Ria Cheyne
@riacheyne.bsky.social
Liverpool-based academic: neurodiversity, disability, accessibility, medical humanities, genre fiction (phew!). "Divergent Minds in the Archive" project PI.
Disability, Literature, Genre book (Liverpool UP, 2019) #OpenAccess at https://shorturl.at/5ykqk
Disability, Literature, Genre book (Liverpool UP, 2019) #OpenAccess at https://shorturl.at/5ykqk
This helped a lot, because the problem wasn't so much the students being late (it happens! and was at most mildly disruptive) as how that made me feel (frustrated, unvalued). Assuming that students are, in general, committed and doing their best genuinely improved my experience.
January 14, 2026 at 10:01 AM
This helped a lot, because the problem wasn't so much the students being late (it happens! and was at most mildly disruptive) as how that made me feel (frustrated, unvalued). Assuming that students are, in general, committed and doing their best genuinely improved my experience.
No worries! Been there 🙂
For this group maybe an open discussion with them about why it's important for them to be able to do it would be the place to start? Have them come up with some things to try.
For this group maybe an open discussion with them about why it's important for them to be able to do it would be the place to start? Have them come up with some things to try.
January 14, 2026 at 9:42 AM
No worries! Been there 🙂
For this group maybe an open discussion with them about why it's important for them to be able to do it would be the place to start? Have them come up with some things to try.
For this group maybe an open discussion with them about why it's important for them to be able to do it would be the place to start? Have them come up with some things to try.
You didn't! It wasn't a dig at you. But I've known people who assume that when students are unwilling to speak up it's always due to laziness or not caring, rather than because they find it difficult. For those people I think it's a really important to make that shift in mindset.
January 14, 2026 at 9:10 AM
You didn't! It wasn't a dig at you. But I've known people who assume that when students are unwilling to speak up it's always due to laziness or not caring, rather than because they find it difficult. For those people I think it's a really important to make that shift in mindset.
3. Rota for "summariser" role, explain why it's important, and model/scaffold for first couple of weeks.
4. If you're meeting with students 1-1, explore why they might find it difficult and any support they could access.
5. Accept that for some students this will always be tricky.
4. If you're meeting with students 1-1, explore why they might find it difficult and any support they could access.
5. Accept that for some students this will always be tricky.
January 14, 2026 at 9:02 AM
3. Rota for "summariser" role, explain why it's important, and model/scaffold for first couple of weeks.
4. If you're meeting with students 1-1, explore why they might find it difficult and any support they could access.
5. Accept that for some students this will always be tricky.
4. If you're meeting with students 1-1, explore why they might find it difficult and any support they could access.
5. Accept that for some students this will always be tricky.
Specific things, if anyone is interested:
1. Getting to know you activities (even mid-course) to build sense of community
2. Offer alternative ways to share summary or show what groups have discussed: Menti Padlet, bullet pts for tutor to read out, create image/notes on flipchart and hold up. [cont]
1. Getting to know you activities (even mid-course) to build sense of community
2. Offer alternative ways to share summary or show what groups have discussed: Menti Padlet, bullet pts for tutor to read out, create image/notes on flipchart and hold up. [cont]
January 14, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Specific things, if anyone is interested:
1. Getting to know you activities (even mid-course) to build sense of community
2. Offer alternative ways to share summary or show what groups have discussed: Menti Padlet, bullet pts for tutor to read out, create image/notes on flipchart and hold up. [cont]
1. Getting to know you activities (even mid-course) to build sense of community
2. Offer alternative ways to share summary or show what groups have discussed: Menti Padlet, bullet pts for tutor to read out, create image/notes on flipchart and hold up. [cont]