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The Spotters Guide to the Modern University

The Spotters Guide to the Modern University

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The world of the university can be a mystery to those who sit outside, and even to those who study and work in a university environment. In this parody observer's guide the reader will learn about the complex ecology of the academic world. With handy one page guides to the different 'species' you...More

The world of the university can be a mystery to those who sit outside, and even to those who study and work in a university environment. In this parody obser...More

I am a recently retired academic and I was reflecting on how bizarre the university world would look to someone coming in from the outside. So, I imagined that universities were worlds with their own unique ecosystems and that across these worlds there are strange and unique creatures which interact with each other in unexpected ways. The Undergraduate Student, the Professor, the Campus Security Officer, the Groundskeeper and the University Cat are among the 39 different 'species' described and depicted.

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The world of the university can be a mystery to those who sit outside, and even to those who study and work in a university environment. In this parody observer's guide the reader will learn about the complex ecology of the academic world. With handy one page guides to the different 'species' you will learn where to see different characters-for example "Chief Financial Officers make cosy nests in offices which are generally in close association with other species of the Executiva (particularly Directors of Estates), with whom they like to drink tea". - and their characteristic calls. The Pro-Vice Chancellor is most readily identified by their use of management-speak. “Ballpark figure”, “Going forward”, “Mission critical”, and “Baked in figures” are commonly heard calls.

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