Fretwork Teacher

One of Rincewind's surfeit of academic titles.

Another relatively easy academic title to have, requiring, at present, remarkably little actual work. This position resulted from an ancient curse by a dying wizard that sounded very much like "May you always teach fretwork!".

However, it is interesting that the failed wizard Brian, in A Hat Full of Sky, confesses to Tiffany Aching that he actually did study fretwork at Unseen University. Is there a story yet to be told here?

Ironically, Rincewind has demonstrated a modest capacity for woodworking in The Last Continent, in which he handcrafted primitive beach sandals from wood each evening as a safety precaution. (They made his footsteps sound like two people, and could be left behind as a distraction if this failed to bluff the hostile Ecksian wildlife.) This could well make Rincewind better-qualified for this job than he is for the majority of his UU job titles.