Meet The Staff
Tim Gore OBE (CEO)Subjects Taught: CEO-ing, Transnational strategies, Internationalisation
How to spot him: Tall, suited, smiley, glasses, often rocking around on the upper floors Likes: Arabic, Music, Vin rouge, Jordan, Sudan and the Middle East Dislikes: Student dissatisfaction Words of wisdom: "People use bicycles and nobody puts on any lycra or bicyle helmets." Dr Catriona MacLeodSubjects Taught: Oeuvres, Translation, Texte image et culture de masse, Bande Dessinée
How to spot her: Dark hair and a gentle Scottish accent Likes: Cartoons, Andy Murray, BD, comics Dislikes: Bad handwriting, Grant's Whiskey Words of Wisdom: "Putain de merde indeed." Lyna KauvSubjects Taught: Grammar; Translation; Written expression
How to spot her: Smiles a lot, long dark hair Likes: Contribution in class Dislikes: Drawing stick men Words of Wisdom: “Je [ne] sais pas si vous arriverez à comprendre mon dessin. Les bonhommes ne sont pas terribles.” Edouard MorenaSubjects: Republicanism, La France contemporaine
How to spot him: Tall, brown hair, jeans and a polo (potentially a cardigan) Likes: Safely removing USB sticks, glancing into the middle-distance, a good cartoon Dislikes: Ill-placed chairs Keith ReaderSubjects: Classic French Cinema - BA3 and MA
How to spot him: Suited (not booted) Likes: Quoting himself, Jean Renoir, Bob Dylan, University Challenge (He was on it 50 years ago) Dislikes: Latecomers ("laggards") Words of wisdom: "He didn't just spring from nowhere, like a demon king in pantomime." Kim Lê MinhSubjects: Bibliographic instructions, research skills
How to spot her: Short black hair, colourful clothing, usually behind the library counter Likes: Environmentally-friendly minded people, old piano sheet music, cloud watching Dislikes: Sandwiches in the library, ratatouille in the library, greasy fingerprints in books Words of wisdom: 'To be is to do' Socrates, 'To do is to be' Sartre, 'Do be do be do' Sinatra Catherine Duperray (Student & academic services)Subjects: Accomodation and CAF (housing benefit), Student Finance
How to spot her: Petite, bob, glasses, very chic dress sense à la Parisienne Likes: A job well done; giving out marked assignments Dislikes: The people at CAF, who are responsible for so many headaches every year Rebecca PougetSubjects: Marketing and communications
How to spot her: Wearing a neck scarf, hair often in a chignon, American accent Likes: Salsa (dancing) Dislikes: Salsa (dip) |
Dr Louise LyleSubjects Taught: Fin de siècle literature, Translation, Tale of Two Cities
How to spot her: Jeans and Converse, with a gentle Scottish accent in all languages Likes: Gossip, Speculoos Dislikes: The Loch Ness monster Words of Wisdom: “Gimme another chicken!" Dr Anna-Louise MilneSubjects Taught: Trauma and transmission, Prose de la ville, Instruire la nation, Translation, Tale of Two Cities
How to spot her: Tall, with a penchant for arty clothing Likes: Art, books, art books Dislikes: Georges Bataille Words of Wisdom: “I had one of my moments perdus over the weekend: I went to see La Princesse et la Grenouille.” Dr Geoffroy RogerSubjects Taught: Translation, Linguistics
How to spot him: Handsome hobbit/Bad Boy de Bretagne often in a green shirt, an implausibly Scottish accent Likes: Breizh, Deep fried Mars bars, the Proclaimers, Irn Bru, Megadeath, Jamelia Dislikes: People who don't know the subjunctive Words of Wisdom: “Horses have feet, right? No wait, hooves" Dr Charlotte LeggSubjects Taught: History, Translation, National Identity, Colonialism
How to spot her: Immaculately dressed in a 1940s dancehall-chic style Likes: rations, kooky earrings, jazz musicians Dislikes: air raids, electro-swing music, Nicolas Sarkozy Words of wisdom: "Sorry, my head's been in the 19th century for the last few days. Well... months. Well... years." Dr Jeremy StubbsSubjects Taught: Language, Media and Society
How to spot him: The gentleman lecturer Likes: His iPhone, Muji, 3-piece suits, Margaret Thatcher, French Rap Dislikes: Marking, responding to emails, the Labour party Words of Wisdom: “Wait a second. Look! Who is in control of this class? Why it is I, for I have the spinning chair." Claire Miller (student & academic services)Subjects: Assessment and coursework grades; essay deadlines; term dates
How to spot her: Fairly long brown hair, usually sitting in the office Likes: Not deciding whether to speak to you in French or English until the last moment Dislikes: General faffing Lena GhellisSubjects: Staff salaries, accounting, all things argent
How to spot her: ULIP veteran of 30 years, often overhead talking then consequently laughing to herself in her office Likes: Money, money, money (and chocolate) Dislikes: The métro - specifically lines 11 and 8 Words of wisdom: "Une chose que j'aime... *dramatic pause* l'argent?" Olivia GarreauSubjects: Accomodation, coursework, head-emailer
How to spot her: Smiley Likes: International environments, travelling, all music Dislikes: Rudeness Words of wisdom: "Life is a journey, not a destination." |