Monday, 18 June 2012
PHD position! :D
Dear readers,
Yesterday I received an e-mail which stated that I was
admitted into the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis as an externally funded
PHD student! :D I am just over the moon! (And super hyper for that matter).
As an externally funded student I will not receive any
funding from the University itself, but I will not have to pay any tuition fees
either! Moreover, I will be able to make use of all the facilities which the
University offers to funded PHD students as well. Amongst others, I will
receive a desk at one of the offices which have been made available for the
ASCA PHD students (insert a squeal here) and I will be allowed to follow the
courses which provided by ASCA and the Graduate School of Humanities. They even
have a teacher training course, which I hope I will be allowed to attend.
So, I will be doing research for at least 3 to 4 years
(if not longer) into the denial of death in British Victorian Novels. If that
is not happiness then I do not know what is (I am sure my fellow Victorians
will understand exactly what I am saying :D).
As it is not a funded position, I will be looking for
funding outside University so I will be able to generate an additional income.
As things are now I will have to continue to work for two days a week, which I
do not mind doing at all. However, ideally I would like to spend 5 days a week
on my research. I am definitely planning on applying for a funded position with
ASCA for next year. Who knows: if I work really hard, they might decide to fund
me :D (Not like I would not have worked hard otherwise… lol I believe my system
does not have a setting other than ‘working hard’ hahah).
Honestly, part of me did not dare to hope that I would
actually get accepted, as it seemed like such a long shot. I know that for the
funded positions there were about 400 applications (and only 5 positions!). I
am not sure how many applications they had for a non-funded position, but I am
sure that I should be lucky to get in.
I honestly cannot wait for the start of next year… and
this year is not even over! I am currently still waiting for my supervisor’s
feedback on my Master thesis. The prospect of a PHD really does give me a huge
motivational boost.
Well that’s it for my hyperactive rambling about
getting the PHD position.
Love,
Blacky (prospective PHD student *squeal*).
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2 comments:
Woooow it sounds SO cool! I'm so happy for you and proud of you!!
:D Thank you dear!
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