Jeff Howard
@gamemagicarcana.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Games and Occulture, Falmouth University. Opinions my own.
Today, I: read a PhD AfR; read & commented on part of a PhD methodology chapter; re-scheduled a PhD supervisory meeting; scheduled a conference planning working group; fed back on the research review process; assigned a research reviewer; handled a 2nd year team issue; answered emails/Teams messages
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Today, I: read a PhD AfR; read & commented on part of a PhD methodology chapter; re-scheduled a PhD supervisory meeting; scheduled a conference planning working group; fed back on the research review process; assigned a research reviewer; handled a 2nd year team issue; answered emails/Teams messages
Yesterday, I: helped run a three-hour game design Guild and then did four hours of back-to-back M.A. assessment (while negotiating the lack of a presentation computer for students). Today, I: prepared for and ran the first GAM712 seminar on prototyping; ran a personal tutor meeting, and other admin.
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Yesterday, I: helped run a three-hour game design Guild and then did four hours of back-to-back M.A. assessment (while negotiating the lack of a presentation computer for students). Today, I: prepared for and ran the first GAM712 seminar on prototyping; ran a personal tutor meeting, and other admin.
Today, I: ran a GAM202 supervision meeting; ran a 1-to-1 followup to this meeting; ran a personal tutee meeting; coordinated two PhD supervisory meetings; edited & submitted a piece to a zine; contributed to tomorrow's Design Guild slides; & other admin.
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Today, I: ran a GAM202 supervision meeting; ran a 1-to-1 followup to this meeting; ran a personal tutee meeting; coordinated two PhD supervisory meetings; edited & submitted a piece to a zine; contributed to tomorrow's Design Guild slides; & other admin.
Today, I: engaged with a professoriate meeting; ran module induction for GAM712; sent a bio and profile pic to a journal; assigned several departmental outputs to research reviewers; worked on scheduling multiple PhD supervision meetings; chased personal tutees; answered M.A. queries, & other admin.
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Today, I: engaged with a professoriate meeting; ran module induction for GAM712; sent a bio and profile pic to a journal; assigned several departmental outputs to research reviewers; worked on scheduling multiple PhD supervision meetings; chased personal tutees; answered M.A. queries, & other admin.
Today, I: submitted my Berlin Occulture paper and slides to the FURR repository; starting working on the EOI for a volume on Gothic Games; met with two personal tutees; did a GAM706 1-to-1; helped my 2nd year team to manage tags & channels; & other admin.
November 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Today, I: submitted my Berlin Occulture paper and slides to the FURR repository; starting working on the EOI for a volume on Gothic Games; met with two personal tutees; did a GAM706 1-to-1; helped my 2nd year team to manage tags & channels; & other admin.
Today, I: continued requesting a level 2 HWSFS meeting; prepared for a GAM102 tutorial session; worked on accessiblity tags so that I can deposit my Berlin Occulture talk to the institutional repository; ran an M.A. interview & added feedback/comms to circumvent a system bug; & answered M.A. queries
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Today, I: continued requesting a level 2 HWSFS meeting; prepared for a GAM102 tutorial session; worked on accessiblity tags so that I can deposit my Berlin Occulture talk to the institutional repository; ran an M.A. interview & added feedback/comms to circumvent a system bug; & answered M.A. queries
Today, I: engaged with an SRKE research meeting; helped lead a 3-hour Design Guild session; reviewed a PhD AfR; worked on arranging a HWSFS level 2 meeting for a personal tutee; and other admin.
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Today, I: engaged with an SRKE research meeting; helped lead a 3-hour Design Guild session; reviewed a PhD AfR; worked on arranging a HWSFS level 2 meeting for a personal tutee; and other admin.
Today, I: iterated on next week's GAM712 induction & seminar slides; followed up on a HWSFS meeting for a personal tutee; arranged a PhD supervisory meeting; coordinated a conference working group meeting; corresponded about a funded game design project; answered an M.A. query; reviewed Guild slides
November 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Today, I: iterated on next week's GAM712 induction & seminar slides; followed up on a HWSFS meeting for a personal tutee; arranged a PhD supervisory meeting; coordinated a conference working group meeting; corresponded about a funded game design project; answered an M.A. query; reviewed Guild slides
Today, I: read & commented on 2 revised PhD AfR's; read & commented on a revised ethics form; ran 3 20-minute personal tutee meetings; answered 2 M.A. queries; continued writing comms to coordinate a conference working group; checked in on two other PhD students. Next up: prepare for M.A. teaching.
