July has been one of my busiest ‘academic workload’ months since leaving the OU, being the examiner for two PhDs, a Professorial promotion case and completing my reports as external examiner at Warwick. It’s good to occasionally flex the academic brain muscle still. And yes, I have to confess, I have been enjoying the comedy around the Warwick “Beyond” rebrand. It has become a byword in our house already, for any pretentious but ultimately meaningless marketing twaddle. In other new...