Dr Rachel V Staddon

Super happy that my paper "Why Didn’t the Pre-Arrival Intervention to Combat Maths Anxiety Work?" is now available in the Journal of the Foundation Year Network! jfyn.co.uk/index.php/ukfy…

Freddie is helping me with marking. She wants to give everyone 100% and some tuna. Thank you, Freddie. ❤️

Someone has stolen my chair so I have to stop working and pay attention to her...

Absolutely HATE giving references where the system demands I compare the student against other students for academic "ability" (let's not get into that), motivation, etc... completely unfair and frankly dehumanising. Why can't we judge each student on an individual basis?

@__sjm_ @ucuatdurham Thank you so much!

@StaddonRachel @ucuatdurham Will ask for you to be added now :)

Several strike days are falling on my prep days but not teaching days, which means that I'm still in work for classes that I don't have that time to prep for. Also snowed under with marking. What's the usual protocol here? @ucuatdurham

@__sjm_ @ucuatdurham Thank you so much. AFAIK my dept hasn't. I'm not on the slack, could you let me know how to join?

@StaddonRachel @ucuatdurham We are having a general meeting on Thursday to discuss approaches to mitigation which will cover some of these issues & some departments have also held meetings about this. Are you on our branch organising slack? It's worth posting there to ask how people are addressing this.

@linguist1980 I did a single module on Evolution with the Open University about 11 years ago (when it was much cheaper) - great experience, loved it!

@SteveEHollings A bit too warm! I guess it's a good excuse to turn the heating down...

@StaddonRachel She is keeping you warm too. Jinx earns his keep that way

Getting some help(?) marking article critiques.

Update: she likes watching the cursor move. Only a matter of time until she tries to catch it.

Does anyone else get spam "publish your article with us!" emails about articles that are ALREADY published? Bizarre.

The last paper from my PhD has been published! 🥳 Available as OnlineFirst in the International Journal of Instruction at e-iji.net/dosyalar/iji_2…

It's always a super exciting feeling to get your first citation on a new paper! It'll never get old.

@emaslin94 WHAT. This is a thing? Wow, I know what I want for Christmas...!

Feel like I've hit peak late twenties when I am genuinely excited about the heated airer I've purchased. Can't wait for my clothes NOT to smell of damp :)))))

Had a fun day with a very belated PhD graduation! Education completed!

@seangmccusker That will look amazing in my concreted yard...! 😂

@StaddonRachel Try one of these

Does anyone with a green thumb have suggestions for plants I can put in a pot in my yard, literally never touch again, and have them not die? The bigger and greener and foliage-y the better.

@SteveEHollings Thanks Steve! It will definitely stay in a pot (unless it loves living on concrete).

@StaddonRachel You can never go wrong with bambino (keep it in a pot though)

@Intylekt I always assumed flowers will immediately die if I go near them (I have a plant-killing aura it seems), but if these are hardy, I might give them a go!

@StaddonRachel sunflowers, or zinnias maybe?

@meganlbruce I am in Durham (ish)! Not heard of these before, but a quick google shows these look ideal, exactly what I was hoping for. Thanks Megan!

@StaddonRachel Not sure where you're based but leafy, hardy plants I've had in pots and ignored successfully in Durham include Fatsia japonica, Photinia Red Robin, and Mahonia.