November 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Today, I: read & commented on 2 revised PhD AfR's; read & commented on a revised ethics form; ran 3 20-minute personal tutee meetings; answered 2 M.A. queries; continued writing comms to coordinate a conference working group; checked in on two other PhD students. Next up: prepare for M.A. teaching.
Today, I: met with two personal tutees; prepared for and ran a PhD supervision meeting; refined & sent comms to organise a conference working group; prepared for and engaged with a PDR meeting with my line manager; wrote a recommendation letter for an alumnus; & other admin.
October 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today, I: met with two personal tutees; prepared for and ran a PhD supervision meeting; refined & sent comms to organise a conference working group; prepared for and engaged with a PDR meeting with my line manager; wrote a recommendation letter for an alumnus; & other admin.
Yesterday, I: caught up on email/Teams messages, met with four personal tutees and met with research officers to help in hosting a conference. Today, I: read and commented on 2 revised PhD AfR's; continued writing comms to help host the conference; gave career advice/resume crit to an M.A. student.
October 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Yesterday, I: caught up on email/Teams messages, met with four personal tutees and met with research officers to help in hosting a conference. Today, I: read and commented on 2 revised PhD AfR's; continued writing comms to help host the conference; gave career advice/resume crit to an M.A. student.
Today, I: configured the Microsoft booking system for personal tutees, then sent 2 emails out to 30 personal tutees asking to book appointments in week 6; engaged with a supervisors' forum on AfR's; read & commented on an AfR about Pratchett; continued cleaning my flat for inspection; & other admin.
October 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Today, I: configured the Microsoft booking system for personal tutees, then sent 2 emails out to 30 personal tutees asking to book appointments in week 6; engaged with a supervisors' forum on AfR's; read & commented on an AfR about Pratchett; continued cleaning my flat for inspection; & other admin.
Today, I: met with a personal tutee; wrote a follow-up email with an action plan; continued cleaning my flat for another inspection at short notice; joined an editorial board for a journal; engaged with a research meeting; followed up on conference organisation work.
October 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Today, I: met with a personal tutee; wrote a follow-up email with an action plan; continued cleaning my flat for another inspection at short notice; joined an editorial board for a journal; engaged with a research meeting; followed up on conference organisation work.
Today, I: engaged with an SRKE meeting, helped run a three-hour Design Guild, ran a GAM706 reflective writing workshop, answered an M.A. student's career-related query, engaged with a staff meeting, negotiated a TCR for upcoming conference travel, and looked into an EOI for an event.
October 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Today, I: engaged with an SRKE meeting, helped run a three-hour Design Guild, ran a GAM706 reflective writing workshop, answered an M.A. student's career-related query, engaged with a staff meeting, negotiated a TCR for upcoming conference travel, and looked into an EOI for an event.
Today, I: engaged with a professiorate meeting; read & gave feedback on an M.A. journal entry; worked on funding for a conference; ran a HWSFS Level 1 meeting & wrote a follow-up email; prepared for tomorrow's GAM202 supervisor meeting; & other admin.
October 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Today, I: engaged with a professiorate meeting; read & gave feedback on an M.A. journal entry; worked on funding for a conference; ran a HWSFS Level 1 meeting & wrote a follow-up email; prepared for tomorrow's GAM202 supervisor meeting; & other admin.
Today, I: finished the 13th iteration of my Berlin Occulture paper & its accompanying slides, with focus on visual formatting for slides & hunting down citations/proofreading for the paper. Next step will be to rehearse the delivery of the paper to optimise flow within the allocated 30-minute slot.
October 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Today, I: finished the 13th iteration of my Berlin Occulture paper & its accompanying slides, with focus on visual formatting for slides & hunting down citations/proofreading for the paper. Next step will be to rehearse the delivery of the paper to optimise flow within the allocated 30-minute slot.
