The reluctant leader

The reluctant leader

This summer I took over as head of actuarial science at the University of Kent.  I have to admit, part of me was not looking forward to this.   I returned to full-time academia to teach and to carry out research, not to get involved in management and...

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Socrates and Greek debt

I'm on holiday with the family in Northumberland this week, and today we were in Alnwick (pronounced "Annick", in case you're relating this story and you want to sound knowledgeable). The castle here had a starring role in the Harry Potter films as...

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