The career I never had
A tweet on the Warwick University (@warwickuni) feed appeared today with a link to a website created by Stephen Merchant, with clips of his radio show on W963, the university radio station, from the...
View ArticleMission improbable – day 2 progress report
Setting stretch targets(*) obviously works for me! While I don’t think I will have completed both the DD307 TMA06 and the SD226 EMA by the end of tomorrow in a form I can submit, I do at least now have...
View ArticleMission improbable – the end of the beginning
My attempt to complete DD307 TMA06 and the SD226 EMA in a bank holiday weekend has now finished. Strictly speaking, it’s ended in failure, but only just. At the end of the weekend I now have a complete...
View ArticleSoggy Warwick
I’m sitting in the Rootes bar drinking coffee, trying to wake up in time for the final part of the DD307 weekend. On days like these, with the skies grey and overcast and a fine drizzle in the air that...
View ArticleLurking
When I graduated from Warwick University in 1985, I couldn’t wait to get away from the place. I don’t think I even returned to the campus until the weekend of my 40th birthday – very nearly 20 years...
View Article5 things you used to need to survive university
One of the posts that I most enjoyed reading last month was written by Lois, called 5 Things You Actually Need to Survive University. Her advice seems sound to me, so if you’re looking for things that...
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