This is a really useful list - particularly the 10% one. And number 7 is a great idea; this bit always trips me up because I rush to guess the words I can’t hear and answer without checking back that my ‘fill in the blanks’ guess is anywhere close to what they said.

How's your Monday going? Fancy a change? @oulibrary.bsky.social is looking for a librarian who relates to our mission and vision for a fixed-term contract: jobs.open.ac.uk/job/Learning.... Closing date: 22 June.

Feeling so many emotions

We're now on Bluesky and to celebrate we're delighted to launch our new podcast series: Let's talk about student success. This month, join us as we explore Student Access, Retention, Mattering and Belonging. Listen now: advance-he.ac.uk/teaching-and... #AHEStudentSuccessPod

Recommend this free course: Digital Accessibility for Academic Libraries: Optimising Primo VE: www.open.edu/openlearncre.... Learn about digital accessibility compliance and evaluation. Completely free to enrol. About 2-3 hrs to complete. Smashing job Lizzie and Tobe @oulibrary.bsky.social!

✧ last book you read: re-listen count? Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith ✧ your current read: Birnam W ood by Eleanor Catton (I'm stuck; tell me it's worth finishing?) ✧ last book added to your tbr: Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller #booksky

Becoming FHEA through a Post-Grad Cert of Academic Practice @uniofbeds was one of my best professional experiences. The course materials were intense but inspirational and I looked forward to every workshop. I even enjoyed a group assessment for the first time: converted now! #FestivalofFellowship

Delighted to have submitted the Open University's pledge to the #GreenLibraries Manifesto today

This week’s Guardian Books cartoon.