Mathematics E-Learning, Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh
Joined September 2010
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Dr Pamela Docherty retweeted
I'm absolutely delighted to be able to reveal the book cover for my forthcoming edited collection - Effective Teaching in Large STEM Classes. Look out for leaflets at @ViCEPHEC
And thank you to the wonderful selection of authors who contributed:
ALT Book cover which reads IOP Series in Physics Education Effective Teaching in Large STEM Classes Edited by Anna Wood. Icons show light bulb moment, thought cloud, pencil and paper, talking heads, question marks and speech bubbles.
Dr Pamela Docherty retweeted
Our members have now been engaged in a marking and assessment boycott #MAB for 11 long weeks in the fight for better pay and conditions for university workers. We have had to take this action to get our employers to listen at all. #ucuRISING 🧵
Dr Pamela Docherty retweeted
🚨NEW: Universities richer than ever but staff spend hits record low
The surplus universities made last year is enough to raise pay by more than 10%
But UCEA refuses to negotiate. At Congress we'll table plans to win this dispute
Full story: rb.gy/4eimv
#ucuRISING
Dr Pamela Docherty retweeted
A few things not to ask for as a teacher:
* A doctor’s note for a student who spent the night in the ER.
* Proof of a positive COVID test.
* A funeral notice for a student who’s had a death in the family.
* [Insert every other personal thing that we shouldn’t be policing.]
Dr Pamela Docherty retweeted
There is real tension here. As educators, we design degrees to be good value for high fees. They require (especially in sciences) ca. 35 h/week in termtime to succeed. Yet because of the costs, our most disadvantaged students can't afford to fully engage.
bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-6481…
Dr Pamela Docherty retweeted
Next week we strike at every university in the UK.
It's 70,000 UCU members Vs 150 vice-chancellors.
Please RT and donate to our Fighting Fund: ucu.org.uk/fightingfund
#ucuRISING
ALT 70,000 ucu members are striking to save higher education. Donate and support their fight at ucu.or.uk/fightingfund
Dr Pamela Docherty retweeted
🚨IMPORTANT UPDATE🚨
University management are attempting to intimidate UCU members ahead of taking strike action - we will not accept this
Please read and RT
#ucuRISING
ALT UK UNIVERSITY STRIKE Know your rights: 1. You are under no obligation to tell management you are member of a union – even if asked 2. You are under no obligation to inform management in advance if you plan to strike 3. Non-members can take strike action Report management intimidation to UCU. See you on the picket lines on 24, 25, 30 November #ucuRISING
Dr Pamela Docherty retweeted
This is what happened to university salaries in the last 12 years - down almost 30% in real terms. And, in the same period, the value of my guaranteed pension fell by over 50%.
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Dr Pamela Docherty retweeted
🏴 Summary of @NicolaSturgeon's announcements:
✅ Rent freeze until at least March 2023, for private and social tenants
✅ Temporary ban on evictions
✅ ScotRail fares frozen until March 2023
✅ Scottish Child Payment rising to £25
✅ Expansion of universal free school meals
Dr Pamela Docherty retweeted
This is simply unaffordable for millions. It cannot be allowed to go ahead. This rise must be cancelled, with the UK gov and energy companies then agreeing a package to fund the cost of a freeze over a longer period, coupled with fundamental reform of the energy market
Energy bills to soar for millions as price cap hiked to £3,549 news.sky.com/story/energy-bi…
Dr Pamela Docherty retweeted
My research on #lectureCapture is featured in the TPEA blog!
(With @RossKGalloway @judyhardy @pameladocherty @sangwinc @TobyBailey )
Research from the University of Edinburgh suggests that lecture capture should be part of a suite of student digital resources tpea.ac.uk/blog/
It was a pleasure working on this project with @Annakwood @RossKGalloway @judyhardy @sangwinc and @TobyBailey! Pleased to see it finally published.
New paper looking at how students integrate #LectureCapture with other digital resources, is finally out!
@RossKGalloway @judyhardy @sangwinc @TobyBailey @pameladocherty
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Dr Pamela Docherty retweeted
A neat thread from @SuzEHouston on why online learning at university ≠ viewing videos.
It involves the careful planning & design of learning, the development & scaffolding of resources, sharing of subject enthusiasm & expertise, caring for & inspiring a community of learners.
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Dr Pamela Docherty retweeted
So true- so often I find myself battling against the affordances of online teaching platforms- and that’s when I’m alert enough to notice how they’re implicitly shaping practice
