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Just a quick update to share the good news with you - I received a letter from the AHRC at the weekend informing me I've been successful in my application for funding for my librarianship course. I'm absolutely over the moon - I know from experience that getting research council funding isn't easy, and not having to worry about finances or finding work alongside the course is great. Plus, it may free me up to do some volunteering or work shadowing in the free time I do have without having to worry about not getting paid!

Labels: AHRC funding, MA

I've finally submitted my AHRC funding application to the Sheffield Librarianship department, after a bit of chasing round at the last minute getting references from my PhD supervisors, who are particularly good at disappearing at such moments! Further antics occurred when the submission deadline turned out to be on Easter Monday, but luckily the department was prepared to accept the application on the Tuesday, considering it wasn't even open then!

It seems a little strange that I had to get an in-depth form filled out by my undergraduate department with comments on my performance as a student. This involved the departmental administration running round trying to find seven year old information, and it was lucky that my old personal tutor was still at the department, although he was only my personal tutor for my last year of study, so I'm not sure what depth of information he was able to provide! I imagine that a huge amount of weight is not going to be placed upon my undergraduate details, given that I have an MSc, and nearly a PhD, but the AHRC does say that the undergraduate information will be used as a primary weighting for candidates, so who knows...

Still on the agenda is to finish the PhD; the main chapter I had to rewrite is mostly there in terms of content, though I've still got to get the okay from my elusive supervisors on it, and rewrite the rest of the thesis to fit. It's still a case of weeks, but watch this space!

Labels: AHRC funding, MA, phd