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I am writing this blog post more for myself than any other reason. That’s because I think that, firstly, I need to take a moment and reflect upon where I am at as we approach the end of the third year of my doctorate, and secondly, because I wanted to reflect on my recent thinking….

So, I recently completed NaNoWriMo for the second time. When you add that to last year (The End of Glory) and ScriptFrenzy (an un-named graphic novel), that means in the space of 13 months or so, I’ve written more than 300 pages. I’m quite proud of that statistic. Goodness knows what I’ll do with it,…

I recently met with my supervisor about my ongoing doctoral studies. I am going to reflect on that meeting here. One of the challenges that I have faced in my research work thus far has been deciding what kind of lens I am going to view my work through. Of course, as in everything else…

Recently, I attended the Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference in Paris. Although I had been to Paris before, I felt that I had more time to enjoy Paris this time. Below is a brief reflection about my time in ‘The City of Light’. Paris. I feel like I’ve come home. There’s a certain sense of…

My reflections on the Ann D Clark Lecture by Andy Hargreaves, Term 3, 2012. As a teacher, I’ve been conscious that in my own practice I have followed educational ‘fads’ rather than research-based practice. It’s tricky, as a teacher: we are confronted with so many initiatives and ideas – from leaders, from consultants, from governments…

I had the opportunity to listen to a principal at a school share her thoughts on achievement, graduation and the world. It was a powerful, meaningful speech, and I was pleased to see that she didn’t provide some kind of antiseptic warm and fuzzy, aren’t you all wonderful kind of speech. Instead, she gave it…

Vale Alan Wilders. A friend of mine, Alan Wilders, passed away recently after a long battle with cancer. I did not get the chance to say goodbye to him. If I had the chance, this is what I would have liked to say. Alan, it’s been more than a week since you died, and I…

A number of years ago, a friend of mine gave me one of those 1001 Things to do before you die books. I’ve seen them for places, for films and other such things, but in this case, this one for me was ‘1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die’. Here’s a link to it…

Hail and well met! It’s been more than a year, but I’ve decided to return to the blogging world. I originally decided to quit because it all seemed to be too hard; I’d received some criticism of my blog, and I wasn’t, I felt, getting my message across in the way that I wanted to….