por Ersun Warncke | Mar 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
It is a grim day and I have a cold. One of my comfort books is Lucia Berlin’s A Manual for Cleaning Women. The short story I’m reading, ‘502’, is characteristically sharp, tragicomic, clear-eyed and subtle. Like the rest of the collection, it begs to be read again and...
por Ersun Warncke | Feb 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Tackling the student writer’s biggest challenge I am developing a modular essay-writing course for student writers, working title: Essay Accelerator.Over years of teaching, I’ve found students from all backgrounds struggle with understanding what an academic...
por Ersun Warncke | Feb 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
How a Disability Consultant writes towards changeThis week I’m delighted to share a Write Like A Pro interview with Amy Butterworth (LinkedIn), a Long Covid & Accessibility Consultant.Her wisdom is an ideal follow up to last week’s newsletter on empathy. If you...
por Ersun Warncke | Feb 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Honing a double-edged sword The content below was originally paywalled.Understanding empathyA commonplace definition of empathy is ‘understanding other people’s feelings’ — but the quality of, or capacity for, empathy remains complex and hard to pin down. Empathy has...
por Ersun Warncke | Feb 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Preventing age-related cognitive declineThe content below was originally paywalled.Age — if we’re lucky — comes to us allGiven the options, most are happy with that arrangement. Yet, ageing comes with a freight of worries. Fragilities may emerge and (unlike childhood)...
