Monthly Archives: October 2014

Loss of a colleague

Staff around the University will have heard of the shocking death of one of Kingston’s support technicians. Only in his very early fifties, he died after a heart attack at home. According to his colleagues, he was under severe stress … Continue reading

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The Open-Plan Nightmare

You have to wonder where the Riverhouse Rat gets his barking ideas. His latest wheeze is twofold: staff will have to work in an open plan office, and home working is to be banned. And while these changes are being … Continue reading

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Tales of the Riverbank – September

Dear All The start of a new academic year, welcome to 14/15! Still here? We’ll see about that! From the SMT, we say goodbye to Neil Latham, who knocked back a bottle or two of rum at his bash, when … Continue reading

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