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17:33 — Something I said?

One of my two supervisors, the one I see most often and work with most closely, sprang a bit of a surprise on me during our meeting this morning. He's off. Leaving. Quitting the University of Leicester. Before you start sending me cards of condolence: it's not as bad as it sounds. For a start, he'll continue to supervise my PhD even though he'll be at a different institute. He's only going to The University of Nottingham--half an hour away by train--and has a pot of money he can use to put me up in a B&B for a couple of days every few weeks or so. In fact, I think I'll get to see him for more time, overall, than our current bi-weekly, hour-long meetings. There are other advantages such as meeting the other postgrads in the new department and having a change of scenery once in a while. It could turn out to be no bad thing, all in all. [Oh, this is all strictly hush-hush at the moment, so don't tell anyone.] [more]