Category Archives: Reflections

IP Blog.3 Intersectionality and Race In his TEDx talk Asif Sadiq spoke about the value to both individuals, organisations and society of approaching DEI more expansively than some current standard approaches, seeing opportunities for both individualised learning and applications and … Continue reading →

IP Blog.2 Intersectionality and Religion Ramadan discusses the ‘‘triple penalty’, where religion, gender and colour intertwine’ to affect British Muslim women, particularly hijabi, who may be perceived as being more devout or in Ramadan’s assessment more ‘traditional’ and therefore more … Continue reading →

IP Blog.1 Intersectionality and Disability I was struck by the optimistic and constructive viewpoint expressed in Adepitan’s ParalympicsGB interview (2020), looking at inclusive supports as creating the conditions in which individuals can thrive and ‘shine’. I liked this focus on the … Continue reading →

I was first introduced to learning outcomes as a tool or concept on the short Thinking Teaching course and adopted them quickly as introductory content for my library research, information and referencing sessions. In one of this week’s group discussions … Continue reading →

Something I was really struck by on the microteaching day reminded me of some teaching I had observed in a session led by an academic colleague, supporting from a library perspective. In different ways the two experiences highlighted the power … Continue reading →

In my last post I related one of my objectives in taking the PGCert course as gaining understanding of some foundational ethos’ of education. I’m questioning my relationship with theory in light of this. The first learning outcome for this … Continue reading →

It hadn’t really occurred to me to fundamentally question my preferred metrics-based approach to both work and information until one of the lecturers on my Librarianship MA course casually dismissed some quantitative research as ‘just counting stuff’. Having spent my … Continue reading →

Welcome to my PGCert reflective blog. Finally! Setting this up has been an insight into the frustrations of students who come to us with their IT based woes, and a reminder of how as a (slightly) older student I need … Continue reading →