No way to control it, it’s totally automatic… take a look at this collected volume on Automation, edited by moi and Molly Crozier www.routledge.com/The-Human-an...

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Check out my article on serial surreal mannequins! Available ahead of print @frenchstudies.bsky.social. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...

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Solid work

I’m in this post and I don’t like it

You know there’s an assignment deadline looming when students come to your office hour

Fire, fire! Exploring gas, explosions and shopping in Zola, my article out now in the Bulletin of the Emile Zola Society #zola

"I’ll give you so much data-driven decision making you’ll think you work for fucking NASA." 😂😂😂

Marking essays be like

Thanks, that’s a good idea to get them to focus on published work in terms of its form, structure, language, etc. They’re regularly exposed to published work but are usually mining it for content and I guess don’t always notice formal aspects

It’s so frustrating when students who are strong in class turn in poor essays.

Anyone have good tips for teaching essay writing to undergrad students? I run regular sessions on essay writing but I’m either not explaining it properly or it’s not going in, as I keep seeing the same mistakes I’ve warned against.

Current mood

Fantastic Bristol Museum & Art Gallery