thank you rah. I've sent emails to University departments as well (taking SixKitten's advice), I hope someone will reply.

Stu, if you don't tell us where you've been, let's say within the next 5 minutes, I am going to... (hmm, ok I couldn't find a scary threat but be afraid, be very afraid!)

Thank you rah. I've tried gumtree but because the work is voluntary, they want a charity number in order to advertise in the voluntary work section. In the other job sections, they charge to advertise. I am already very short with the funding for this project.

I totally agree with Piglet and verdy. Don't give up Bug (unless it is really making you feel down and it is not what you want). 3 weeks is a long time, anything is possible. If you get stuck with anything during this time, you can always ask a question to the forum, and we will all try and help you. This way, you can put the 6 months worth of work to good use (and beleive me, if you take a break from it for a day, you will see a gap in the subject where you can propose something); and if things don't work out you can at least say to yourself that you tried your best.

Why do you want to quit Bug?

You went to Morocco

Ibiza

Hi Bug. I don't know if this is different at each University but at my Institution, you only have to pay back the money that you were paid in advance. In other words, as long as the money you received covers only the period you are registered with the university, you don't owe anything. But it is a different matter if your bursary is from a University department and you transfer to another University with the same thesis. (my sister's University (in UK) for example states that on the bursary paper that she needed to sign)

Hi. First of all, congratulations for getting invited and good luck at the interview. I just wanted suggest to run a search with the keyword "interview" (with Thread Text only option selected) on this forum and you would see the relevant messages. I thought until you get some replies from people, this would be a good start.

thanks SixKitten. I'll do that also.

good distraction, if you haven't already seen it :-)

http://www.storewars.org/flash/index.html

hmm... it must be somewhere either in Europe or Africa. If not, one of the other continents. Am I right?

As the title suggest, I need links to forums or other websites where I can place my call for a voluntary writer. Please don't just google and paste links. I would appreaciate your help if you personally trust the content and credibility of the site. My 2 days of google search was a total waste of time as the web is full of dodgy sites. I need a creative writer (voluntary) to write a preview and copy for an exhibition prospectus. The website I placed the ad has been having server problems for the last 5 days, and I am running out of time. Thank you so much in advance.

ah ok, I mis-read. You've actually suggested a blog for "PhD experiences", not for our individual PhDs. Sorry, my mistake.

sylvester, I have a PhD blog but 2 of my supervisors told me to keep it private, instead of public (or only to make certain parts of it public). So to be honest, I don't see the point of having a weblog if it's not going to be public. It can simply be called diary and I hate keeping diaries. Because of that reason, I haven't been updating it for months now.