Back in 2006, I had the opportunity to complete my Honours Specialist qualifications in Drama at the Stratford Summer Intensive offered by OISE (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education – University of Toronto). For those of you not familiar with the qualification process in Ontario, the Honours Specialist designation is meant to indicate that a… Read More Teaching Shakespeare
For the last week or so, the flow of email from the Shakespeare Institute has increased. This has allayed my irrational fears that I had not, in fact, signed up for a post-graduate degree, but had in fact been scammed. I knew Juliet wouldn’t let me down. (Juliet is the Administrator for The Shakespeare Institute,… Read More Reality Sets In
I got the Official Unconditional Offer of a spot in the MA Shakespeare in Education at The Shakespeare Institute of the University of Birmingham while I was at the 8th International Drama and Theatre Educator’s Association (IDEA) Congress in Paris in mid-July (more on IDEA Paris 2013 later). I obviously accepted as soon as I… Read More Gearing up
Since last we met, a few things have happened. The most relevant (and exciting, and intimidating…) to this blog being: I’ve been accepted into the University of Birmingham Shakespeare Institute’s Masters of Arts in Shakespeare and Education program, which I will start in September 2013. I’m very excited about this , but nervous too –… Read More Making a Personal Statement
