{"id":923,"date":"2019-03-01T16:43:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T16:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=923"},"modified":"2019-03-01T16:43:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T16:43:00","slug":"no-ones-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2019\/03\/01\/no-ones-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"NO ONE’S WATCHING"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fancy learning Chinese calligraphy? How about Tai Chi? Perhaps you’d like to pick up touch rugby? And were you aware that Adam Taylor of Lancaster Medical School is to receive the Basmajian Award from the American Association of Anatomists?<\/span><\/p>\n

For these and similar public information messages, just sit in an empty lecture theatre where, thanks to a new initiative from ISS, you will experience a constant diet of news, views and adverts, whenever there are no lectures scheduled, whether you want to or not. The Confucius Institute seems to be responsible for a high proportion of the messages on display, along with Lancashire Fire & Rescue and the Students’ Union.<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, why not? It beats just staring at a blue screen showing the time. subtext found the experience slightly mesmerising, although we’re not sure how many students will share our fascination.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just make sure you keep your kitchen clean, though<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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