Sat.May 27, 2017 - Fri.Jun 02, 2017

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Themed ‘tutor training sessions’ for tutors and demonstrators in Informatics

Teaching Matters Academic Support

[image iStock Finland] Since 2012, Informatics has been developing a year-long training programme for tutors and demonstrators, initially with help from the Institute for Academic Development. The programme consists of a series of optional, themed workshops which have been devised to support teaching and are open to all students and staff with current teaching roles within Informatics, including teaching assistants, tutors, demonstrators, coursework or examination markers.

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Professional Contingency and the Cosmic Perspective

Academic Librarian

This blog is approaching its tenth anniversary, and I realized that its tenth year has been one of silence. Partly I’ve been working (slowly) on another book, partly I’ve been chairing a really busy ACRL committee that produces lengthy documents , and partly I’ve less incentive to blog since one provocative librarian has ceased publishing laughable false dichotomies about libraries and another has ceased all public activity due, supposedly, to “threats and politics.

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Dolly’s World: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the Dolly Parton tweet

Terminalfour

The power of the influencer

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