PHD

Hello all, before I start the post proper I can't help but notice that it is now over a month since anyone other than Aurore and I have made a post, which makes me wonder if the blog is dead. I know that Aylin spends much time on her blog and Helio I suspect that you have a couple of blogs, so maybe if no-one is really keen on this one we could just log into individual blogs? I don't really mind either way, but I won't be posting again here unless I know that people will actually read it! Comments please.

Ok, after that minor gripe this post is just to announce that as of today I have become an official full time phd student! I am now enrolled and have my first consultation with my supervisor tomorrow to begin the real work. I now feel that I have made a major committment and am taking my studies seriously, after years of part-time study. I ended up getting a second supplementary scholarship for the duration of my studies, so my scholarships are just under $25000 tax free per year, and I will also work one or two days a fortnight, so financially being a struggling student shouldn't be too much of a struggle! Now we'll just see how the study goes, and staying on their backs to organise Alex as an external supervisor.

In other academic news I am now published in cyber-space! I've allowed the article I published last year to be available on-line through the journal's website, and those interested can see it here - http://home.vicnet.net.au/~medieval/jaema2/abstracts.html - scroll down to my abstract and then click on the link.

And so ends what may be the last post!