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The chaos of rapid expansion in UK higher education (Rousse)

The expansion of Queen Margaret University’s portfolio of courses was so rapid that its building could not cope with the additional student numbers. Indeed something had gone terribly wrong during the extra construction work and now many of the institution’s … Continue reading

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Rate my professor: Rousse is doing fine

I knew that I should never have mentioned the test: just 6 students turned up for my Thursday morning Knowledge Management class. Determined to hunt the rest of them down, I prowled the corridors. Perhaps they were with JB? If … Continue reading

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Knowledge Management on ice (Rousse)

This term I was studying the Knowledge Management module rather than teaching it. The new tutor brought in a number of major changes. For example, most of the classes were taught outdoors in the melting snow, and the regulation module … Continue reading

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Knowledge management revision disappointment (Rousse)

Although he had already graduated, PN was keen to come along to my Knowledge Management revision classes again. A man in a wheelchair accompanied him. Of course I wasn’t surprised when their initial enthusiasm wore off after a couple of … Continue reading

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Sir Sean Connery and Simon Cowell appalled by aging actress’ wig (Rousse)

From the fourth row in the stalls my student party had a very clear view of Sir Sean Connery, Simon Cowell and the rest of the panel on stage. I watched Sir Sean closely when the star performer of the … Continue reading

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Penguin to address sexism in the knowledge management press (Rousse)

Knowledge management guru DS and his sisters shared my table on the train. As he showed off the journal that he edited I asked why only men ever featured on the front cover. DS replied that lately he’d been pondering … Continue reading

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Knowledge management: not a “cinch” after all (Rousse)

The students were busy discussing their options for next term. Three over-confident boys declared that they would choose my class because it would be a “cinch”. The most arrogant of the three boasted proudly that he was already was familiar … Continue reading

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Fun in first class with Clubs and Kit Kats (Rousse)

I was very lucky to be travelling first class by train. I kept orange juice and pains au chocolat in my pockets, and showed off my biscuit collection to my brother-in-law R. I now had every variety of Club and … Continue reading

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Dog days for Belle

Rather unexpectedly I gave birth to a cute puppy. Unfortunately, his father denied paternity. He was, after all, a senior knowledge manager. And human.

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Babies, text mining and Any Questions (Rousse)

All the middle-aged married women at the conference looked so much bigger than they did this time last year. Puzzled at first, I eventually worked out that all of them were either about to give birth, or had recently welcomed … Continue reading

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