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I put LI ( :tosser: ) on ignore, not because he winds me up but because I only have one life and I'm not going to waste it reading his verbiage and bile anymore. Its just too predictable and in its own way a slightly (only just) more mature version of 1066 who at least has the benefit of being...

Are you in Dover, Dover? If so get in touch with Stiles and Bates www.stilesandbates.co.uk/ as they should be able to put you in touch with someone locally and supply an excellent choice of woods.

I'd agree with that, but say that some, rather than many, treat students like dirt. Some students treat academics like dirt as well though and do not appreciate what an opportunity they have. In a typical week, I lecture to a total of 150+ students on two modules. If I set my standard for the...

OK, I'll put that in context. When I do research consultancy for external organizations, the university costs my time at £774.08 per 7hour day (2004/5 rate). It costs me £75000 pa to hire a post-doc at the lowest pay rate. £1000 doesn't go too far when viewed like that does it? I have just paid...

University academics are not there to teach. I know that may be difficult to understand, but you should not blame us for your inabilites to grasp our subjects. We are hired on our research ability because that is what we spend at least 50% of our time doing. At most, 25% of our time is for...

No, you made the inference not me. You are the one with the chip upon your shoulder. I was just trying to tell it how it is. I called you thicko because you called me a patronising twat. Perhaps you can't understand satire. I am not a teacher and never have been. I think that you have a...

Thats being truthful not patronising or trying to devalue the work she put in. My surprise is that at Southampton the average offer is AAB. If you think that saying that is patronising or devaluing, it is you who has the problem, not me. You may be confusing hard work with ability, again that is...

I'm sure that they can, but I bet they can't think as well, win as much research funding or have such a good standing in their field. The quality of the institution and its staff will be reflected in the courses it offers and that is a tradeoff that BAG might like to consider. As I said, I am...

When you aint got nothing, you've got nothing to loose.

A time for quiet contemplation then????

I think you have a point there. Mohammad is not a prophet to me, he is just some geezer from Abrahams illigitimate linage who married a pre-pubescent girl. Similarly, e.g., in reporting of suicide bombers in the West Bank, the BBC likes to record the suicide bombers as casualties. The BBC is...

I'm a reasonably senior academic at Soton and have been an admissions tutor at Sheffield (mathematical sciences). Some years ago, the way to get onto a course that you couldn't get the A levels for was to accept one you could and then change. That still happens a lot now. How did you do in...

Isn't that just the sort of thing he is on about? There are plenty of threads on here that would provide Mr Barnes with more than enough "evidence" to claim abuse and intimidation of Falmer village and LDC. Not agreeing with him, just saying its not hard to see where he is coming from and why he...

Circumstances alter cases. Its a bit like private medicine isn't it? Many people think that it is a bad thing and shouldn't be allowed. Then they, or a loved one, becomes ill and they find an eight week wait for a diagnostic test or treatment on the NHS or do they pay £230 for the Nuffield...

Are all Irish people 100% pure Irish? Or could they be a bit French, or Scottish, English, Welsh or even Dutch?

Inspired by the view of St Roches Hill (The Trundle) when Blake was visiting a lady friend at Gainsborough house. The very same view as from the back of my house. Now, was there an option for Ulsterman in that poll. If I wasn't English then Welsh would be my next choice. Great place and great...

Hmm, that's quite sobering isn't it? On this thread I posted a somewhat derogatory view of the police http://85.234.132.19/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70904 Having watched some of that I'm amazed that they can keep their cool so well. What a load of shit to have to deal with. I was hoping that...

Not quite. A requirement is that the work should be worthy of publication, in full or in part, in a peer reviewed archive journal. That does not mean that the work need be published. The work should also add to the body of knowledge in a particular field through, say, the advancement of ideas or...

There are some absolutely disgraceful people in the police force. I remember one from Shoreham, PC Blackman, a complete and utter tosser. He kept stopping me in my car or on my motorbike everytime he saw me. Searched for drugs, breath tests the lot. I started taking the tickets into the police...

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