Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 12c/54f with a predicted high of 16c/62f and partly cloudy. Weather app says “This weather is fucking awesome if you just experienced winter, but it’s fucking terrible if summer just ended.” Fair enough, technically still spring so it’s good enough for me.
That’s a sad story, I’m sorry you lost touch with her and in such odd circumstances. FB certainly makes it easier to follow other people’s lives without needing much contact, and it could be a good way to re-establish a connection. Of course, if you send a friend request and she doesn’t accept it, that’s going to tell you all you need to know.
Believe me, there are some students who barely deserve a certificate even for showing up! In our system, they would be taking a 3 or 4 year degree programme. If they leave before completing the entire degree, they may be eligible for an alternative qualification. This particular student completed year 1 but did not return for year 2 (we knew he wasn’t coming back, he’d told his personal tutor, but never bothered to complete a withdrawal request). Our university regulations say that a student who achieves at least 100 credits in a year is entitled to an exit qualification - he’d completed 120 credits in year 1 so he will get a Certificate in Higher Education, which comes out as CertHE(Programme Title). If he’d left after completing sufficient credits in year 2, it would be a Diploma instead of a Cert.
The problem was with final year dissertations, which count for 1/3 of the student’s higher level marks. Minion hadn’t updated the marking grid after some of the markers were re-allocated to different subjects so there is potential for some students to have received lower marks than they may have been due because it was marked by someone with less subject-specific knowledge. Fortunately they are second-marked by the dissertation supervisor who is the subject specialist, so hopefully it will all be ok.
JtC and Sticky Buns lovely pics, looks like you had a fun day out!
Pilot I remember Sheena Easton, bit of a flash in the pan over here.
I am sure they were very vocal in their protests about abandonment and starvation!
Cat Glove sounds like a very moving service and a very impressive turnout. I hope the new morning drink routine works for you 
Scary! I hope SIL is ok and the horsepistol lets him come home soon. They are lucky you and FCD are around to wrangle the littles so they can concentrate on getting him well again.
I hope it worked and you’re not dwelling on what happened, let’s hope it was an isolated incident.
Yesterday evening was uneventful - came home from work, fed the cats, cleaned litter trays and had some dinner before it was time to collect 'im indoors from the station. We came home, had a cuppa, and watched a film before I went to bed.
Today I was up early to do the cat stuff and have a quiet cup of tea or two before he got up. I’ve got a load of laundry in the washer, I need to run the rollsuck over the living room, hall, stairs and landing (because the catsitter’s coming over tonight and I should deal with a small amount of the squalour). I will shower and wash my hair after the rollsuck duties, then deal with wet washing, make bacon butties for lunch, pack up stuff and drive up the M6 to Bradford where we’ll be seeing a few bands - we don’t need to be there until about 3pm so I have time do stuff. We’re staying overnight and coming back tomorrow afternoon, conveniently late enough to miss out on the Vaisakhi parade and mela that means half the main roads are closed and everything around the park near us is closed off. Catsitter plans to be here early in the morning before the rolling road closures start, so she can be out of the way before it gets busy. We should be back late enough that it’s all over although we have a route back home that doesn’t involve any of the town centre or the ring road. It’s a beautiful day out there so I hope attendance is high and the local Sikhs have a brilliant time.
