The Blog

Month: April 2020

Four reasons to join the Our Alumni Wall today

Monday, April 20th, 2020

If you have a little more free time right now, it takes just a couple of minutes to inspire our current students – all we need is a few words from you about your experiences at Dudley College of Technology and what you’ve gone on to achieve. We want to understand more about your journey [Read more…]

Tricks to stop spending all your time on email

Monday, April 20th, 2020

If (in more normal times) you’re an office worker, you may find it unsurprising that we spend an average of 4.1 hours a day checking work emails – that’s more than 20 hours a week and more that 1000 hours a year. All that time spent reading, replying, scrolling, forwarding, CCing and crafting those perfectly [Read more…]

Could your own podcast boost your career or business?

Monday, April 20th, 2020

In the past, people looking to build their profile might aim to get on TV or radio. They still do, of course, but there’s a growing range of options to get a message out there with digital technology, such as podcasts. It’s no secret that these audio shows – delivered weekly or even daily to [Read more…]

Working at Home? When is your peak productive time?

Monday, April 20th, 2020

You probably know already that you’re more productive at some times during the day. But do you know how to work out exactly when you peak, and how to utilise this to improve your performance, creativity and problem-solving abilities? This could be particularly useful if you are working at home, without your normal routine during [Read more…]

Helping others at a time of crisis

Monday, April 20th, 2020

With the college closed for the foreseeable future and the majority of its 900 staff working remotely from home, we wanted to share some recent news stories, highlighting how life and learning at the College continues.   “Spirit of learning carries on in DCT’s first ever wholly virtual staff conference” Undeterred by the closure of [Read more…]

Everyone has an inspiring story to tell…

Wednesday, April 1st, 2020

Remember what it was like when you were at Dudley College of Technology? If you could go back and give yourself one piece of advice about learning or planning for the future, what would it be? Is there anything you would say to encourage yourself to work harder, or have more confidence in your abilities? [Read more…]

How to become a qualified teacher

Wednesday, April 1st, 2020

Could teaching be the happiest profession in the UK? This article by The Guardian certainly suggests so. Teachers have better holiday time, as well as variety and fulfilment in their jobs. Teaching and inspiring the future generations can be an extremely rewarding path, and one which is possible to begin no matter what stage you [Read more…]

What the future of staff tracking means for you

Wednesday, April 1st, 2020

With so many of us using smart devices to track everything from the number of steps we take to the food we eat, it was only a matter of time before companies turned to electronics to measure staff performance. Businesses from Amazon to Tesco and the Daily Telegraph have all been found using high-tech monitoring [Read more…]