Update: By popular demand this blog post is now available as a downloadable PDF. Last week, I had the always very enjoyable experience of marking MSc theses. This year I had 5 to mark in a week – which was about all I could manage without burning out. But as I Read more…
As I mentioned a while back, I wrote up a few MSc project proposals in the hope of getting some teaching experience and help with some of the stranger side projects I’d like to get going. Of those projects I’ve heard back about one and as of now-ish I am Read more…
For those who don’t know, a science Master’s degree (MSc) is often split into two parts – taught and project. In any given MSc, the taught course is the same for all the students, but the projects are chosen from a list prepared by various other academics in related areas. Read more…