Not quite the dismal science that is economics but not far off it seems.
From the obituary of Sir Neil MacCormick, Regius professor of law at Edinburgh:
Not content with teaching, writing and research, he enjoyed and excelled in the cheerless science of academic administration, serving over many years as dean of faculty, provost of law and social sciences and vice-principal.
Cheerless? Really? Or has the fun associated with the activity been seriously underestimated?
Registrarism 