sorry to hear that man.

still, try to be positive. see at a pass with corrections and get going on it...if you get it done sooner than six months you will have your moment!!

having said that, i feel your frustration a little about the fact that some of us design and manage our own projects from day one and get the funding based on our own ideas and interests and then some people pick up a phd project and don't have to worry about the design and all those issues. i'm not saying they dont work hard at the project, merely that designing it and managing its direction us a huge part of what i do and from what ive seen in my faculty, some people literally have this done for them. one girl is never even in the country because she 'can't start' yet until some company gives her the go ahead...meanwhile she gets paid by the government here. grim.

still mate, try to look at it as a pass!! happy holidays

congratulations slowmo. excellent news

shit times mate...i dont think they'll make you pay it back but then you should check. you should also check if you need to get a work permit to stay and take that new job. hope stuff starts turning round for you mate

great to hear. well done

i'd enjoy mine more if i didn't feel so isolated already and didn't feel like i'd blagged my way into a funded arts place...still, i obv love the work itself...just wish i didn't feel like such a terrible tool some days when i wake up. i also enjoy teaching.

twanky- one month in!

as an insomniac, my concept of 'friday afternoon is no time for work' does not properly exist, hence I am choosing this moment to plan to write the first few thousand words by way of a general introduction to nineteenth century blefast...love it. farewell, social ability, farewell fun-finding faculties :P

hey dude,

don't take this out of context, mate, not rubbing your nose in it, just saying the grass isn't always greener...i mean, i have a very supportive family, my mum and dad are great and helpful and very proud of what i'm doing- however, it is a different thing to explain every minute detail to them about a complex piece of work like a phd....so i think there's difficulties on the other end of the scale (no easier or tougher to deal with depending on personalities involved) but i think it sounds like cutting ties might be easier than beating urself up over people that wont speak at all.
much easier said of course, but i barely speake to my eldest three siblings, they dont get me and i dont give a rats ass that they dont. that being said, it lso sounds like some counselling or even just finding a few friends to confide in might help you work out a way to cope! hope it works out

hey mine's 90-100k and im in arts as well!

im in a similar position, only in arts. i decided to go for it. uni is gonna train me, i get all the schemes of work handed to me and i am looking forward. mate, we get paid and we get three years teaching experience which is better than two, right?? i would do it!

i agree with the changing slide approach...surely, they will shut up once you start speaking again unless they are a very rude bunch?  in which case, i can offer you my west-Belfast security service which is a mere ten grand an hour for a professional and thorough threat of force! :p

i totally want to go on a date with a copy of the global media journal :P