Tag: HARP Fantasy

Director’s Briefing – April 2014

  Welcome to the thirty-fourth Briefing and the fourth scheduled Briefing for 2014.   Encroachment in its last throes   The real-world battle has continued. The enemy sent in reinforcements -forty mock exam scripts, ten dissertation literature reviews, and eleven software project reports (where unlimited wordcount meant one of them was 100 pages long -definitely […]

Director’s Briefing – March 2014

  Welcome to the thirty-third Briefing and the third scheduled Briefing for 2014.   Encroachment fully underway   My real-world battle with the lectures and assignments continues. There’s been some Dirty Fighting tactics from my opponent – having the students infect me with some unpleasant throat malady and cough caused some unexpected activity penalties. Despite […]

Director’s Briefing – February 2014

  Welcome to the thirty-second Briefing and the second scheduled Briefing for 2014.   Encroachment begins   As I expected, my real-world job has commenced its encroachment upon my evenings and weekends, with a sneak attack known as exam and assignment marking (including second marking for colleagues which was an unexpected bureaucratic ambush). I am […]

Director’s Briefing – December 2013

  Welcome to the thirtieth Briefing and twelfth scheduled Briefing for 2013.   Nearly off the treadmill   Down to three lectures and one assignment still to produce for this semester, so there will be a serious slackening of the real-world treadmill, although two new course modules need working on for next semester. My long-term […]