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Tag Archives: campus
Cake, china cabinets, and Charles Dickens (Rousse)
When LM and I returned to campus, we were shocked at the neglect that it had suffered in the past year. We hoped that the new students would not be disappointed with their choice of university. Whatever their opinion of … Continue reading
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Tagged cake, campus, Charles Dickens, china cabinet, mother, sister, student, teach, town, university
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Turning down Loughborough (Rousse)
I performed well in my interview for a chair at Loughborough University, and it came as no surprise when Eric (the Head of School) offered me the job. I was delighted with this outcome, as was AM, who had always … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, bus, campus, chair, colleagues, Eric, job, Loughborough, man, Midlands, naked, offer, uniform
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Back to school (Rousse)
It was a busy time on the University campus. BD was over from Canada, actually attempting to leave, but forever being dragged into new projects. Even Belle took a punt at signing him up for some madcap scheme of hers. … Continue reading
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Tagged campus, hall of residence, Hartburn, home, Ian Ramsey School, office, PhD, proejct, room, school, secondary, Stockton-on-Tees, student, university, upgrade, White House
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A happy heiress and Nottingham University fraud (Rousse)
My greatest delight in inheriting my maternal grandmother’s house was that I now owned a proper pantry. The battered and beautifully engraved silver napkin rings left in a kitchen drawer also fascinated me. Which of my ancestors was born (or … Continue reading
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Tagged blonde, campus, fraud, garden, grandmother, heiress, lockdown, medical school, napkin, Nottingham, pantry, party, research, ring, university, woman
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Displaying a nipple and swimming with baby dolphins in lockdown (Rousse)
Campus was open again. I was there once more attending lectures, and they were even measuring the water levels in the swimming pool. On most days I sat next to my primary school ‘friend’ ST, delighted that I was admitted … Continue reading
A return to work after lockdown (Rousse)
After months of coronavirus lockdown, we were let back on to campus. I followed AD and LK along the corridor to my office. There we found a couple of admin staff using the room for a meeting. It didn’t take … Continue reading
Terrorist YouTube treat on campus (Rousse)
Following the previous year’s success, I invited my colleagues at Scottish Enterprise back on campus for a week. This time, however, they treated their visit as a jolly, crowding around my computer singing along to karaoke videos on YouTube. As … Continue reading
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Tagged auditorium, breed, campus, colleague, computer, dog, jacket, karaoke, Kevlar, knee, labrador, meeting, police, Scottish Enterprise, terrorist, visitor, YouTube
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Dalek Rolls Royce kidnap (Rousse)
I remembered that I had not been able to find a large enough space to leave my white Rolls Royce in the car park next to the river. Now I had also forgotten where I had eventually left it. Nevertheless, … Continue reading
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Tagged battalion, bunk, campus, car, control, Cornwall, Dalek, Dr Who, heaven, park, professoriate, remote, river, Rolls Royce, Stockton, tardis, television
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An unhappy return to Nantes (Rousse)
Nantes was unrecognisable to me after my 33-year absence. I was also very nervous about returning to France barely able to speak French. It didn’t help that I had brought no French cash with me, and that the University sports … Continue reading
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Tagged absence, campus, cash, centre, fare, French, hall of residence, hate, Nantes, return, signage, sports, step, unhappy, university
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