To (badly) paraphrase Lord Sugar, “I am retired (not fired!)”.
After just over five years at the University of Birmingham, preceded by 25 years at the University of Sussex, even though it doesn’t feel that I am old (or wise!) enough, today marks my retirement day and my farewell post for the Cultural Calendar.
It has been beyond a pleasure to be involved with writing for the Cultural Calendar as part of my role as Student Experience Officer in the School of Languages, Cultures, Art History & Music (LCAHM). I have learned so many new things about how different cultures celebrate, interesting tales of folk whose anniversaries we have marked, enjoyed blogs by student and staff members alike.
Thank you to the Student Experience Ambassadors over the years who have submitted posts – and have helped me to manage the ever-increasing number of posts that we schedule for your delight and edification!
Over my time working on the Cultural Calendar, we have celebrated such a diverse range of people and events – from Bagpuss to Black History Month, Rupert Bear to Raksha Pandan, Left Handers’ Day (I am one of the 1 in 10) to Loneliness Awareness Week, St Patrick’s Day (half of my genetic make up is Northern Irish) to Saraswati Puja and World Chocolate Day (something of a fan) to World Portuguese Language Day – I hope that there has been a little something along the way to pique people’s interest.
A few of my favourite things are strewn throughout this farewell post.
