Archive for: August 2007

August 30, 2007

From Merlin John’s Blog | Anglia Ruskin ultra-sensitive about Ultralab?

Filed under: Reflections - 30 Aug 2007

A curmudgeonly and quite frankly ridiculous letter from Steve Bennett of Anglia Ruskin University sent to Merlin John speaks volumes:^)

Steve Bennett Letter

“On Wednesday 29 August 2007 - 13:29:48 | …

August 24, 2007

Student retention | Ormond Simpson the Open University

Filed under: Reviews - 24 Aug 2007

This is an excellent Breeze presentation by Ormond Simpson of the OU for anyone interested in HE retention issues. If the financial discussion isn’t of interest, skip onto slide 23.

Concluding this Breeze presentation Ormand suggests that there are …

August 7, 2007

My New Job - The Institute for Educational Cybernetics

Filed under: Reflections - 07 Aug 2007

Yesterday was my first day at the Institute for Educational Cybernetics (IEC) where I am now employed as a Reader in Inquiry-base Learning. IEC is an evolution of Jisc/CETIS and also pulls together a number of other …