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Tag Archives: graduate
An almost doctor (Rousse)
My sister S revealed that she too had undertaken doctoral studies, so why did she not use the title ‘Doctor’? She confessed that she had submitted her work and passed her viva examination, but couldn’t be bothered to deal with … Continue reading
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Tagged correction, doctor, examination, graduate, PhD, sister, thesis, viva
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Dealing with a heckler (Rousse)
I thought that I was doing quite well interviewing the two older graduates who had turned up for the reunion. The first was very obviously impressed that I was able to guess his degree and recognised him as a famous … Continue reading
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Tagged conversation, degree, graduate, heckle, heckler, interview, microphone, musician, perfromance, reunion
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Fine art graduates offered new opportunity to market their work (Rousse)
I came up with my new business idea when standing next to a large black Edinburgh street refuse bin. Inside I could see several cellophane-wrapped mounted pictures. They were left over from the recent degree show at the art college. … Continue reading
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Tagged art, bin, boyfriend, business, children, deceit, Dumfries, graduate, market, sell refuse, Stuart, wife, work
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Smart graduate cycles to the Belgium via the Channel Tunnel (Rousse)
The best way to avoid the job of painting the new staff common room was to arrive on campus dressed in a suit. I also had a good excuse that would get me out of this unconventional academic duty: I … Continue reading
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Tagged bike, celebrations, Channel Tunnel, cycle, degree, excuse, graduate, graduation, job, paint, smart, staff room
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Transgender bottom drawer resources (Rousse)
As I was getting undressed for bed (with TPR and AL), I caught two new graduates rummaging through the bottom drawer of my wardrobe. The young man told me that they were looking for resources for their voluntary work with … Continue reading
A Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Christmas surprise (Rousse)
TPR kept a shop not far from the Edinburgh city bypass. It sold traditional toys. One Christmas Eve I walked to the shop with KA. On the way I regaled her with tales of Queen Margaret College graduate MR, his … Continue reading
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Tagged black, call, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Christmas, Christmas Eve, college, duck, engine, family, fire, girlfriend, graduate, Liverpool, Liverpudlian, phone, plume, Queen Margaret, shop, smoke, steam, surprise, telephone, toddler, toy, TPR, traditional, tug, twin, wheel, wood
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Ronnie Corbett goes to university (Rousse)
Ronnie Corbett placed his right arm over my shoulder and engaged me in conversation about university entry tariffs and the relative merits of ‘old’ and post-92 institutions. How, for example, does the ‘quality’ of graduates from Northumbria, Durham, and Napier … Continue reading
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Tagged comedian, Durham, entry, graduate, higher education, institution, Napier, Northumbria, post-92, quality, Ronnie Corbett, tariff, UCAS, UK, university
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Belle the librarian serves Rousse the criminal (Rousse)
It was a tough route up the concrete staircase in the cold to the main library of Birmingham City University, but so worth the struggle to be greeted by squeals of joy from Belle, on duty at the main enquiry … Continue reading
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Tagged arrest, Belle, Birmingham City University, campaign, card, career, classroom, concrete, crime, criminal, CV, desk, dull, enquiry, forearm, graduate, grown, hall, joy, lecture, librarian, library, police, protest, Rousse, SCONUL, sensible, shock, sit-in, staircase, student, suspicion, table, terribel, toned, warrant, work
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Bad manners at Loughborough University graduation ceremony, and countryside iPhone thieves (Rousse)
Dressed in a pale green, silk-cotton mix, short-sleeved summer tunic, SC criticised me for drinking Diet Coke, the pattern that my food left on my plate half way through a meal, and eating in front of her. I considered her … Continue reading
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Tagged argue, bad, blue, ceremony, Coke, colleague, confess, country, diet, disappointment, dress, eat, food, graduate, graduation, green, gym, hill, iPhone, lasso, Loughborough, lunch, manner, meal, Orange, phone, plastic, police, Queen Margaret, red, Robert Gordon University, rude, runner, selfie, stranger, summer, summit, training, tree, trunk, tunic, university, white, woman
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An office move and a useless computer (Rousse)
Since my office had been allocated to someone else, I was forced to move campus. Queues of students begged to see me there, including 1995 graduates AB and PG. Meanwhile my computer died – most likely because it had been … Continue reading
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