March 2007 - Posts

Free movie passes!
22 March 07 01:02 PM | robyn.owens | 1 Comments   
Courtesy of the University Club , I have 42 free double passes to give away to see the movie The Lives of Others this weekend. The movie is described as a "startling political thriller" and it won the European Film Awards 2006 for Best Film, Best Screenplay, Read More...
Title time at graduation
20 March 07 04:29 PM | robyn.owens | 1 Comments   
It's graduation season again and one of my tasks each year is to present the PhD graduands to the Chancellor for conferral of their degrees. In general, we have more PhDs graduating in the September round of graduations; nevertheless, eight of the current Read More...
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Desktops and views
06 March 07 09:52 PM | robyn.owens | 0 Comments   
This morning I remembered to take my camera to work and photograph my desktop - luckily I actually spent some time in the office today, because some days it's a close call. Today I assessed the latest batch of Completion Scholarship applications, then Read More...
Publish or Perish
02 March 07 12:58 PM | robyn.owens | 1 Comments   
"Publish or perish" is a phrase used to refer to the pressure that academics and other researchers feel in order to retain their current position or to obtain promotion. It's not really clear who first coined the term, although the US communications theorist Read More...