Blog of Susannah Quinsee about life, work, parenthood and play
I went back to the University campus for the first time in four and half months yesterday. I was quite apprehensive about it to be honest, just getting in the building, how it would feel, would I feel safe, what Continue reading Reflections from being on-campus
Here is the introduction for Learning and Teaching Exchange that I did for Develop@City. I’m posting this because in writing it I was really struck about how important collaboration has been throughout this period and how it will be over Continue reading Learning and Teaching Exchange Introduction
After a very long week, with many moving work parts and feel exhausted by lots of things that were going on, I was minded many times, particularly by my children in the power of simplicity. And I was also drawn Continue reading Simplicity
Attempting to catch-up. This week was a gruelling long week of many meetings, some very challenging, some very intense. I was exhausted by Tuesday night and still had a long week to go. Mum went back home and took Sylvia Continue reading Friday round-up: 24th July
I’m only about a month in and seem to be struggling with the “habit” of writing weekly blogs, although I did blog A LOT for my SEDA portfolio so… Anyway, week of 17th July, a 3 day work week! We Continue reading Friday roundup: 17th July
Been thinking about how different our weekends are now to in the world of Before (Covid-19). Then, I would start thinking about what we would be doing during the week, there would be an assortment of things on the calendar Continue reading Weekends now….
Things I want to achieve in 2020-2021, these are subject to many things but I was facing a change in my working pattern in September anyway due to all children being in school. I will also need to focus, as Continue reading SEDA CPD: 2019-2020: My future plans
From the learning I have gained during my CPD, I will Continue to help me grow as a leader and working parent, as a role model Support colleagues at my university and students by listening to stories of race and Continue reading SEDA CPD: 2019-2020: How I will use my learning
How things are connected – I have a blog post (which reminds me I have not published!) in which I reflected on how a set of readings and podcasts I was listening too and engaging with were all connected. I Continue reading SEDA CPD: 2019-2020: What I have learnt
I really wanted to increase my writing and focus on my research outputs this year and to some extent I have achieved that. Although I have not had lots of articles published they are in process and I feel I Continue reading SEDA CPD Report: 2019-2020: Why I did it