Regular readers of the blog will know that I designed an alternative dissertation module that has cross-faculty learning. This is a 30 credit 3rd year module. I have blogged about it here at WonkHE. I have also blogged about it here at Times Higher. We have a case study, short video and other outputs coming […]
Category Archives: Sociology
February
18
To Ash Wednesday
posted by plasticdollheads
Lent is a slow turning ourselves towards God. It is the season of Lent; a reckoning of how we see the world afresh through the lens of the cross. I love Lent. The feeling of waiting, anticipation, the taking up of our cross (I always take something up, not give up crisps), and the rollercoaster of emotions […]
November
26
Those who are first, will be last
posted by plasticdollheads
Tomorrow we enter the season of advent. We need the light and the hope, and I crave the cyclical comfort of the seasons. However we cannot ignore the crisis this country is in. So many people unable to heat their homes and feed their families. Elderly people frightened of their smart meters and avoiding boiling […]
September
24
Feed The People
posted by plasticdollheads
My attention was drawn tonight to a blogger with a large following claiming that nobody starves in the UK. The poor can eat gruel apparently (well I am being facetious but they recommend the poor purchase 1kg of oatmeal in order to avoid hunger). I am not going to share the post but you can […]
April
05
Alternative Dissertation (my new favourite module)
posted by plasticdollheads
If you have read my blog before or follow me on twitter, you will know that my work-related pride and joy is my specialist module SOCI349 Crime Justice and the Sex Industry. You can read more about this module here and I keep a resource list here. In September 2021 I launched a new optional […]
February
11
Partygate: a Lockdown of Justice?
posted by plasticdollheads
I wrote another blog post for the University of Liverpool blog which can be accessed here. The image is mine and does not represent the views of my employer or any of the scholars cited in my work.
December
30
Pass the Light On
posted by plasticdollheads
Sitting in the cathedral clutching my candle we were told “If you’ve got a neighbour pass the light on” as the flame did a relay throughout the people. We each cautiously lit the wick of our immediate neighbour’s candle, anticipating the lights being switched off and sitting bathing in the glow of our flames. Alone […]
December
15
Teaching Community
posted by plasticdollheads
Teaching is a place of transgression and transformation. Those of us who have had a non-traditional and non-linear journey into academia know that teaching is where radical change happens. Teaching from the place of pain and trauma, rather than merely to them, is an emotionally-grueling endeavour. It is a labour of love and it bears […]
October
29
Cite the strippers
posted by plasticdollheads
“Our struggles can have meaning and our privileges- however precarious under patriarchy- can be justified only if they help to change the lives of women whose gifts- and whose very being, continue to be thwarted and silenced” (Adrienne Rich, 1979, p.38). On my modules I have always encouraged and promoted radical citation practices. Alongside peer-reviewed […]
September
25
Pedagogy resources
posted by plasticdollheads
I am a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Liverpool. I am an ambitious T&S educator who is committed to innovative pedagogy and working towards positive change. My trajectory into academia has been non-traditional and I am very keen to advocate for the value of lived experience and the need to widen participation. I […]
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