Skip to content

Dan Roach Flying Author

Aviation, science and space, idiosyncratically…

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Inside the Cyclone
  • Published Work
  • Reviews
  • Contact
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Bluesky

Tag Archives: Open University

Getting our Ducks in a Row

“Where’s the Ducks?”

This was the question with which I hit Jenny, our patient OU tutor, upon my return from lunch on the afternoon of the third day of the M500 Society’s annual Maths revision weekend.

Posted byDan Roach27th July 20245th October 2025Posted inMathematics, Motivational, Reviews, Science, UniversityTags:Essential Mathematics, M500 Society, Mathematics, MST124, Open University, OU, Revision Weekend, STEM2 Comments on Getting our Ducks in a Row

Learner in the Second Degree

“How do you fit it all in Dan?” Here’s my attempt at answering that question…

Posted byDan Roach23rd June 20245th October 2025Posted inAutobiography, Mathematics, Motivational, Physics, Science, Space, University, WritingTags:Degree, education, Learning, Learning Part Time, Open University, school, Studying, teaching, UniversityLeave a comment on Learner in the Second Degree

Royal Society

My first visit to The Royal Society, home of Pepys, Newton, Rutherford…

Posted byDan Roach13th May 202427th July 2024Posted inFlying, Mathematics, Motivational, Reviews, Science, UniversityTags:Alison Etheridge, IMA, M500 Society, Mathematics, Newton, Open University, Pepys, Rutherford, Science, The Royal SocietyLeave a comment on Royal Society

A flaming good feeling!

Science is nothing without experiments!

Posted byDan Roach24th November 20235th October 2025Posted inHumour, Motivational, Physics, Science, UniversityTags:Experimental, Humour, Inspirational, Laboratory, Milton Keynes, Motivational, Open University, Physics, Physics World, Science, Summer School, UniversityLeave a comment on A flaming good feeling!

The Write Stuff

Despite my “stellar” grades in GCSE English from all those years ago, I somehow ended up at science journalism summer school…

Posted byDan Roach8th July 202326th July 2023Posted inHumour, Motivational, Reviews, Science, University, WritingTags:ABSW, ABSWSS23, author, Journalism, KCL, Open University, Science Writing, WritingLeave a comment on The Write Stuff

Posts pagination

1 2 Older posts

Follow my Facebook page for regular updates

Follow my Facebook page for regular updates

Incoming comet post! Finally had some clear skies this evening and I got to play with my Seestar properly. Not done any post processing/playing around with these yet, just straight off the scope. I'm super super happy! 🔭

— Dan Roach 🛩️ FRAS 🔭 (@dannydenfisch.bsky.social) 2024-10-21T20:55:00.244Z
Tweets by dannydenfisch
Dan Roach Flying Author, Website Powered by WordPress.com.

Search Dan Roach Flying Author

  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Dan Roach Flying Author
    • Join 67 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Dan Roach Flying Author
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar