how to attract students

Apparently the University of Plymouth Students’ Union is giving away free copies of FHM magazine for Freshers’ Week, along with a [number of other universities...

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Job

So, as I mentioned recently, I had an interview for a placement at Plymouth Marine Laboratory. I heard back from them a couple of days...

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Exam Woes

It's that time of year again; I've got two exams coming up, plus one I've already taken. Not as many as some people, but still....

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Life Update

So, the last piece of coursework is out of the way and, barring two exams and a demo, that's the end of another academic year....

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Has this guy even tried running a society?

Okay, usually I ignore Student Union politics, since it rarely gets anywhere useful. However, one poster in the union caught my eye---Darren Jones, Presidential candidate,...

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Union Going Downhill

I was in the Student Union earlier on, and bloody hell it's gone downhill. The Union magazine, Fly, was a reasonably well-done publication a few...

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Money, Money, Money

Well, after weeks of waiting, I got confirmation from my LEA that they'll be giving me money as usual (well, lending). Usefully, they sent it...

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Third Time Lucky

Just received the results of my third (and final) attempt to pass the first-year Computing module IT & Media Tools. Thankfully, this time I managed...

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UoP Website Security

To log into part of the University of Plymouth website, you must not only provide your username and password, but some extra details as well---presumably...

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we *are* at home to mr cockup

Well, today I went to the [[university]] library to print out various bits of paperwork related to my enrollment. They've finally switched over to using...

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well, shit

Finally managed to get my results, and I have failed one module. One module which only lasts one term. The module which consisted of things...

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resit marks

The results for exam and coursework resits get published tomorrow, and I'm rather stressed about it; I have a feeling that I haven't done well...

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"Hello, Information and Learning Services?" "Yes?" "Fuck you!"

Bloody marvellous. Days before people are due to enrol for their second year, and they've gone and cocked up the resit marks. The online transcript...

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business

First Law of Management: in any situation where there are two or more possible answers to a business-related question, the answer with the most management...

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