Every time a new term starts, I find myself wondering what the hell happened to the supposed weeks inbetween? We leap from teaching, to marking, to assessment boards to enrolments - and after all that, BANG! Back in the classroom! At which point we often start wishing there had been at least some time to prepare our classes... But things have been rather different this time. About a three months ago I was (admittedly to my own surprise) considered worthy enough to be offered an incredibly exciting job with the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) and the University of East London. The regular whirlwind of activity over the Summer then, is having something of a more terminal period: Teaching, marking, assessment boards, enrolments and BANG! I'm walking out of Newham College for the last time! It is now almost exactly 10 years since I joined Newham College. The plan then was, at heart, very simple: The residents of Newham Borough re...