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- What not to take to a beatification (Rousse)
- A visit to the Manchester United and BBC comb factory (Belle)
- Arran by bike (Rousse)
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- County Durham coal mine confidences (Rousse)
- Failed seduction in a Birmingham bedsit (Rousse)
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- Cat photos lead to fame (Belle)
- Magic tricks for UK research council panel members (Rousse)
- Avocado bathroom suite in the museum of sanitation (Rousse)
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Tag Archives: study
Unexpected visitors and missing friends (Rousse)
QL rang me in a panic. ‘Lucy thinks that the reunion is still on. She didn’t receive the lockdown cancellation email. She’ll arrive in Edinburgh tomorrow.’ I ignored the message – indeed forgot about it – until the following afternoon … Continue reading
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Tagged architect, bikes, boat, cancellation, cellar, daughters, dishwasher, Edinburgh, futon, kitchen, lake, lockdown, mattress, reunion, sitting room, study, visitor
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A quick house move (Rousse)
TPR and I had just moved into a massive fully-furnished modern house with views across the valley. Keen for his children to enjoy a country childhood, I persuaded PC and his family to take over one of the wings. After … Continue reading
Accommodation woes at the University of Birmingham (Rousse)
The renamed, but not refurbished, Mason Hall on the Vale at the University of Birmingham was to be our home for our Masters year. Once again I was sharing accommodation with HJ and SL, although this time it was not … Continue reading
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Tagged accommodation, basin, bathroom, bed, bedroom, Birmingham, camp, double, flat, hall, library, Mason, Masters, revision, study, university, Vale, woe, work
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A PhD plagiarist (Rousse)
My suspicions were raised when I spotted the phrase ‘this doctoral study’ in LC’s honours project submission. It did not take long to confirm that ‘her’ dissertation was, in fact, a patchwork of text stitched together from sections of an … Continue reading
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Tagged dissertation, doctoral, download, illegal, PhD, plagiarism, plagiarist, study, suspicion, thesis
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Unethical practices of rail companies (Rousse)
The three women in the train carriage were all plain-clothed police officers. I knew this because I had been allocated the role of PhD supervisor for one of them. The woman in question, however, was unaware of this because she … Continue reading
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Tagged announcement, business, card, carriage, companies, company, doctoral, ethics, force, identity, meeting, officer, PhD, police, public address, rail, study, supervision, supervisor, train, women
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Accommodating seven adults in a two-bedroomed flat (Rousse)
IF CW moved out of the bedroom at the back into the study at the front, then JM could have her bedroom. But then JM said that he was moving in with his parents and his sister, so where would … Continue reading
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Tagged accommodate, adult, bedroom, corridor, disater, flat, parent, porridge, pot, sister, sleep, stride, study, two-bedroomed
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The shame of the husband who shames his wife in public (Rousse)
TPR had fallen into the habit of shaming me in public. For example, he made lewd remarks about his choice of life-partner to our widowed bed and breakfast host. Then I caught him laying bets on the outcome of Wimbledon … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, bed and breakfast, bet, colleague, finances, habit, headmistress, home, lewd, public, remark, shame, study, TPR, trouble, widow, Wimbledon
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Lancastrian census records help trace a family line (Rousse)
While half my PhD students were busy writing up thesis chapters, the others – who claimed that their work was ahead of schedule – were taking a break from their studies. They amused themselves by tracing the maternal line of … Continue reading
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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A messy party (Rousse)
The party cost over £4,000 – at least that’s what I guessed from a snatched conversation with JK who was working as a waitress at the event. The cost didn’t bother us, however. It would be funded from the bottomless … Continue reading
