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I travelled alone before going to Uni in SE Asia and Australia and spent very little time actually being alone. There were times when it wasn't easy but they were out wieghted by the great times and people I met- some on whom I'm still in contact with 10 years later!

Staying in hostels made it very easy to meet people. I quite liked being in dorm rooms as they became instant people to talk to, but as someone said you can also get a provate room and meet people in communal facilities.

Have a great trip :-)

What's a LSBF poster?

Well I have now bought my first two Euromillions tickets. Roll on Friday when I shall become a multi millionaire!

(Went for lucky dip as I had no idea how this lottery works. Numbers look like plausible winners!)

I always thought if you have a clear idea in which direction you expect the effext then you can use one tailed, but if you don't know whether group A wil be higher or group B (i.e just expect there to be a difference but don;t know in which direction) you'd use two tailed. That said you don't often see one tailed tests used. I alwsays feel a bit like it's cheating (even though I know it's not). I haven'y made a firm decision of what to do in mine....need to have a stats chat with supervisor.

Anyhoo if you do use one tailed you simply divide the p value by 2.

I'm teaching on a course that I taught on last year. The students have to identify a journal article that is relevent to the course and write a summary and critique of it. During the seminars they also have to do a 10 min presentation on their article.

My question is does any one have any suggestions on how can I make those sessions interesting and preferably interactive?

Last year the sessions took place in computer labs and although I said not to all I could here during the presentations was click-click-click of key boards, and mouses. At the end of each presentation I got a sea of blank faces if I asked if anyone had any coments or questions. The presenter was usually happy to run awy and sit back down but I felt the session could have a better use of time.

I was bored, the students were probably bored and many only turned up on the week they had to present (or not at all as the presentations wern't formally assessed so nearly half didn't bother at all!)

I'm 29 (30 is less than a month eeek!) and I share a four bedroom house with four other people. This means my boyfriend and I share a room and have about 1m of floor space on each side of the bed (the main reason I can't work at home!). We can only just afford to live like this as he's earned even less than me over the last 3 years. Hopefully we're gonna get our own place soon, as the current housemates, whilst all nice enough people, have put me off sharing (though that could be me growing up too!)

I'm torn on this one.... if it had been an earlier stage of the PhD I'd take a year out and travel, then come back and finish my PhD if I felt like it!

Now I'm writing up I'd feel bad about just leaving as I'd have wasted all my participants time, so I'd at least want to try and get a publication out there....so maybe I'd take a month off, get a nce place with a good office I could work in and complete the PhD. Then travel as a reward to myself.

I don't think I'd persue a research career if I didn't have to. I'd possible do another degree in something interesting just for the hell of it (and to stop myself becoming an alcoholic !)

Congratulations!

Is nice to see some good news on here :-)

I have a great advert shield and never ever even notice them until someone mentions it. Had to search the screen to see what this is about.

Think the errors are meant to be there, as in errors you might make in the thesis or something. I guess it's kinda of worked as it's made people notice the ad when if it was all correct no one would be posting about it!

Re the warming properties of decorating or exersize...

whenever I clear or particularly do the vacuuming I always end up boiling and think "next winter I'll clean the house whenever I'm cold, i can think about my work while doing it (instead of web based procrastination) so I'll work hard, have a nice clean house, and be warm" Has never happened mind! I still live in a skanky mess hole!

Ring the inland revenue and see what they say. My boyfriend has just got a whole load of money back for overpayed tax, and I'm pretty sure that included the 09/10 period (so you shuold be able to get yours back after 04/11 - know that's a way away yet!) and possible up to the present. ANyway he said they were very nice and helpful on the phone.

I'm thinking of getting a slanket this year. Not looking forward to another cold winter in my house, but reading some of the posts it appears I need to HTFU as we have central heating and water has never frozen in a glass anywhere inside near me!

My methods are tea, hot water bottle and working outside the home where possible (as in somewhere warm - library/uni/cafe/Mum's house! not literally outside). I am wondering whether I can write my thesis on a laptop in the pub so as to use their heating instead!!

I think a lot of it is about finding the right teacher, one you respect and are interested in what they have to say.

A few years ago I had to drop out two weeks ito a 10 week yoga course beacuse the utter b*ll*cks the woman was spouting made me want to beat her with my yoga mat! I went to another class, where the guy also talked a load of rubbish (and quite a lot of sense!) but did it in and interesting and humourous way! I miss those yoga classes now I've moved cities.

I don't have any and I'm at the end of my third year. Hasn't stopped me getting a couple of interviews and in my postdoc interview yesterday then didn't even ask about publications (then again maybe they save those qs for someone who's got them!). I'm hoping to get a couple this year from my PhD but my results aren't very groundbreaking so not sure whether they'll be good ones!

and I don't know many people who were published in their first year, unless it was for work done during masters where they were not first author on the subsequent publication.

I felt old today....was wandering round M&S and found a lot of clothes I liked!

I'm about 5 weeks off 30 and trying not to think about it! Got IDed a fair bit up until a couple of years ago but think the PhD might be taking its toll as I haven't been in a while :-(