Undergraduates on traditional 3 or 4 year programmes have "gone down", whilst 1 year postgraduates disappear to London (or Edinburgh / Paris / Madrid / Rome) to "work on their dissertation".
University academics enjoy family holidays and lengthy "research" visits - except if they have been handed the role of "Admissions Tutor" as that will mean a fraught August and criticism for either undershooting or overshooting targets, keeping standards high or reducing them. Administrators (on flexible / term time and partial contracts) are absent and professional staff, who find that there are no decision makers to interact with, take increasingly long lunches and early nights.
So, the ubiquitous "Out of Office" message gets pinged from multiple email accounts across the University to recipients across the globe.
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| MY OUT OF OFFICE DOOR NOTICE |
Some "out of office" messages that have collected in my inbox are:
I AM ON HOLIDAY AND DEFINITELY NOT EVEN THINKING OF LOOKING AT EMAILS UNTIL I RETURN TO THE OFFICE.
I AM AWAY FROM THE OFFICE WITH INTERMITTENT / POOR ACCESS TO WIFI AND SO THERE MAY BE A VERY LENGTHY DELAY IN RESPONDING TO YOUR EMAIL
IF YOUR QUERY RELATES TO:
a) ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS, PLEASE CONTACT xxxxxx@xxxx.AC.UK
b) RESEARCH ISSUES, PLEASE CONTACT yyyyyyy@yyyy.AC.UK
c) CONSULTANCY WORK, PLEASE PHONE 07546 232452
I hope that you enjoy the 2.5 days we British call "Summer".
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