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  1. Laurie Taylor

    Furniture wars“There is no connection between the two events.”That was the forceful response from our Director of Creative Finance, Mr D. C. F. Tapstock, when reporter Keith Ponting (30) suggested to...

  2. Laurie Taylor

    Might your vice-chancellor be next to go?In view of the mounting concern about the number of vice-chancellors leaving their posts – vacancies currently exist at Durham, Southampton, Buckingham,...

  3. Laurie Taylor

    Shock call by Poppleton donIn an exclusive interview with our reporter, Keith Ponting (30), Professor Gordon Lapping of the Department of Media and Cultural Studies has spoken frankly about the need...

  4. Laurie Taylor

    Use and abuse of abuseFollowing the news that an English lecturer from the University of Nottingham has apologised for describing a third-year student as an “idiot” and “semi-literate” on Facebook,...

  5. Laurie Taylor

    We’re going up, up, up!“Rejoice! Rejoice!” exclaimed our Director of Corporate Affairs, Jamie Targett, as he revealed at yesterday’s specially convened staff meeting in the atrium of the new...

  6. Laurie Taylor

    Only the lonely“In my opinion, both universities are far too mealy-mouthed about the whole business.”This was the typically frank response of Jamie Targett, our Director of Corporate Affairs, to the...

  9. Laurie Taylor

    ‘Zero here’ contract scandal“I couldn’t even tell you the way to Poppleton. Is it in the North somewhere?”That was the startling admission made by one of our university’s latest research appointments...

  10. Laurie Taylor

    When the digging stopped“A Eureka moment.” That was how our professor of archaeology, Mortimer Wheelbarrow, described the result of his latest dig at a site in the East Midlands area.In an article in...

  11. Laurie Taylor

    First things first“I have every sympathy with the University of Surrey’s desperate attempts to increase the number of its students with top‑class degrees.”That was the supportive response of Dr K. T...

  12. Laurie Taylor

    Must try harder“It is very disappointing news for all those who care about the future of university administration going forward.”That was the reaction of Jamie Targett, our Director of Corporate...

  14. Laurie Taylor

    Your place or mine?It’s been a busy week for our vice-chancellor. In between presiding over a further round of staff redundancies, he’s been on site supervising the extensive renovations to his house...

  15. Laurie Taylor

    Will he stay or will he go?Concern is being expressed about the future of Martin Hall, the vice-chancellor of the University of Salford, after renewed controversy over the closing of language courses...