engagement in subject matter AND most concerningly a view that the degree is [...]

Testing times…

Testing times for students…
But remember, though the world seems to be going out of its mind, you have yours.
The difference between finding a graduate job and not finding a graduate job can mean either temporary work somewhere, dutifully dulling your mind while something else may come along, or temporary work where you can take an [...]

The Days Are Just Packed – But I don’t do anything

There is never enough time!
I have just been chatting with friends who are all heading to or are just starting bachelors and masters programmes, and what struck me is the genuine excitement and motivation to go to University to party (of course) but mainly to study their chosen subjects.
These are individuals who have read much [...]

Making it Happen

The importance of knowing rather than believing
I have just had a great conversation with a potential publishing partner, the representatives on the phone were interested in the concept and stated that they look forward to seeing it happen as we move forwards. The impressions I obtained, was that there is a belief that this is [...]

University Relations

The University and Lecturer community is going to be an important element of the Reference Tree model. This is because reading at undergraduate and (to a lesser extent) at postgraduate level is driven by the reading lists that are put together by the lecturers and professors running the modules and courses. Therefore in order [...]