7 pages tagged "british culture"

British culture
06 Feb 2016 (updated 15 Apr 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Anne-Wil's take on British culture: humour, indirectness, informality, patience, friendliness, and politeness

British educational system
06 Feb 2016 (updated 28 Mar 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Anne-Wil's take on the British educational system: grading system, how to get high marks, coursework, groupwork, presentations, interaction with your tutor

Working in the UK
06 Feb 2016 (updated 28 Mar 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Anne-Wil's reflections on working in the United Kingdom

Living and working abroad
06 Feb 2016 (updated 26 Sep 2020) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Landing page for resources related to living and working abroad

Culture shock
06 Feb 2016 (updated 15 Sep 2020) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Explaining culture shock and how to deal with it

And then there were none: employee relations in marketising universities
05 Jul 2019 (updated 02 May 2022) - Olga Kuznetsova
Introduces CYGNA member Olga Kuznetsova's article on employee relations in hybrid organisations using a Univeristy and College Union archive

CYGNA: Working effectively with support staff in academia
06 Mar 2018 (updated 21 Mar 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on our 18th CYGNA meeting with a presentation on working with support staff and a discussion of boundaryless careers