Reduced contact hours: “a kick in the teeth” After a week of schedules shifting and changing during Freshers’ Week, many students were confused after timetables finalised on 21 September displayed less contact hours than the average year. Contact hours have been split between synchronous teaching that is timetabled, and asynchronous teaching which is based on […]
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The Exe-Terminators: An interview with the Daleks – Part 2
You both graduated from the University of Exeter. Do you have any fond student memories? Nicholas Pegg: Oh, hundreds. For example, there was the time I first met Barnaby Edwards. I recall he was wearing very silly trousers at the time. But it was the 1980s, so you have to make allowances. Barnaby Edwards: […]
The Exe-terminators: An interview with the Daleks – Part 1
How did you get the job of becoming Daleks on Doctor Who? Barnaby Edwards: It goes way back into the mists of time. Well no, not quite, but we’ve been Dalek-ing for longer than you might think. It all started for us in 1993, when Doctor Who was marking its 30th anniversary. In fact, […]
On anglicisms, angst and Butterbrot
The first few weeks of a year abroad can be challenging. I mean, there’s a new city to get used to, new rules, a new job or placement and, of course, a new language. Well, Mostly. One thing you’ll soon notice in Germany, especially in Berlin, is that English is far from alien. So with this […]