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Oxford University cheat (Rousse)

Posted on January 10, 2025 by Dreamaticus

HVJ’s father passed on the telephone message. ‘Your daughter N is struggling with a final year essay. Please could you help?’ I couldn’t believe that it had come to this: Oxford undergraduates using their mothers as ghost writers.

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Fear of the French past historic tense (Rousse)

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Dreamaticus

This was a University reunion with a difference: as part of the ‘celebrations’, we were all to sit the final year French essay exam. How could I possibly do this? The only graduates capable of such a feat would be … Continue reading →

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Tutor daughter thwarts student mother’s study success (Rousse)

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Dreamaticus

My mother had only been studying for a week, so had barely opened the book when I told her that it was time for her first exam. I was somewhat responsible for the panic that ensued. I really should have … Continue reading →

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‘Expand’ becomes ‘espand’ at the British Library (Rousse)

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I worked on my journal paper in a reading room of the newly refurbished British Library (now selling tweed jackets in the gift shop). I noticed that the young man sitting next to me, who was typing up an essay, … Continue reading →

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Helping out with a history essay (Rousse)

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I sat next to Colin in the reading room of the library. I had thought he was my niece AF’s boyfriend, but then remembered that she was going out with DL. Perhaps Colin was her ex? Whatever his status, I … Continue reading →

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Marking dispute easily solved (Rousse)

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I eagerly awaited the return of my knowledge management essay. When I first saw it, I was pleased with my mark of 85% – but then I heard that another student was awarded 98%! I told the temporary tutor that … Continue reading →

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Homeless bed down in library lift (Rousse)

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Dreamaticus

I thought that I would help BP out by collecting his finished job from the Print Room and taking it up to the meeting. The problem was that I was unfamiliar with the lift system on campus. I couldn’t work … Continue reading →

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New discoveries at the University of Manchester: puppies working as lift attendants, an immersive Star Trek game with daleks, and a man called Yeast (Rousse)

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Dreamaticus

At last the time had come when I could take up my place at Manchester University on the Early English honours degree course. I wondered what it would be like going back into first year. I anticipated that essay writing … Continue reading →

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Unexpected advice on the cultivation of dahlias (Rousse)

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Dreamaticus

As I walked across the exam room I started to argue the value of timed written assessments that comprise a compulsory multiple choice section followed by a choice of two essay questions from a selection of five. The invigilator hoping … Continue reading →

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Fried chicken and a saucy professor (Belle)

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Dreamaticus

How many more times was I going to have to explain to my father that these were NOT the Lithuanian model factories he insisted they were? They were simply fried chicken restaurants on Lewisham High Street. They had however, had … Continue reading →

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