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Tag Archives: student
From drama to dental school in California (Rousse)
I was in California on business for two weeks. TPR and my niece B accompanied me. B was about to start drama school there as an international student. We thought it important to check out her new university, not least … Continue reading
Insolent student sleeps rough in public library (Rousse)
Having spotted insolence in the student’s work I called him from the classroom out into the corridor to ask him to explain himself. He excused himself on the grounds of stress: his fitness business had failed in the US, he’d … Continue reading
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Tagged business, classroom, consolation, corridor, drink, drug, explain, fitness, girlfriend, grounds, insolent, library, public, rough, sleep, stress, student, work
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Call for Sunday opening at the National Library of Scotland (Rousse)
‘And this is why we need Sunday opening too’ said the librarian as she led us through the main reading room of the National Library of Scotland (recently refurbished with lovely new blue chairs). I glanced over and understood her … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, books, chair, librarian, mahogany, National Library of Scotland, NLS, opening, opening hours, reading room, student, Sunday, table, tower
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Potato and pea poisoning in buy-to-let investment (Rousse)
TPR and I and some friends invested in a buy-to-let flat. One of our co-investors took the lead on the renovations and started by dismantling the navy blue bath. We chose the wallpaper (in the event too expensive for a … Continue reading
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Tagged bath, blue, buy-to-let, co-investor, cook, cooking, dismantle, expensive, fit, flat, friend, furniture, investment, investor, kicthen, liquid, mattress, navy, pea, poison, poisoning, potato, renovation, sink, sticky, street, student, suspicious, tall, tidy, TPR, wallpaper, wash, washing up
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PhD students excel at motor cross conference (Rousse)
My PhD students were at a conference that combined academic studies with motor cross. They had made friends with some of the practitioners with whom I’d had a lot of contact in the past, and taken to the racing track … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, conference, cross, friend, motor, motor cross, motorcross, PhD, practitioner, racing, student, studies, track, wheel
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Return of the student bride (Rousse)
From a pretty ordinary hotel room TPR and I were upgraded to a massive suite. The room included a huge Georgian sideboard and a bed that was positioned in the open air on the balcony giving great views of the … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, accident, balcony, beach, bed, Birmingham City University, bride, cat, class, computer, console, door, educational development, fang, floor, friend, game, Georgian, guest, hand, hotel, kick, kitten, return, room, sideboard, student, suite, sunbeam, TPR, vicious, video, waves, wealthy, year
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PhD write-up distractions: National Trust for Scotland properties (Rousse)
When I returned to work after my summer holiday I discovered that two of my PhD students had each become heavily involved in National Trust for Scotland properties, each of which was supposedly associated with their doctoral studies. How would … Continue reading
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Tagged distraction, doctoral, holiday, National Trust, National Trust for Scotland, NTS, PhD, property, site, student, studies, study, summer, theses, thesis, work, write-up
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Hidden academics (Rousse)
I was asked to share an office with one of the most untidiest of my colleagues. This would be a big challenge for me. As for the students, they would never be able to find us because we failed to … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, challenge, colleague, door, hide, office, PhD student, share, student, untidy
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Sneaky student snogging (Rousse)
Surely just a little snog in the JCR with JK would do no harm – even though I disapproved of his pony-tail?
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