It’s gone 4am and I’m unable to settle to sleep. Whirling thoughts are keeping me awake, even though I am tired. So I got up, sat in my almost finished office, and decided to write them out. Moodle: this is my bugbear at the moment, getting to grips with...
It’s strange, I am always reading, searching for new knowledge, discovering weird and wonderful things, but not really learning. I think this could be because there was never really any ‘purpose’ other than knowledge for knowledge’s sake. But...
So, as of the 1st October I am officially a doctoral candidate 🙂 And I started this journey with a chest infection … so I was very thankful (for the first time I think) that, due to the virus, everything is online and I could attend the intro events from my...
Formal student registration in progress, filled in the forms, supplied the obligatory photo for ID. When I log on to the uni intranet I see staff and student information … the dream is solidifying into reality. Over the last few months I’ve started to...
I have my PhD place confirmed, I start October – I’d rather start right now, but I am making the best of things by preparing ahead. Mise en place is a French culinary phrase which means “putting in place” or “everything in its...
The stars and planets aren’t quite aligned yet. With all the Covid problems going on I have this inner feeling that perhaps the uni will ask me to wait to start … So I have been preparing contingency plans, how I will react, what options I have. And I do...
