Mists and mellow fruitfulness When does autumn start, for you? For me, it’s when the veg box starts to fill up with pumpkins and winter squashes, and my thoughts turn in the direction of warming and calorific ways of using them: soups and stews, and even cakes – with pumpkin […]
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Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome Welcome to the first ScotNet newsletter with me at the helm! Taking over from Siobhan is a somewhat daunting prospect; she’s a hard act to follow, but I hope I will rise to the occasion. Newsletter Editor is also a committee position, which I hadn’t realised when […]
Auf Wiedersehen, adieu While editing this issue, I noticed that the word “decade” came up a few times: a decade since a ScotNet workshop last visited Dumfries, for example, and a decade since one of our members began her translation business. I didn’t quite make it to a decade as […]
Bursting the Bubble If you’re reading this newsletter, the chances are that you spend a reasonable amount of your time working solo – and for many of us, that’s just the way we like it. However, I’m sure I’m not the only one who sometimes has that distinct feeling of […]
In with the new? I’m writing this in late(ish) January, but it already feels like 2025 is moving quickly,not least because the weather has shifted from a heavy frost to mild temperatureswithin the space of around 10 days. That said, I did also hear the all-too-familiar-by-now words “named storm” on […]
The personal touch With the (notable) exception of the ITI Conference – already involving lots of work from ScotNet behind the scenes – I’ve noticed that the word “hybrid” is becoming rarer in the context of events, not just in those featured in this newsletter but in the wider world […]
I’ve said here before that I’m a fan of the sense of promise that a new year brings and I cling relentlessly to the tradition of new year’s resolutions (although last year’s time management workshop did its part to persuade me that turning over a new leaf doesn’t necessarily have […]
School’s in for summer Our spring workshop this year brought the first hints of returning to CPD in conventional in-person formats – not that the switch online over the past couple of years hasn’t brought certain benefits of its own. Our features in this newsletter show that, ever since that […]