No happiness at Poppleton - official
26 November 2009
One of our leading low-scoring RAE academics has joined in the debate about the value of the ESRC's £4.4 million project investigating the relationship between work and happiness.
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Each week, Professor Laurie Taylor posts a weekly report to Times Higher Education from the front line at Poppleton University.
LAURIE TAYLOR COLUMN
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Is Piercemüller Beau de Jour?
Is Piercemüller Beau de Jour?
19 November 2009
Urgent attempts are being made to contact Dr Piercemüller of our Department of Media and Cultural Studies following allegations in a Sunday newspaper that he is the author of the explicit blog depicting the adventures of an elderly academic...
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Campus Horror!
Campus Horror!
12 November 2009
Police cars raced to our campus on Tuesday as news came through of a fatal stabbing following an outbreak of mob violence in the Senior Common Room of David Willetts College.
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Vain? Moi?
Vain? Moi?
5 November 2009
Our Head of Very Popular But Tendentious History, Julian Glaze, has hit back at the accusation by a leading Croatian sociologist that those "at the top" in the humanities display "narcissistic traits" and that this "vanity" threatens the...
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What an evening!
What an evening!
29 October 2009
"Don't ask me whether I enjoyed myself. I can't remember a thing after we ordered those last six bottles of Pauillac." Just one of the enthusiastic responses this newsletter has received from members of the 46-strong Poppleton delegation...
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Down with scholars!
Down with scholars!
22 October 2009
Our vice-chancellor is to head up a brand new organisation called UMAS (University Managers Against Scholarship).
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Global winners!
Global winners!
15 October 2009
"The Poppletonians are coming!" That was the exultant reaction of our vice-chancellor to the news that our university had leapt seven places in the 2009 World University Rankings.
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Goodbye to all that
Goodbye to all that
8 October 2009
Yes, it's a brand-new academic year and we mark the occasion by reprinting this address to incoming undergraduates by our Head of Student Satisfaction, Damian Snagsby - "Greetings. And welcome to Poppleton. Anybody here from France? Ne personne?...
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Making an impact
Making an impact
1 October 2009
"I look forward to increasing everyone's impact." Those were the fighting words of Mr Gerald Thudd, the university's new Head of Research Impact. Mr Thudd, whose appointment is in direct response to the news from Hefce that "impact" will...
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Have cheque, will qualify
Have cheque, will qualify
24 September 2009
"Quite outrageous." That was the immediate reaction of our Head of Outside Funding, Georgina Flourish, to the news in Times Higher Education that a Cardiff University report was recommending "a minimum gap of at least two years between a...
