Monthly Archives: August 2021

Getting Universities’ People and Culture Right

Posted on 27 August 2021 by Athene Donald

Regular readers of my blog will have noticed there has been nothing to read for some time, regularly or irregularly. As for so many of us, this has been a tough year culminating, for me, in a chest infection (non-Covid) … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Failure

Posted on 24 August 2021 by Henry Gee

I’ve seen a lot of eructations on social media lately consoling those who might not have achieved the grades they wanted in order to go to their preferred job or institute of higher learning. Therefore I thought I should contribute … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Introducing Golgi, the Labrador Retriever

Posted on 22 August 2021 by Steve Caplan

Golgi waiting for a tennis ball throw. For now, we are forced to keep her in “the Golgi Compartment” (a bedroom) when we leave the home, so she will not destroy it! I as reported not long ago, we recently … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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August

Posted on 8 August 2021 by Henry Gee

August is a funny month. The nights start to draw in rather quickly as summer draws to a close with what seems like unseemly haste. Keen, fitful gusts of autumn are followed by a rumble of thunder. I am in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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