Borat Comes to Queen’s University

Posted by on Oct 22, 2008 in learning, news and events | 4 comments

As our regulars will know, Sensei does a fair amount of work with The Queen’s University of Belfast.  We work with The School of Education, designing and delivering courses for the Open Learning and Continuing Professional Development programmes.  The Queen’s academic year is divided up into three terms – Autumn, New Year, and Spring.  You can see from the OL brochure that...

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The Ten Worst Business Phrases of All Time

Posted by on Oct 20, 2008 in communication, writing | 15 comments

I’ve probably blogged this before, but I’m just about gonna burst myself open if I hear another business person mention getting our ducks in a row.  I mean, no-one tells you what the ducks are, nor which goes at which end of the row, and is one more important than another?  It means get organised, plan, or strategise, another dopey, made-up word. Here are my top-ten most awful...

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The Most Powerful Prefix in the Universe!

Posted by on Oct 17, 2008 in learning | 0 comments

Fabulous secret powers were revealed to me the day I held aloft my magic sword and said, “By the power of Meta!”.  Or something like that. ‘Meta’ is such a simple prefix, but it did bestow a sort of power on me once I discovered it.  It’s from a Greek word meaning ‘after’ or, better, ‘beyond’.  It can also mean ‘about’.  So...

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The Third World’s Strictest Parents

Posted by on Oct 15, 2008 in learning, social media | 5 comments

I’ve been thinking hard about how I could relate my blog to Blog Action Day 2008. A fellow Twitter user had linked to it and I’d been convinced that it was a good idea.  Hey, anything that draws attention to world poverty can only be a good thing.  So, I’m all signed up, got my promotional banner up and got a nice little image for the bottom of this post.  Thing is, I...

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