I’m pleased to report that despite my struggles with the library website last weekend, the book I ordered duly turned up. Having just taken a quick peek it seems rather useful, so I suppose I’d better get on with reading it now! However, at the end of this week there’s the annual course conference taking place, so I think the reading will have to wait until afterwards.
The course conference allows distance learners to become “real” students for a couple of days. Well, of course, we’re all “real” students already – so perhaps it would be better to say that those of us who are attending will, for once, be physically present at the university, rather than being disembodied entities on blackboard. If it’s anything like the OU summer schools I attended while taking my degree it should be good fun, if rather intense. The intensity of the experience to come is hinted at in the packed timetable we’ve been provided with. There are extended teaching sessions and workshops on leadership selection and ergonomics, as well as sessions covering the dissertation process, research methods and chartership. There’s also a chance to socialise at a quiz evening and, I expect, in the bar afterwards too!
I’m really looking forward to it. But before I travel to Leicester on Thursday morning, there’s just the little matter of the day job to get through over the next three days …
This article was originally written for the University of Leicester Student Blogs, 30th March 2014.