Name: Pauline Thorne

Job title: School Admin. Officer, responsible for the "organised chaos" of CCS, also chairperson of UNISON and a Trustee of the University pension fund.

Importance to the University: agony aunt for UNISON members and general solver-of-problems par excellence. Also an enthusiastic member of SWOMP and OWINE.

You mean Socialist Women On Male Platforms, the group responsible for redressing the balance between the sexes in positions of authority? Yes, and the One Woman Is Not Enough campaign against tokenism in "supposedly right-on organisations."

Most likely to say: "Let's have a party!"

Least likely to say: "I'm never busy."

Hobbies: Relaxing in the sunshine with a glass of red French or Italian wine.

Perks of the job? Choosing the burgundy colour scheme for CCS; meeting interesting people every day.

Favourite method of beating the 5.30 exodus from campus: relaxing in the IDS bar, followed by a drive home accompanied by The Archers.

Gets annoyed with: people who don't read information she has sent.

Anything bizarre in your 'fridge? "A polar bear filled with sodium bicarbonate."

Would rather be: the Vice-Chancellor "the one with the power" or "a fly on the wall in the Registrar's office" (cue cheeky grin).