New year news

New year news

“Merry” is time-expired. The Christmas decs must come down. We’re 3 days overdue. A friend of mine went on a Caribbean cruise recently, and I’ve added a pic from his trip to inspire you for 2016. Thanks to Malcolm Welshman for permission to use...
Why start a blog?

Why start a blog?

I read lots of advice online for bloggers seeking themes and content ideas to start a blog. What blog do I want to create? How do I find topics to post about? My problem is, conversely, I have lots of ideas and they all crowd and then I get overwhelmed and don’t...

Happy Easter

New Year sparkle died already? The bubbly’s gone flat and we’re all back at the day job. Never fear, Easter falls early this year on 27 March. Morrisons have got the Cadbury Creme Eggs in and it’s only 8th January. Talking of bubbly, the UK’s...
Thoughts from a reader

Thoughts from a reader

This guest post is by Professor Shirley Williams of the University of Reading, who is an avid reader, and had an ambitious target of reading 50 books a year, on top of her not inconsiderable workload as Professor of Learning Technologies at the School of Systems...