Monthly Archives: April 2015

Ratty’s voting intentions

Kingston has made the papers. Voting intentions of a few everyday university persons are sought — the VCs, a school head, a student, a few other staff. Labour and Green is the choice for most, although one lecturer lamely announced … Continue reading

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Teenage adolescent

Anyone who has worked with young children will know that some, having committed a transgression, will deny everything, even when an adult has observed them directly. Such evasions become more complex as the child grows older. Dishonesty, not quite so … Continue reading

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Senior Management fails the points test

The rapidly rising pressure on Kingston staff to produce research publications is accompanied by a very dark cloud in Business & Law, as reported on this blog. The Dean from the polders, DadooRonRon Tuninga, has invented a points scheme for … Continue reading

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Demolition of Ratty’s planning

Last month Kingston Council rejected Ratty’s plan to put up a shiny new tower in place of the Town House, complete with collonades, shades of neoclassicism to go with neoliberalism. The planning meeting rejected the proposal by a majority of … Continue reading

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Tales of the Riverbank – April

Dear Ping-pongers I have been reading through all of the rubbish comments that have been made in the staff engagement survey. I am grateful to everyone who completed the survey but not to those bastards who spent the time making … Continue reading

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