Last time I wrote about what we normally face at this time
of the year. I mentioned that it will be a little different this time. I’m now
going to go into more detail.
I’ve been in my office for much of the day. I’ve packed
three boxes, filled six sacks of ordinary rubbish and three sacks of
confidential rubbish. We’re actually moving next Friday and today was my only
chance.
We’ve been in the new school a week now. So far so good.
Everyone seems very welcoming. But of course, we’re facing a slightly different
culture, even though we’re still within one institution. I’m very optimistic.
The new school is called Arts and Media and I see Creative Writing sitting
comfortably there.
Yesterday I spent half a day with a colleague who is
programme leader for the other two English programmes. We looked at optimal fit
for our first years so that they’re coming in for a good bunch of classes on
three days but not so many that they’ll feel overwhelmed.
We then looked at some second and third year issues.
We also put together the submission deadlines. We rolled
last year’s but made adjustments to avoid Mondays (a university regulation), to
take into consideration the Easter break and also adjusted some weekdays to fit
in with teaching.
This year we’re also offering more contact hours to our
second years. I have to write some more lectures, especially as I’m teaching a
course I haven’t taught for a few years and I’ve got some more research to add
in. I’m also taking over a course from a colleague who has left. So some work
to do there as well.
Exciting times indeed.
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