Yesterday, I: prepared for & engaged with a PhD supervision meeting for a new supervisee; corresponded with a game client; prepared for & ran a GAM102 tutorial meeting. Today, I: advised a second year student and worked on the 10th iteration of my Berlin Occulture paper. Polishing & proofreading now
October 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Yesterday, I: prepared for & engaged with a PhD supervision meeting for a new supervisee; corresponded with a game client; prepared for & ran a GAM102 tutorial meeting. Today, I: advised a second year student and worked on the 10th iteration of my Berlin Occulture paper. Polishing & proofreading now
Today, I: engaged with an SRKE meeting; ran a three-hour Design Guild by myself due to staff illness; ran a 1-hour reflective writing workshop; engaged with an All-Staff Briefing; and advised a student on prototyping their second-year group game dev project.
October 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today, I: engaged with an SRKE meeting; ran a three-hour Design Guild by myself due to staff illness; ran a 1-hour reflective writing workshop; engaged with an All-Staff Briefing; and advised a student on prototyping their second-year group game dev project.
Today, i: prepared for an engaged with two PhD supervisory meetings with two new supervisees; finished reflective writing workshop slides for tomorrow; continued iterating on my Berlin Occulture slides (t minus 12 days); and other admin.
October 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Today, i: prepared for an engaged with two PhD supervisory meetings with two new supervisees; finished reflective writing workshop slides for tomorrow; continued iterating on my Berlin Occulture slides (t minus 12 days); and other admin.
Today, I: read two PhD proposals; fed back on Design Guild slides; fed back on the Open Day format; helped coordinate & debug the research review; answered student queries; followed up on an upcoming PDR; and started iterating on my Berlin Occulture slides (t minus 13 days). SB1 is now in full swing
October 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Today, I: read two PhD proposals; fed back on Design Guild slides; fed back on the Open Day format; helped coordinate & debug the research review; answered student queries; followed up on an upcoming PDR; and started iterating on my Berlin Occulture slides (t minus 13 days). SB1 is now in full swing
Today, I: continued working on a chapter for an edited volume; engaged with a research meeting; helped to arrange another PhD supervision meeting; continued building a team for a client's game; and other admin.
October 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Today, I: continued working on a chapter for an edited volume; engaged with a research meeting; helped to arrange another PhD supervision meeting; continued building a team for a client's game; and other admin.
Yesterday, I: engaged with an SRKE meeting, helped run a 3-hour Design Guild, ran a reflective writing workshop, & ran a PhD supervision meeting. Today, I: ran a PhD supervision meeting; coordinated research review. sent out CONPROG emails to tutees; followed up on team forming for a client game.
October 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Yesterday, I: engaged with an SRKE meeting, helped run a 3-hour Design Guild, ran a reflective writing workshop, & ran a PhD supervision meeting. Today, I: ran a PhD supervision meeting; coordinated research review. sent out CONPROG emails to tutees; followed up on team forming for a client game.
Today, I: prepared for & ran a 2nd-year supervision meeting; prepared for & engaged with a PhD meeting; coordinated 2 more Ph.D. supervision meetings; continued shepherding the Research Review by guiding reviewers to their outputs; met with a personal tutee; advised an M.A. student & a GAM102 tutee
September 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Today, I: prepared for & ran a 2nd-year supervision meeting; prepared for & engaged with a PhD meeting; coordinated 2 more Ph.D. supervision meetings; continued shepherding the Research Review by guiding reviewers to their outputs; met with a personal tutee; advised an M.A. student & a GAM102 tutee
Today, I: revised reflective writing workshop materials for GAM706; prepared for and engaged with a PhD supervision meeting; briefed research reviewers collectively and then followed up with them individually; gave feedback on the research review process; and other admin.
September 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Today, I: revised reflective writing workshop materials for GAM706; prepared for and engaged with a PhD supervision meeting; briefed research reviewers collectively and then followed up with them individually; gave feedback on the research review process; and other admin.
Yesterday, I: met with a client about an educational game project; worked on a chapter for an edited volume; playtested a game; engaged with a sync meeting and a build sync. Today, I: started studying the UK Highway Code, in my quest to upgrade my first provisional driver's license to a full one.
September 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Yesterday, I: met with a client about an educational game project; worked on a chapter for an edited volume; playtested a game; engaged with a sync meeting and a build sync. Today, I: started studying the UK Highway Code, in my quest to upgrade my first provisional driver's license to a full one.