Starting my Ph.D.
I'm in the second week of my Ph.D. at the School of Computer Science and Informatics at University College Dublin. I still seem to be running around like a headless chicken, filling in forms and trying to figure out how to use all the various systems, but it will be 4 years in total, so I think it's ok for me to take more than a few weeks to settle in.
Matt and I moved into a flat in Milltown, which is about 20 minutes walk from the main campus. Matt's fiancée Laura joined us at the weekend and our NTL broadband was installed yesterday.
Matt and I also heard yesterday that we have both been awarded full IRCSET scholarships.
Moving to Dublin
As some of you may already know, I'm moving to Dublin with Matt and Laura, to study a Ph.D. in Pervasive Computing at UCD.
My last day with Acknowledgement was August 28th and I left London 2 days later. I'm currently spending a few days with my parents in Hull, before flying over to Dublin to start my studies.
Off to Dublin
Currently sat in Gatwick Airport, waiting for my flight to start boarding; I'm off to Dublin to see about a Ph.D. at UCD. Yes, that is where Matt is going - but being cheeky, I asked him to pass my details on. I'm not sure that they were after a cling-on (+5 for Star Trek joke!) - but at least they've let me go over for a chat.