Oh shame among bloggers! I missed a day. This was because I was at the second day of the Abertay Enhancement conference. A colleague asked me this morning whether I felt suitably enhanced; yes, I replied; any more enhanced and I could change my name to Jordan 
The second day started with a thought-provoking talk from our Vice Principal, who managed to link Ancient Icelandic sagas to employability (you kinda had to be there). She was joined by one of our students who gave a different perspective on our new graduate attributes.
Then went to a talk by some Computing lecturers who were reporting on some peer teaching they had been getting the MSc IT students to do - this was interesting as I have some input into that module right at the beginning, and I got to see how the whole thing pans out. This session provoked a lot of discussion and nearly overran. Fortunately the next session was shorter and mainly consisted of cuddle your neighbour and stick postits all over the walls.
There were two highlights of the afternoon session: one an inspiring and thought-provoking talk on the connections between research and teaching, and the other a debate. The motion for the debate was “A healthy workforce is a better workforce” and it was comprehensively defeated, to everyone’s surprise! We voted (using TurningPoint) on our views at the beginning and end of the debate and it had to be said the unhealthy corner had put together a stronger case. “The cutting edge of the relaxation though was one of the memorable phrases friom the healthy corner’s argument, and one that particularly appeals to me.
All rounded off with a glass of wine. It was worth getting alarmingly behind in my emails and getting nowhere with my tasklist this week; I’ve had a chance to think, reflect, chat, make connections, listen, learn, discover and plot wily stratagems.
