Monthly Archives: December 2016

Approaching the stress of redundancy

Christmas provides us with an opportunity to turn our thoughts towards others, to be grateful for all we have and to rejoice in the goodness that sustains the world, even though darkness and malice so often bring pain and distress. … Continue reading

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A breeze-block university

The Governors, the departed VC, the Senior Mismanagement Team all harbour the ambition to turn Kingston into a “redbrick” university; not, please note, a “plate glass”, the sixties universities that went up in Wilson’s technological white heat on greenfield sites. … Continue reading

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Candidates for new VC describe their qualifications

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