Away with the fairies

The taught part of my MEd course is over and for the next 4 mouths I’ll be working on my dissertation. I suspect that I won’t have much time available for blogging because there is simply too much to read;  besides that I’ll keep my other professional activities and add a bit of teaching during the [...]

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The Oxford experience

Just coming back from the British Council/Hornby Trust Seminar in Oxford. It was a great experience indeed because I could meet all the other Hornby Scholars and besides working hard we had a whale of a time together. The highlights were the visit to Oxford University Press where we attended a short presentation by John [...]

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Professional reading

Sometimes I feel I could be a monk in a medieval monastery, spending my time surrounded by books and writing in the Scriptorium. Well, it’s not that bad because Ed and I also have a bit of fun around here in Plymouth, but most of our time is indeed spent between pages. Unfortunately, it’s not [...]

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First impressions

Some weeks have gone since the beginning of my course and it seems that time really flies when it comes to the content and everything we have been studying. However, time is England is different. There is nothing frenetic here, things seem to run smoothly and time flows. If I’m feeling a bit pressured because [...]

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Welcome to Plymouth!

We arrrived in the UK last Tuesday and after a couple of hours in London calling on friends and walking around Trafalgar and St James’s Park we took an evening train to Plymouth. 
 
My son Edward is also with me because he is going to do his BA in English Literature here at Marjon and we are [...]

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