Back in the 1970s there was a popular family game which was always being advertised – and was almost as much in demand as Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots and Evel Knievel and his stunt cycle.
Buckaroo! (I’m afraid it does have an annoying exclamation mark in the title, for those unfamiliar with this exciting offer from Ideal Games), involved adding a selection of items, from a frying pan to a bucket to a pick-axe on to a spring-loaded pack animal until, as one piece too many is added, the moody mule bucks up and sheds its load, with the last one to add an item being the loser.
Endless fun.
From the perspective of those inside universities it has felt for some time that – much like the poor overloaded beast in Buckaroo! – we are facing a cumulative regulatory burden in which regulation after regulation, requirement after requirement, directive after directive, are being loaded onto us.
