7th June 2024 marked the second face-to-face workshop organised as part of the "Strategic Change" 2023-2024 ARLT SIG series of events. A similar workshop was delivered at LJMU earlier this year, small group discussions on strategies for change, panel conversations (Researching on antiracism - the people and the purpose) and external engagement with LTHEchat (LTHEchat… Continue reading Notes from “Unleashing your true potential – Self-reflection & growth” @Uni of Bath- workshop Led by Dr Teeroumanee Nadan
Category: Development & Training
Professional self-care for 2024
It is the third year in a row that I have dedicated a whole reflection blog for professional self-care & happiness. Check out "My little 'astuce' to professional happiness" from 2022 and "Professional self-care for 2023". Since my last International Day of Happiness blog, I started to: 🎯Focus more time on my self-development📅Reclaim my calendar… Continue reading Professional self-care for 2024
Notes from “Unleashing your true potential – Self-reflection & growth” @LJMU- workshop Led by Dr Teeroumanee Nadan
28th Feb 2024 was not just any regular workshop that I usually lead, but it was the first in-person event of ARLT SIG, which came to fruition after months of discussions with LJMU's Diversity and Inclusion Team, in collaboration with their Ethnically Diverse Staff Network. So last year I happened to have that crazy idea… Continue reading Notes from “Unleashing your true potential – Self-reflection & growth” @LJMU- workshop Led by Dr Teeroumanee Nadan
You need competence to recognise incompetence
What role does competence play in our day-to-day life? Ever heard of the Dunning–Kruger effect? It is a cognitive bias where people with limited ability in a specific area overestimate their own abilities. This is not to be confused with the popular belief that "stupid people are too stupid to know they are stupid". Instead the… Continue reading You need competence to recognise incompetence
Behind the scenes of being a winner
7th Oct 2023 marked the start of a new journey for me. 40+ million people worldwide have been on the journey, with only 8500+ members actively pursuing their mastery, and one single winner - ME! Yes, I won the first prize in the Life Mastery Achiever programme, a grand prize worth $10,000 of coaching by… Continue reading Behind the scenes of being a winner
How you do one thing is how you do everything
In the space of world-class achievers, we say that "How you do one thing is how you would do everything". Over the years, I have had the opportunity to be a volunteer for a number of organisations and endeavours in various roles: Organising Conference Committee, Conference Chair, Committee Chair, Panel Speaker, Journal Reviewers, Executive Committee,… Continue reading How you do one thing is how you do everything
Professional self-care for 2023
Last year my post "My little astuce to professional happiness" (https://bit.ly/3CzgWGH) was beyond valuable to me (as a reflection), so much so that I have been compiling new self-care that I have adopted since then to share for the International Day of Happiness 2023. Before the pandemic started, it was clear to me that I… Continue reading Professional self-care for 2023
A contribution without recognition: My contributions to the AdvanceHE PSF Review 2022
Recently, Advance HE invited ALT Assembly members for a UK Professional Standards Framework (2011) Review Consultation, I registered to attend, mainly because I have been quite critical of some sections of the PSF. This blog sums up some of my suggestions for improvement, these were made during the meeting and also on a Padlet (https://padlet.com/juliebc18/psfconsult),… Continue reading A contribution without recognition: My contributions to the AdvanceHE PSF Review 2022
My little “astuce” to professional happiness
Today, is International Day of Happiness, a day where we celebrate being happy, and then sabotage ourselves the remaining 364 days into not being happy. I am writing my thoughts as a reflection on what I have done the last few days to be happy in my professional activities. Of course, there have been several… Continue reading My little “astuce” to professional happiness
Taking an action-oriented approach to recruitment – Steps 1 & 2 ONLY – My ARLT SIG presentation 9th March 2022
This post is solely for the purpose of an activity I am running on 9th March for ARLTSIG. Ice-breaker prompts: Is your team/dept recruiting at the moment? Or did you recruit recently? How many vacancies are/were available? Or do you plan to recruit in the near future? https://teeroumaneenadan.com/2021/12/22/equity-analysis-of-job-blurbs-talkinghe-podcast/ Watch out for the language you use… Continue reading Taking an action-oriented approach to recruitment – Steps 1 & 2 ONLY – My ARLT SIG presentation 9th March 2022
Improvising it – My ARLT SIG activity for 10th Feb 2022
The best growth opportunity for any facilitator is to improvise. So, when event Chair suddenly dropped from the call, I had to improvise as I was not kept in the loop of what was planned. Fortunately, I eat challenges for breakfast. This post summarises the activity I ran on 10th Feb for ARLT SIG, which… Continue reading Improvising it – My ARLT SIG activity for 10th Feb 2022
Modern slavery in UK HEIs
Racist practices to eliminate racism - the new elephant in the room When slavery was abolished in the ex-British colonies in the 19th century, it was a relief and a ray of hope for the countless slaves whose families had lost their lives while making a run for freedom or standing up to demand a… Continue reading Modern slavery in UK HEIs
Stripping the recruitment exercises from my ALT Winter 2021 presentation
During my recent ALT Winter 2021 presentation on "We are committed to diversity and equality of opportunity”: an intersectional text analysis of job postings in learning technology", I had created a Padlet space for some interactive exercises and reflections around the understanding of the recruitment and development and anti-racism. While preparing the slides, I have… Continue reading Stripping the recruitment exercises from my ALT Winter 2021 presentation
Preparing for ALT 2021 Winter conference – showcasing discrimination in job adverts or not
Presentation entitled "We are committed to diversity and equality of opportunity”: an intersectional text analysis of job postings in learning technology" The presentation is planned to be delivered in two parts: (1) the importance of intersectionality to be presented by Dr Monica Chavez and (2) the recruitment part for me. From the conference abstract submitted,… Continue reading Preparing for ALT 2021 Winter conference – showcasing discrimination in job adverts or not
My Aurora Experience 2019-2020 & Beyond
Although I only undertook the Aurora Women's Leadership Development Programme in 2019, I had it on my mind since it was first introduced 2013. I was based at the University of Reading then, and was coming out of a full-time contract into a visitor role. Despite being the founder of the Women in Academia network… Continue reading My Aurora Experience 2019-2020 & Beyond
Impact Coaching & Mentoring (ICM) for Leaders 