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rogerjsaunders
Jan 16, 20221 min read
Listen to the L&T Podcast on Anchor
I'm now hosting a podcast about learning & teaching on the platform Anchor, which is also linked to Spotify. In the first episode I am...
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rogerjsaunders
Jun 8, 20211 min read
Where do I start (22/10/20)
I used to play board games with a friend, Twilight Struggle, which was an intensely strategic game in which you could play as the...
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rogerjsaunders
Apr 21, 20212 min read
My anniversary (12/04/21)
25 years ago today I started teaching at what was then Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Creative Studies, or College of Cakes as...
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rogerjsaunders
Mar 22, 20212 min read
My email inbox is empty (22/03/21)
The first step in solving any problem is recognising there is one. If your inbox has hundreds, maybe even thousands of emails in it; if...
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rogerjsaunders
Feb 18, 20211 min read
How much is enough? (February 2021)
1986 “Discuss the use of blood imagery in Jacobean revenge tragedy” 1500 words (an essay I really did write). 2021 “Discuss the use of...
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rogerjsaunders
Feb 18, 20211 min read
Is this in the assignment? (September 2020)
An ex-colleague used to encourage students to think about assessments from the inside. He’d ask the students to construct an assignment,...
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rogerjsaunders
Feb 18, 20211 min read
What do they do when you're not there? (July 2020)
I was a terrible student. Easily distracted. Leaving everything to the last minute. Spending more time creating my revision timetable (it...
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rogerjsaunders
Feb 18, 20211 min read
Technology is not my friend (March 2020)
Aaargh. My camera won’t work in Skype. Why won’t it work. Look it up online. Check settings. Privacy. Uninstall and reinstall. Check a...
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rogerjsaunders
Feb 18, 20211 min read
I don't agree with your mark (February 2020)
I can’t say I’m a big fan of the X Factor and I certainly think Simon Cowell has faults as a human being. But after caterwauling through...
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rogerjsaunders
Feb 18, 20211 min read
Fun and games (December 2019)
Okay, nerd alert. I am, amongst other things a board game collector/player (and yes, that also includes card games and wargames). Some...
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rogerjsaunders
Feb 18, 20211 min read
Lost in the void (October 2019)
I used to commute by train every day to work and on numerous occasions I would find myself becoming aware that we had stopped in the...
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rogerjsaunders
Feb 18, 20211 min read
He said, she said (October 2019)
I have always been an enthusiastic sports person. Not a good one, despite my efforts, and the main reason is however many times I might...
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rogerjsaunders
Feb 18, 20211 min read
New beginnings (September 2019)
Another teaching year is almost upon us. This will be my 23rd and I still reflect on my first where, as I had been told to do, I went...
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