Tag Archives: school

A fabulous doctoral defence finale (Rousse)

Posted on June 20, 2026 by Dreamaticus

In a change to usual practice, all doctoral degree candidates now defended their theses in a classroom in front of the whole school. When it was XX’s turn, the chair realised that he had a conflict of interest with the … Continue reading →

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Northallerton joy riders (Rousse)

Posted on June 1, 2026 by Dreamaticus

The last time that we visited Northallerton, we stayed one night in a hotel. Overnight joy riders stole our red Peugeot 205, then dumped it in a school playing field. This time we left the car in a queue at … Continue reading →

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Failed cat photographer seeks new post at music school (Rousse)

Posted on January 27, 2026 by Dreamaticus

It was pouring in Edinburgh and very difficult for me to navigate the puddles on my way to my 9:15 exercise class on campus. There was a real risk that I would arrive late. Along the route I heard the … Continue reading →

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Shamed at a Newcastle University seminar (Rousse)

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I travelled to Newcastle for two visits to my mother in her care home. Between the visits, TPR consulted physics text books in Newcastle University library, then we both attended a research seminar in the School of Fine … Continue reading →

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Barn conversion love (Rousse)

Posted on October 13, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Two boys from my primary school days – ST and SA (both now grown men) – loved my sister’s barn conversion.

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Trick-cycling, pogo-ing, and the real purpose of a private education (Rousse)

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Dreamaticus

After watching a friend’s son trick-cycle his way down the yellow-painted banister of an Edinburgh tenement staircase, I took my pogo stick and bounced along the streets to my new girls’ school. So much for school fees: the teachers at … Continue reading →

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Belle, bangs and brioches

Posted on August 19, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I was trying hard to fit in to my new life as an American high school student. As I was walking away from school with a group of girls, a police officer stopped to talk to one of them. “Hey … Continue reading →

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Public displays in public school toilets (Rousse)

Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dreamaticus

TPR was forced to return to school. This meant wearing the red and black Stewart’s Melville College uniform. Although his trousers were a little short in the leg, he still looked very handsome. When LM and I visited the school, … Continue reading →

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University fees scrapped for state-educated students (Rousse)

Posted on June 1, 2024 by Dreamaticus

The University of Birmingham revealed the institution’s innovative widening access policy at the launch of a spanking new hall of residence. All incoming students who had attended state schools would no longer be liable for fees. Those privately educated, however, … Continue reading →

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Developing a small business research strategy (Rousse)

Posted on April 10, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Belle was  in disgrace. While I had been advising DC and his colleagues that UK research council documentation could serve as the starting point for the development of a government mandated small business research strategy, Belle had sloped off to … Continue reading →

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