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Tag Archives: panel
Librarians infiltrate 10 Downing Street (Rousse)
I thought that I was being interviewed for the post of Librarian at Loughborough University. In fact, it was for the role of second in command. I’d be taking over from a suited man who was returning to work at … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 Downing Street, autumn, interview, librarian, Loughborough, panel, screen, Sheffield, television, tree, university
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Magic tricks for UK research council panel members (Rousse)
I had a busy day ahead with a research council panel meeting in the morning followed by an operation to remove a facial skin cancer in the afternoon. CO was on the same schedule as me so – as a … Continue reading
Academic is owner of magnificent mansion on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne (Rousse)
I knew that it was unconventional to take one’s sibling to a school management meeting, but now that mine worked at the University (albeit in a different department), I thought that I would get away with it. SS glanced over … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, admire, art, black, blue, briar, bush, causeway, children, door, gate-crash, glorious, Holy Island, house, interior, lecturer, life sciences, Lindisfarne, magnificent, management, mansion, meeting, mother, name, north, Northumberland, notes, paintwork, panel, path, peel, pharmacology, photo, plan, red, rich, school, scrap book, scribble, sea, sell, ship, sibling, sky, stop, text, tide, TPR, university, upkeep, view, water, wood
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Swimwear and disgraceful tattoos (Rousse)
I chose a new swimming costume. It was navy blue with white side panels, and leg pieces. It would be perfect for British waters, and could easily be worn under a wetsuit. While I was trying it on for the … Continue reading
‘Intelligence calipers’ measure IQs of aspiring spooks (Rousse)
The job advert had read ‘civil servant’ but I knew that the panel members opposite me were assessing my suitability for a role that included subterfuge, espionage, honeypots, and data decryption. I played along answering the standard interview questions with … Continue reading
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Tagged advert, artefact, caliper, candidate, chair, civil servant, clue, data decryption, degree, espionage, floor, history, honeypots, inquiry, intelligence, interview, job, murder, panel, questions, role, room, school, sinus, spook, subterfuge, TPR, university, wall
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A Daily Mail reader out of place (Rousse)
I felt rather out of place in the huge panelled drawing room stuffed with men in tweed jackets reading broadsheet newspapers, especially when carrying a copy of the Daily Mail. When I sat down in the dining room it was … Continue reading
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Tagged broadsheet, chair, convince, Daily Mail, deserve, dinining, meeting, men, newspaper, panel, read, reader, room, table, tweed, woman
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Innovative prison security solution (Rousse)
K was going to be locked up in prison for another two weeks at least, awaiting trial for her assault on S. It took three hours to travel the long distance to visit her. Even after that, I was not … Continue reading
A puppy husband (Rousse)
The SEB was back, again making unforgivable remarks about so-called friends. This time she declared LG’s husband ‘a puppy’. I left her to scale a wood-panelled wall alone. My decision to take the longer route was driven by my desire … Continue reading
Panel deals drugs at University interview (Rousse)
I had been primed to ask the interview candidate about three publications that he used when teaching the Information Delivery module. One of these was co-authored by me, with the candidate himself. This was just one of the strange things … Continue reading
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