I know you are all really busy, but is it possible to make the big red "PhD Student Current" logo with the coffee beans on it on the forums list page a clickable link please? It is great how you can click on the sausages and it links to this forum, but the coffee beans don't link to the PhD students forum. Those little blue words "PhD Life" just aren't as much fun to click on. Please? Thanks.

Hi Sara. Glad to hear you are having such a great start to your PhD. Welcome to the forum. By the way, pea is not boring at all.

Happy birthday, fifi! Hope you are having a great night.

For what it is worth, I don't think pea is boring. That was a bit mean.

I am great, thanks Coastman. How are the coastlines of Blighty going?

The closing date was 17th Nov - I got my application in about a week before that, and didn't start thinking about hearing anything until after the 17th. Then my referees emailed and said they had been contacted and wished me luck with the next step...then nothing for a week now.

I just really would love this job. It is at a great uni, working in a field as related to my PhD as I can hope for (my PhD is in a narrow field and no research opportunities in it exactly). It sounded like an job with chance to continue learning (ie. not routine) with a very successful group in a modern lab.

I will stop whinging now and not give up hope yet. I will call the HR people tomorrow when it is 2 weeks since the closing date for an update. Wish me luck and keep your fingers crossed.
Thank you everyone.

Good on you, sue. I love books - even nerdy, uni-related ones. I want a job so I can buy all the books I see in bookshops and think "wish I could buy this".

I long for a house with a library - walls of floor to ceiling shelves full of all the books I love, and a big comfy chair to sit in while I read them. My partner sees himself in a similar picture, but in his imagination, he wears a smoking jacket and slippers!

Well done, sue!

I am in the process of applying for jobs, with very little success.

I found an ad for my dream job. I met all the essential and most of the desirable criteria. I put a lot of effort into my application.
All 3 of my referees were contacted last week by the job people and I am confident all 3 of them would say good things about me.

Now, one week later, I have not heard a word from the job people. No calls, no emails, no "please come for an interview". I am devastated. I really want that job.

Do you think it is time to face the fact that they are not going to contact me?

Hello!

I think books are beauiful things. You will keep it forever. Go for it!

Yay! Well done, DrW!!!!!

Hug for Bobby.

Housemates - can't live with them, can't shoot them. Maybe fifi is right and you need to have a couple of days away from it all to relax. Is that possible?

My fingers are crossed for you today, DJW.

*sticks her thumbs in her ears, wiggles all her fingers and pokes her tongue out at sylvester*

Well after the total collapse of the English team today (Saturday), I am guessing none of you will want to talk about it.

I will just say one thing: Oooh Aaah, Glenn McGrath!