I HAD the privilege of working with Jim Trainer, who has died aged 80, for 30 years, first as my head of department, and later as a colleague and friend. He was appointed in 1967 to take charge of the newly-created department of German at Stirling University. The university had just been established as one of the "new universities", boasting its own version of an innovative academic structure, with a semester system and a flexible degree programme. Jim had come from St Andrews, an archetypal traditional Scottish university, but he adapted well to the progressive atmosphere and challenging conditions of a younger institution.
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Professor James Trainer
AN APPRECIATION
I HAD the privilege of working with Jim Trainer, who has died aged 80, for 30 years, first as my head of department, and later as a colleague and friend. He was appointed in 1967 to take charge of the newly-created department of German at Stirling University. The university had just been established as one of the "new universities", boasting its own version of an innovative academic structure, with a semester system and a flexible degree programme. Jim had come from St Andrews, an archetypal traditional Scottish university, but he adapted well to the progressive atmosphere and challenging conditions of a younger institution.
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