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Hi Alex

 

David Lodge’s ‘Campus Trilogy’ is a good start.  I also enjoyed ‘Academia Obscura’ (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Academia-Obscura-Hidden-Higher-Education/dp/1783523417 )  - not a novel but a good source of snippets and which has its own Twitter feed if you like that sort of thing (https://twitter.com/academiaobscura?lang=en).

 

Darren

 

 

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Honorary Senior Lecturer in Education

Centre for Academic Development

University of Aberdeen

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From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development Association <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Guccione, Kay
Sent: 11 December 2019 14:28
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Subject: Re: Academic memoirs and novels

 

Hi Alex, 

 

Here’s my offering in the memoirs category — you must be very intelligent and Lab Girl

 

And, have you seen LabLit? A collection of representations of academic lives in : https://www.lablit.com/about I’ve read a good few off the novels list and some are great, some eye-wateringly badly written, but I have no regrets about any of them.

 

Kay

 

Dr Kay Guccione | @kayguccione | PFHEA
Senior Lecturer in Academic Development
National Teaching Fellow
B111 (Britannia Building) | Glasgow Caledonian University | Cowcaddens Road | Glasgow | G4 0BA
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On 11 Dec 2019, at 14:05, Buckley, Alex <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

 

Hello all,

 

Does anyone have any recommendations for good writing about the academic life? I’m looking for non-academic literature: memoirs, fiction, biographies etc. along the lines of Les Back’s Academic Diary, or The Lecturer’s Tale by James Hynes. And ideally more up to date than the classic campus novels e.g.Lucky Jim or The History Man.

 

Thanks!

 

Alex

 

Dr Alex Buckley SFHEA

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