University Challenges, 9781804992951
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Yorkshire university life: Friendship, funny mysteries, and heartwarming surprises await.
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University Challenges

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    336 pages

  • Release Date

    2 August 2025

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Summary

University Challenges: A Hilarious Slice of Campus Life

York, 1989. Dr. Tom Frith, embarking on his second year as a tutor at the University of Eboracum, is unexpectedly assigned as a ‘buddy tutor’ to a new faculty member. Dr. Rosie Tremaine initially presents herself as fiercely independent, even aloof. However, as Rosie and Tom navigate the quirks and challenges of campus life, a strong friendship blossoms.

From uncovering the new bursar’s questionable dealings to tracking…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781804992951
ISBN-10:180499295X
Author:Jack Sheffield
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint:Penguin
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:2 August 2025
Weight:233g
Dimensions:196mm x 127mm x 20mm
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A hilarious and heart-warming novel * Living North *

About The Author

Jack Sheffield

Jack Sheffield grew up in the tough environment of Gipton Estate, in North East Leeds. After a job as a ‘pitch boy’, repairing roofs, he became a Corona Pop man before going to St John’s College, York, and training to be a teacher. In the late seventies and eighties, he was a headteacher of two schools in North Yorkshire before becoming Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at Bretton Hall College of the University of Leeds. It was at this time he began to record his many amusing stories of village life as portrayed in Teacher, Teacher!, Mister Teacher, Dear Teacher, Village Teacher, Please Sir!, Educating Jack, School’s Out!, Silent Night, Star Teacher, Happiest Days, Starting Over, Changing Times, Back to School and School Days. He lives in Hampshire.

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