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Uncovered: monkey researchers and shoplifter engineers (Rousse)

RR had a very low opinion of the entertainment troupe that had turned up on campus to liven up our engineering programme. ‘They’re a bunch of monkeys who know nothing about research!’ he complained. Meanwhile I was busy investigating public … Continue reading

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Top of the academic pops (Rousse)

Top researcher BB was so successful that he now earned another £87,000 on top of his salary. He’d also recently taken delivery of a flash company car. He told me this as he was setting up a meeting in my … Continue reading

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Fleeing to Finland (Rousse)

Everyone was determined to move more than 1000 miles from the UK to a better life in Scandinavia. Such was the obsession of my colleague from the British Library that she had applied to register as a researcher at the … Continue reading

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