Although I've got that post-semester cold/flu, stumbled in to End of Year drinks masked-up and was thrilled to get an Honourable Mention for SSPS Teaching Excellence in Tutoring. This is student-nominated so I am so thankful for my students for putting me forward :)

While my colleagues are doing great work as the semester winds down, I'm going to start writing up my qualitative analysis of my case study next week.
Which coffee is the best at Melbourne Uni Parkville? Watch this space!

Great two days as part of the @auspsa.bsky.social Teaching and Learning Workshop on Digital Transformation. I spoke about the incoming assured assessment policy at UniMelb and some early adoptions and challenges. All I got was this artistic photo at the lifts, but amazing talks all around :)

I honestly think this is something we should remind our students about the power of curiosity.
From STRANGE ÆONS on YouTube (www.youtube.com/@STRANGEONS)

If I had to sum up why the LNP lost in an image, culture wars and nuclear.

Walked 20 minutes uphill to go to a polling booth with a #DemocracySausage
Frankly the AEC should have to run these to make it an official polling booth if no local org nominates.
#ausvotes

Most UniMelb academics: "I got this paper finished :)"
Me: "I managed to get 44/54* cards at House of Cards in a single semester :)"
I enjoy coffee and gamification, so of course I kept track.
(There's two jokers I think; I got one of them).

Enjoying a week's break in Surfers Paradise. Came about 26 hours after getting back to Melbourne from Perth. The hotel saw I had stayed with them and upgraded me to this ocean view. Very much needed after first year of full-time academia :>

Surreal giving HDR students PHD survival advice at the APSA Closing Ceremony Drinks. Is this how academia functions, with the shaky transmission of coping strategy?

Gorgeous view of Perth though.