Knee deep into the second semester

I realised I had moaned a bit about marking, but had otherwise not said anything about teaching starting again. And it matters!

This semester, my main teaching is on the Earth, Climate, and Evolution module, the Climate and Climate Change module, and the dissertation module. All that had to be prepared. And then there are the other modules that need attention, like the tutorial module, and Communicating Science. You have to get the websites ready, you have to schedule tutorials and get rooms for them, you have to make sure the lectures are ready, etc. 

The Climate Change module still needs a fair bit of work. I used to be the module organiser, but it changed hands, and with that, the content I was expected to teach changed. I found a new form of doing it, but I'm clearly not done polishing the material yet! I can teach the Earth, Climate and Evolution module on routine, but not the Climate and Climate change one.

I had to find a balance between doing that, dealing with academic integrity cases, and making progress with our Athena Swan application. I’m sure all of it will show signs of compromise! It’s unavoidable. But it’s all go again. And it will probably stay that way until the end of term!