August 2007 - Posts

I flu, therefore I am not
30 August 07 04:58 PM

I hate being unwell. It might be my meglomanic conviction that the world will fall apart without me, or internalised childhood guilt about days off, but mostly I think it is the sheer misery of being overwhelming conscious of embodiment. Now, with my Read More...

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Filed under: if you call that a life, balance, and what have you done for us today

Be My Guest
27 August 07 09:44 AM

I'm giving a lecture in an English unit later today: I've taught in this unit in the past, though this time I'm just doing the one guest lecture. I think that I'm coming down with the flu that is going around (I'll blame Sanna, despite the fact my sister Read More...

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Filed under: teaching, ac(k!)ademia, lecture

Conference Presentations workshop for Arts Postgrads
23 August 07 01:32 PM

Successful presentations at conferences require planning and practice. This workshop – specifically for Arts, Humanities and Social Science postgraduates – will cover topics including defining a topic of suitable scope, conveying your argument clearly Read More...

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Research Skillz
03 August 07 09:14 AM

Want to set yourself up with some mad research skillz? The Research Skills workshops, starting Friday 10 August, can help you get start and continue to make progress in your PhD and Masters research. There are four session, each running for three hours Read More...

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Good Habits
02 August 07 02:47 PM

In the quest to find some way to balance the job-thing and finishing-thesis-thing while maintaining some shreds of sanity (don't laugh!) I've decided that the key is good habits. There is no point in pretending that I can manage to live on sugar and caffiene Read More...

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Filed under: writing space, goal setting, balance, one word after another, finishing line?, writings

More Prizes! (Higher Degree by Research Achievements 2007)
02 August 07 09:24 AM

In my seemingly permanent role as announcer of prizes, here are the winners of the 2007 Prizes for Higher Degree by Research Achievements . All these postgraduate students have produced innovative research in the course of their degree, and have had an Read More...

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Induction Quiz: The Winners Are...
01 August 07 10:49 AM

At the Postgraduate Welcome Ceremony yesterday, three students showed their mastery of the ins-and-out of being a graduate research student by having their correct answers to the Induction quiz drawn so they could win great prizes! (And yes, I did contemplate Read More...

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