Autumn at the aboretum in Lincoln

‘Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest smile’ (attributed to William Cullen Bryant)

It really has been a beautiful autumn, but as I write this, the evenings are getting darker, it is getting colder and the clocks are about to be set back for winter!    Still October has been a good month for me, it feels as though the new academic year has now fully got underway with the usual round of meetings and strategic planning.  More excitingly I have been working with many new students having the early ‘taste’ of learning in higher education.   This month I have also been able to find some space to make some serious ‘in-roads’ into the sole-authored book I am writing for Sage publications, on interprofessional collaborative practice in Social Work, there is alot more to do, but I feel that this is now moving on well.  I am also working on developing some of my doctoral thesis for submission as journal articles, but this is a surprisingly time-consuming process. 

During October, we went to see Bob Golding in the fantastic, new one-man play which celebrates the life and career of the legendary comedian Eric Morecambe – it was a great night out.

So, my plans for November?  Well, more writing, perhaps some updating to this website, there will be marking and more teaching and, of course, planning for the festive season!