Blog Archives

Learning, printing, filming and being lovely

Hello lovely bloggers, and fans of reading blogs, it is me, Kate Bentham, here as your Weekly Blog Club host for week 13. How has your week been? Good Easter break? Glad to see that some of you have been

Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, Business, communicating, communities, customer service, film/video, health, health services, journalism, learning, local government, media, patient care, printmaking, psychology, public sector, visual arts, working practices, workplace

A, B, C – Art, bubbles, carers

Thank you very much to all who contributed posts to Week 9. Caring emerged as a strong theme this week, both as caring for people and caring about doing things. I was particularly interested in Adrienne McDermid-Thomas’s post about art therapy. My

Tagged with: , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in communicating, culture, gender, learning, mental health, patient care, public relations, teaching, therapy, visual arts

Paper bags and sowing seeds

"Buckbee's seeds full of life"

Thank you very much to all those who contributed to and tweeted about the Week 4 posts. The subjects of the posts were thought-provoking and honest, although sometimes difficult. Michael Canavan’s post about when CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) may not be

Tagged with: , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, communicating, disability, health, health services, leadership, local government, mental health, patient care, schools, snow, social media, training, working practices

#thiswomancan #youngpeoplecan #artstherapycan

A team of camogie players in 1915, from the National Library of Ireland.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to Week 3 of 2015. Each and every post was interesting and well-written but my personal favourites amongst this week’s  posts were the State of the Art in Medical Education by John McCulloch on the TaysideHealth blog, and #thisgirlcan: a

Tagged with: , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, communicating, culture, exercise, health, health services, journalism, leadership, public sector, sports, therapy, universities, women

When We Were Young Ones

Last week we lost one of the country’s most original comic talents of the last 30 years. Rik’s unforgettable characters in shows like The Young Ones and Bottom made him a much-loved actor. Janet has written some thoughts about The Young

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in culture, universities

Practice as research: Digital Archives and the RAM Museum

This week Louise Atkinson shares with us the work of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter. Louise blogs about how the museums buildings have developed over the years and also how their approach to collections has changed over time, including an

Tagged with: , , , , , ,
Posted in cultural heritage, culture, museums, PhD, research, visual arts, working practices

Communicating, Culture, Holidays and #nhsscot14

Listen to the Weekly Summary in Welsh below, or read on for the English! This is the first week I’ve covered Weekly Blog Club in quite some time, and what a week it was! We had 13 great blogs that are well

Tagged with: , , , , , , ,
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, blogging, communicating, cultural heritage, culture, digital technology, health, health services, holiday, ideas/innovation, learning, local government, MOOC, patient care, photography, public relations, public relations, public sector, Third sector, training, visual arts, wifi

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Brecon Beacons Hillwalking

If you’re traipsing up one of the highest mountains in Wales, what are your priorities? Food? Shelter? Or WiFi? Chris looks at an updated version of Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs, which went viral a while back. When training for the

Tagged with: , , , ,
Posted in ideas/innovation, learning, wifi

Fudging the nudge

What makes us cheat? What can mitigate this behaviour and are certain people more susceptible? In this fascinating blog Carolyne Mitchell shares what she’s learnt from Dan Ariely’s behavioural economics MOOC ‘A Beginner’s Guide to Irrationality’. There is no morality

Tagged with: , , , , , ,
Posted in learning, MOOC, training
Categories