My life as a boring gay - an apology
As I sit down and get myself ready to watch Kylie Minogue's 2002 Fever Tour live in Manchester premiering on her YouTube channel (of...
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Welcome to Fabien Littel's personal site and blog
Oct 10, 20217 min read
Mental Health in an Unequal World - A privileged perspective
The theme for this year's World Mental Health Day is "Mental health in an unequal world", reflecting the many divisions and inequalities...
Oct 3, 20218 min read
Research diaries: Casualties of the word count - purpose, taboos and dilemmas
Another deadline met, and paper submitted! And this one was significant, as it was the proposal for my MSc research project, which I will...
Oct 1, 20215 min read
Break-in at breakfast: instincts, conflicts and forensics
Monday mornings aren't typically the most relaxing time of the week for anyone. On this specific Monday, my daily round of conference...
Sep 28, 20217 min read
Inclusion week - a year full of new perspectives
Last year's inclusion week coincided with the start of my learning journey in Organisational Psychology. In parallel, I also got involved...
Sep 13, 20218 min read
20 years ago - my Irish adventures: teaching, learning and discovering
On my social media feeds, there have been lots of references to "20 years ago" in the past few days. The vast majority of them, or...
Sep 10, 20215 min read
Van Gogh - Beyond the brush strokes
A couple of weeks ago, on a short weekend retreat to central London, we took the opportunity to visit the Van Gogh Alive exhibition in...
Sep 1, 20218 min read
Inclusion at work: insights from musicals? Let’s start at the very beginning…
With story-lines involving love, drama, fantasy, personal journeys and big adventures, told through immersive, uplifting or dramatic...
Sep 1, 20219 min read
My 10 tips to prepare for graduate programme interviews
Graduation day in Portsmouth, one of the last steps in the transition between studies and the world of work - alongside the dreaded...
Sep 1, 20211 min read
A model for intersectionality
Earlier this year, our learning journey on the MSc Organisational Psychology at Birkbeck took us to explore intersectionality, which I...
Aug 30, 20211 min read
When the rainbows come down
Earlier this year, I was thinking about a few words and reflections as we came to the end of Pride month , and they came to me in the...
Aug 30, 20217 min read
Mental health: a different kind of coming out
The discussions and interventions in support of people’s mental health have encouragingly gathered pace and importance in the past few...
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