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A huge hairy monster, a pickpocket, and promises of staff socials (Rousse)

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Dreamaticus

‘There’s a huge hairy monster making a terrible racket in room C44!’ I screamed down the phone to security. What I didn’t tell them was that this was a monster of our own making. We’d created it using a graphics … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bargain, breath, calendar, centre, corridor, date, dean, graphics, hairy, huge, instructions, leadership, lucky, miracle, monster, mutter, office, package, PC, phone, pickpocktet, racket, research, room, sales, school, security, session, shop, sneak, social, staff, step, street, walk | Leave a comment

Rousse’s new job

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I’d never before applied for an academic job where all short-listed candidates were interviewed together. The panel comprised two well-respected academics: the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of an English university, who – quite out of character – had turned bad cop for the … Continue reading →

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