Monthly Archives: March 2016

When I am an old bastard I shall wear purple

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Ring any bells?

Staff at Kingston may sometimes find it hard to believe there are VCs as nasty and incompetent as our own, but events at Reading demonstrate the Riverhouse Rat has some stiff competition in the bastard stakes. The Reading VC, David … Continue reading

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Another award bought and paid for

The Guardian newspaper is on a nice little earner with its various dubious writing courses and university award schemes. And Kingston is quick enough to fork out for entry to one of these. To win you have to be in, … Continue reading

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The glittering prizes

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Tales from the Riverbank – March

Dear Contemptibles Leap years are special to me. I get paid a bonus, an extra £20,000 for a day’s “work”. I was away from home, safe from doing any work (I thought), in a hotel. I was approached at breakfast … Continue reading

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Kingston University Self-advertising Co.

Perceptions are everything, isn’t that a fact with Kingston University? We all know the VC is keen on awards to bolster Kingston’s “profile”, and KU has just done it again, this time winning the impressively titled HR Excellence in Research … Continue reading

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