The Plashing Vole

I have a friend whom we'll call Gary, because that's his name. When I got to know him, he was the university's copyright officer...

Well it has been an interesting couple of weeks since last I posted. Christmas came and went (siblings' children, saw friends, ate calor...

Well here I am in the office alone, because the student who asked for a tutorial has stood me up, and all of my colleagues are curled up in ...

You find me relatively full of festive cheer today. Despite spending an hour in the ring with my vindictive dentist – someone clearly prey t...

Well, it took me until Tuesday night to submit 17 amended Course Specification Templates (see last weeks's despairing rant), laboriously...

This afternoon, I am filling in a Course Specification Template to delete a couple of modules and add a couple of new ones. It's 23 page...

No time for coherent thought this week, beyond the minimum necessary required to get through classes ( Paradise Lost  and Tales of the City ...

Moloch Another strange week. All the usual duties need doing: teaching, admin, washing and cooking, but pushing from the background to...

I've just come out of one of the most intense classes I've ever been involved with and thought it might be worth mentioning, even th...

Way too busy for a substantial blog post this week! Some good news though: not a single near-death experience on the roads: it's half-te...

Having posted in successive weeks with 'Moan Moan Moan' and 'A Moaning Free Zone', the votes are in. You lot prefer mo...