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Death by drowning (Rousse)

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Dreamaticus

My research student and my husband joined forces to heave me over the edge of the bath and drown me.

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Danger down under in Australian seaside resort (Rousse)

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Tigers roamed the street of the Australian seaside resort where my colleague and I were conducting some research. ‘Isn’t this rather dangerous?’ I asked a local. ‘No’, he replied, ‘It’s very rare that any of the tigers attack anyone’. We … Continue reading →

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Funding front-runner is boy from Limerick (Rousse)

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Dreamaticus

The students were a little bewildered when I gave each of them a sheet of flipchart paper and the instruction to list the priorities of their proposed research. Somehow we would use this output to determine who would get the … Continue reading →

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Rogue primary school teacher gives up ‘research fellow’ disguise (Rousse)

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Dreamaticus

My immediate thought on waking in my office was whether or not I had any clothes to change into from my red fleece pyjamas. What I thought was a pair of black and white spotted knickers on a bookshelf turned … Continue reading →

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A party castle and six in a bed (Rousse)

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Dreamaticus

We’d been sharing our big double bed with four PhD students for some time when one day I found a gift bag on my pillow. Inside there was a bottle of wine and a card. The present was from F’s … Continue reading →

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St Andrews discovery “as historically important as the Stone of Scone” (Rousse)

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Following extensive research, CI and I discovered in St Andrews a lump of stone that was as important to Scottish history as the Stone of Scone.

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A life out of control (Rousse)

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Could it get much worse? LC had accidentally timetabled me to teach on Mondays (traditionally my research day); nine other people had moved into my (now filthy) office; and I had a class in 10 minutes for which nothing was … Continue reading →

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Academics work through the night to cope with workload (Rousse)

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I was both amazed and appalled to discover an office full of colleagues on campus working at 02:00 in the morning. One was just about to pack up and go home to his wife and children, but would only manage … Continue reading →

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A research council prawn and shrimp feast in Hawaii (Rousse)

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Were the UK research councils awash with money? All the evidence pointed to this: how else could they afford to host a conference in Hawaii? I just wished that there was more time between sessions to change into my gown … Continue reading →

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Research student disregards authorship etiquette (Rousse)

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I took an instant dislike to ST’s new research student, largely because her first pronouncement was centred on who she might consider worthy enough to co-publish with her.

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