Thursday check-in

[forthwritten]

So how's everyone doing? Has term started where you are?

I'm in the process of transferring to my third department in three years, but no one actually tells me things so I have no idea which department I'm in right now. Good times!

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[rhivolution]

Funny you should post...I just asked (yesterday) for a four to six week extension on my dissertation, which is due 30 September. (Apparently planning and prepping a wedding isn't conducive to getting dissertation work done--who knew? /sarcasm)

Of course, the course convenor is notoriously bad at responding to emails in a prompt and orderly fashion, so I intend to give him a call tomorrow if I don't hear from him today. I did hear from my advisor, who is very supportive, thank deity.

[such_heights]

Well, I'll properly be registered on my course as of next week, hurrah. This does mean I ought to have finalised what modules I'm taking, but, er. Plenty of time!

[liseuse]

Whooo!

*Laughs self silly over the idea of finalised module choices*

(Sorry, that's the grouchy person in me who keeps getting e-mails saying "Sorry! Strike Student X from your list! Add Students B, D and Q.")

[such_heights]

Hahaha, oh god - I don't envy you! I hope your students sort themselves out eventually.

[liseuse]

They may, they may not. Either way I don't think I stand much chance of remembering all their names, so I'm not sure why I'm worrying so much!

[berangere]

＞Has term started where you are?
Wait, what term ? Are you referring to that legendary thing strange people with no deadlines call... summer holidays ? I'm pretty sure that's children tale, a year can't be organised that way. Yet, it seems to remind me of a period of my life far far ago. But... no, no. It must be a tale. Yet there are incredibly more people around now than one month ago...

＞I have no idea which department I'm in right now
Well last year I heard I was belonging to a CNRS department when they asked me to vote for electing the counsil. I replied to their mail "but I do not belong to your department, I don't even belong to CNRS" "Sorry, we checked, you're on the list, you belong to our department. You've been for three years now".
Everytime you think you'll never be surprised by administration again, they strike higher.

By the way, I joined yesterday, hello, fellow researchers !

[liseuse]

Term has yet to start, but I have spent altogether too many hours in meetings and getting admin stuff done. Which means I have done precisely zero work on my chapter and will need to have a mad week, or so, of catching up so I can pretend to my supervisor that I have not been so lax. I do not think she will accept the 'working for teh monies' argument.

[luciente]

I am in the middle of moving house! Meaning I haven't even touched my thesis for a week, and I don't even feel guilty about it.

I'm also waiting to be told times and rooms for my teaching this term, and trying to figure out at what point I decide they've forgotten about me and email the English department to ask. Given that term starts on the 27th, I suspect that point should be rather soon :/

[aruna7]

I don't have any terms left in PhD (at least in France). I still have 9 hours to attend within the next couple of years, 2 will already be done this upcoming November as I have a talk in one of them. And that's a good thing as I won't be living near my university anymore!

I'm in the middle of moving, and just done working/submitting articles/Abstracts so the reading for the thesis shall resume within the upcoming month.

Next week I'm to open the blog for all my PhD/academia stuff, so still busy even if I don't know what term means, and I would be very happy if my registration that went well would result in getting my student card. grrrrrrr!