Today I had what I would describe as a ‘bits and pieces day’. Looking back on the last 8 hours or so there is not one particular task that I have done that I would identify as a highlight but there are a lot of smaller tasks that have quite neatly rounded a few things off and left me with an overall feeling of useful achievement to take home ahead of the long Easter weekend.
In short, I have had a discussion with a senior colleague about actions we can take to connect better with potential students, photocopied a sample of marked coursework for two modules, advised a student who wants to repeat a year of his course, made a list of the Final Stage projects for next year, collated materials for an in-class test I am running next week and caught up with my entries on this blog.
It would be nice to be able to point to one significant more creative triumph from today but actually I am quite content, because sometimes a bits and pieces day is exactly what you need.
Tim O'Hare 