The summer holidays, Salonblog readers! Is there a more glorious time of year? Who could possibly feel ambiguous about those hazy days of idleness and sunshine? The amorphous and unstable nature of holiday time?
Well, postgraduate students, obviously. Because while the descending quiet in the university library after the exam period ends is a wonderful thing, how do you maintain your impetus and measure your progress when the campus becomes as quiet? How do you structure your research without regular term times and lesson plans and meetings? How, when you get right down to it, do you survive without the Starbucks in the Student Union Square being open? It's a dilemma.
The Salon on Wednesday 01st June will be therefore be an open discussion focusing on the issues of 'Staying motivated over the summer'. We'll be looking at the issues of research progress and structure during the 'long vacation', and exploring the possible resolutions and support structures available to postgraduate students. We also hope to follow up this directed discussion with a more general talk about prospective Salon meetings and activities. The Salon Summer Trip is still on the table (and you thought I was using the Cliff Richard picture for my own amusement!), and we've had already had some interesting suggestions and submissions for next academic year's Salon schedule. We will be meeting this Wednesday from 1pm to 3pm in ATT 202 (Attenborough Second Floor SR 202), and, as ever, all are welcome.
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