Tag Archives: student

Rousse’s mistaken hot property purchase

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I was looking forward to moving house. We were going back to the north east of England to be within a one hour drive of my parents. It would be wonderful to be surrounded by friendly northerners again. TPR left … Continue reading →

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Become a personal trainer – but not on this course (Rousse)

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Dreamaticus

Completely fed up with work, I decided to ditch academia to train as a fitness instructor, and joined the same course as FM. The pace of the classes was incredibly slow, largely because the tutor took a 15 minute break … Continue reading →

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Innovative scheme helps students clear debt (Rousse)

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Dreamaticus

Everything changed when I accepted the new role at work. Now my tiny office was crammed full of students and admin staff. It didn’t help that everyone brought along their own favourite items of furniture to help make the room … Continue reading →

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Facebook time-waster ruins picnic (Rousse)

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Dreamaticus

We took a break from packing up all our belongings for the big house move to join S and K for a Sunday picnic. With the children away on some kind of outdoor adventure weekend, this was the first time … Continue reading →

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Where modern architecture and knowledge management meet (Rousse)

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I thought it was an act of genius to challenge the final year students to write an essay that tied Corble’s take on modern architecture with the practice of knowledge management. However, when I discovered the whole class fighting over … Continue reading →

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The book (section) thief (Rousse)

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I’d run into the students on the bus, and it was then that they invited me to meet them later on the beach. From there we could travel together to their graduation dinner. I hadn’t confirmed this arrangement, so it … Continue reading →

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Corridor card games (Rousse)

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Dreamaticus

Instead of dealing with my mounting e-mail backlog, I helped RK set up the playing card game along the red-carpeted corridor at work. We laid the enormous cardboard figures of the jacks, queens and kings flat over black plastic sheeting, … Continue reading →

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Rousse escapes the timetable but gets trapped by her past

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Dreamaticus

A timetabling mix-up meant that it was now up to me to entertain the final year students for two hours. I rummaged in the box of handouts that I had taken to the last class in the desperate hope that … Continue reading →

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Poaching students in pyjamas (Rousse)

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Dreamaticus

“Baking croissants in class does not represent advanced study at Honours level” was my justification for transferring the two students from the rival institution into my own. It also has to be said that they begged me to take them … Continue reading →

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How to survive the first week of term (Rousse)

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Dreamaticus

My work life was falling to pieces: the only computer available to me for running a complex statistical package was an ancient XT; my first tutorial of the academic year lasted only 30 minutes because I hadn’t prepared enough material; … Continue reading →

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