Category: Comment
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A physical tragedy in a digital world.
Wherein I lament the loss of one of our greatest literary institutions; The *printed* Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Okay… so I’m a dreadfully bad blogger!
A short post apologising for the lack of posting on this blog…
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An honour and a pleasure… but credit belongs elsewhere.
On wednesday I was accorded a great honour by Southampton University Students’ Union by being awarded an Excellence in Volunteering Award in the category of “commitment to volunteering” for the work I have done over the past four years as a student representative. Also some thoughts on where the credit is really due.
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Observations on Teaching Observation
After spending a week at my old school undertaking teaching observation while considering going into teaching… here are my thoughts and observations.
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On popularity politics and the Students’ Union
I entered into the recent SUSU Sabbatical elections with a clear vision of how I would like to run my election campaign. It was really simple and very different from how I know the other candidates would be running their campaigns, I would run a low-key campaign driven by my policies and experience, without gimmick or palming…
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Science for Journalists 101: Cardinal Sins
My attempt at a sort of “science primer” for budding science journalists, what should you avoid like the plague if you are to do a good job? Hopefully the answer lies within!
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The Obligatory Christmas Post
So it’s probably not escaped your notice that we are rapidly approaching the end of the calendar year, and we all know what that means don’t we? It means (in the UK at least) that any and all traffic/public transport halts at the first sight of snow, resulting in a jaded view that white christmasses…
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Re-blogging: Active, Passive, Poppycock (via Speech and Science)
Seeing as I’ve just completed degree module that has required me to write “actively” despite three years of marks deductions for doing just that! And also given the amount of complaining I’ve been making regarding that very point at uni, and the fact that at least one or two of my lecturers read the occasional…
Benjamin David Brooks 