guest blog post by Professor Esther Dermott, University of Bristol @estherdermott When Tina and Kristina emailed me, saying that they had come across my sociological work on fatherhood, and was I interested in collaborating on a new theatre piece, I was excited. There was an element of feeling flattered (for sure) but mainly interest in the prospect of doing something new; this was a very different prospect to writing a journal article or designing a research project. I was al ...
On time management and productivity from a dad’s perspective
guest blog post by Daniel Bye I don’t know if anybody has ever mentioned it before, but becoming a parent really eats into your productive time. My wife works full-time and I am a freelancer so in order that our one-year-old daughter is not with a childminder all the time (which in any case we couldn’t afford), I look after her on Mondays and Tuesdays. The theory was that it would be just about possible to do in four days (Wed-Sat) the work I used to get done in five (Mon-Fri). Especially ...