But in other news, I had some really great experiences in Learning Development this week and feel so much more appreciated in my role as a Learning Development Advisor than I do as in my lecturing role. On Monday, I shadowed Joe on a Presentations workshop for 3rd year Environmental Science students... it was a nice mix of humour and good ideas on how to present data... and yourself! :-)

We also had quite a meeting about the PhD writing up workshop on Wednesday. It seemed I would play a greater role than originally expected, which was great. This was followed up by the weekly team meeting, which was also good to see the directions the group is likely to head in the future.

I had my first go alone in the Drop-In Zone in the library. Sadly, there were no students that came to see me. I am still pretty nervous about providing the right sort of feedback at the right level, but I guess that is something that will only come in time and with lots of practice.

This coming Monday I will start learning the ropes of the email submissions through the Learn mailbox. Should be good, but again, a little terrifying at the same time. All of the others in the group seem so eloquent in their replies to the students, but I must remember, they have been doing this for YEARS! I am new to this process, but it doesn't mean I am incapable. I want to work hard at making this job work for me!