I could not help smiling when I read the tortuous replies in Agony Aunt on how to remember students' names (Teaching, THES, September 29). I simply have a photograph taken of everyone, append their names, and fit them neatly onto an A4 sheet (this takes about 20 students). Most groups of students have their pictures captured digitally straight into a PC, which someone then compiles the following day.
Brian H. Denton Quality enhancement manager Liverpool John Moores University