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Tag Archives: students
Radio 4 tested as a barometer of social class (Rousse)
Identifying suitable time-slots to see each of my PhD students was already a problem, and now finding a physical space in which to meet was a further challenge. RI and I settled down to chat in a corner of a … Continue reading
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Tagged class, classroom, PhD, professor, questionnaire, Radio 4, research, research centre, security, seminar, social class, student, students, survey, teaching, tutorial, undergraduates
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The Glasgow School of Spelling, David Bowie, Andy Warhol, Limmy and a retirement home for celebrities (Rousse)
It was very sweet of the organisers to remember me, but I really didn’t deserve any recognition at all at the engineering teaching awards ceremony. I suspected that BB was behind this. The biggest clue was that it was one … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Warhol, awards, basement, bedrooms, bigness, celebrities, chocolates, comedian, David Bowie, Edinburgh, engineering, foundations, Glasgow, grant, Hexham, holiday, Indian, Limmy, media and cultural studies, mobile, nursing home, PhD, professor, Spain, students, teaching, university, University of Glasgow
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Wikipedia woes (Rousse)
Some idiot vandal – possibly human, but more likely robotic – had hacked my Wikipedia entry to pieces. This left international students keen to study in the UK bereft of essential information. Where else would they now find the valuable … Continue reading
Tsunami hits north west England (Rousse)
All the EdCM girls were billed to speak at the Manchester conference, so I was really looking forward to it. However, by the time I reached my destination Manchester had transformed into the Liverpool docks (pre-investment), the conference was no … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestors, conference, docks, East Lothian, EdCM, hotel, kiss, Liverpool, Manchester, mother, PhD, PhD students, Preston, prostitute, river, students, TPR, tsunami, vigilante
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Life as an abandoned wife (Rousse)
I made an uncomfortable 47 year-old undergraduate banished to the University of Birmingham to finish my degree, and to do so properly this time around. The youngsters resident at the Manor House gradually became used to my presence, and gladly … Continue reading
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Tagged bathroom, bedroom, Birmingham, breakfast, campus, chest of drawers, degree, flats, gymnasium, Harrods, Isle of Lewis, Manor House, Outer Hebrides, Russian dolls, self-catering, students, swing, TPR, University of Birmingham
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Matt LeBlanc promotes Episodes by signing autographs and decorating a cake at Chateau Impney (Rousse)
DE and LP had organised the graduation ball and it was a complete honour for me to travel there with them. The three of us sat on the back seat as TPR drove us through Stockbridge and then along Ferry … Continue reading
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Tagged autograph, ballgown, cake, cashmere, Chateau Impney, Edinburgh, handbag, jeans, magazine, Matt LeBlanc, party, petits fours, school children, students, teeth, tights, TPR, wigs
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Rousse reassesses her office accommodation and professional dress
I found a solution to my office accommodation problem. If I “temporarily” moved downstairs to share with visiting Professor GW, when she returned to Finland I’d get the whole room all to myself, including the emerald green carpet and the … Continue reading
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Tagged carpet, Holy Island, office, PhD, pyjamas, sister, students, wardrobe
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Student fees prospects worry even the poorest pupils (Rousse)
Some blue-uniformed stragglers slipped into my sister J’s class. While she continued to teach from the front of the classroom a couple of pupils started asking me questions about university entrance qualifications and fees. As I told them of the … Continue reading
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Tagged coffee, Edinburgh, homework, John Lewis, pupils, school, sister, Starbucks, students
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Ronaldo’s Olympic mix-up in Loughborough (Rousse)
Freshers’ week at Loughborough University coincided with the London 2012 Olympics. This made for an interesting mix of faces on a crowded campus. In the stairwell of the student union building, and not far from the aisle of breakfast cereals, … Continue reading
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Tagged bath, breakfast cereal, Freshers, gangs, Loughborough, Olympics, Ronaldo, running, socks, students, trainers, Usain Bolt
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