Monthly Archives: October 2015

Kingston is in the top 500 in the World University Rankings, crows our VC. The University actually lies in position 471 to 480 (exactness obviously not important down there), largely on account of our fashion school. This puts Kingston in … Continue reading →

Staff and students at Sussex University must be cheering: the dreaded Vice Chancellor, Michael ‘Penny’ Farthing is going. A candidate for the most aggressive VC in Britain, he is notorious for his suspension of protesting students, to whom the University … Continue reading →

Once upon a time no one worried too much about timetables. Someone in each school sorted this out with rooming every year, term started and we turned up and ran our lectures and workshops. Straightforward and few if any problems. … Continue reading →