RegistrarismRegistrarial comment and observations

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2 Jun 2016Big and really rather bossy: the new regulatory burden

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Registrarism was written by Paul Greatrix, Registrar at the University of Nottingham, from 2007 to 2023 – first on its own site, then on Wonkhe. This is the complete archive: 1,402 posts and the conversations under them, as they stood in September 2026.

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Paul now writes at The Wonderful (& Frightening) World of HE. The original 2007–2014 site remains at registrarism.wordpress.com.