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Introduction
Having read many blogs for quite a few years now I have finally decided to start my own. The purpose of this blog is really to provide a site for personal reflections on my research, learning and teaching activities. By making this public I am hoping to stimulate some debate. This will (hopefully) lead to…
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The state of British politics today
What we are seeing today is the consequence of decades of under-investment in public administration education, professional development, and research.
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Using Microsoft Word to Automatically Transcribe Audio Files
How to auto-transcribe using Microsoft Word!
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Academic podcasts
This blog post was stimulated by a discussion I had recently on Twitter and LinkedIn about academic podcasts. For some time now I’ve been a big fan of the Academics of PA podcast. This is a podcast hosted by Bruce McDonald (North Carolina State University), Josie Schafer (University of Nebraska Omaha) and Will Hatcher (Augusta…
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Curriculum Co-Design and Co-Production
Here I discuss how to integrate curriculum co-design and coproduction into public administration programmes.
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Scottish devolution has been a disaster and Tony Blair’s biggest mistake
To what extent can we say that devolution has been a success?
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Doctoral Research – the examiners perspective
My thoughts on examining doctoral research.
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Organisational Learning and Change in a Public Sector Context
Brief summary of my research on organisational learning and change.
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Researching COVID-19
The co-editors of PPA have published a journal article outlining the seven key research themes relating to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Conducting qualitative research via online platforms
Over the next few weeks I will be developing a number of resources on research methods to support some of my teaching. Given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic many of these resources will be about online research methods. I am adding them here so they are publicly accessible for anyone else to use. This…