By tim, on January 28th, 2012 at 5:29 pm When I graduated from Warwick University in 1985, I couldn’t wait to get away from the place.
I don’t think I even returned to the campus until the weekend of my 40th birthday – very nearly 20 years after graduating. It wasn’t that I didn’t enjoy my time there, but initially I couldn’t wait to get out into the world of work and then, after a bit of the shine of having money for the first time had worn off, I didn’t want to go back because I knew I might want to stay. Even the numerous times throughout the . . . → Read More: Lurking
By tim, on January 16th, 2012 at 10:28 pm I’m not what you’d call a football fan. Yes, I always listen out for Derby’s result and occasionally listen to Radio Derby’s commentary, though it really hasn’t been the same since Graham Richards retired. But I’ve probably been to fewer than 10 professional games in my entire life.
One of the reasons for my disenchantment with football is the constant nonsense spouted by many of the people running the game. Such as Paul Jewell’s recent pronouncements on female assistant referees or the ludicrous assertion by Adrian Bevington of the FA (and many others) that the next England manager should be . . . → Read More: Arsene Wenger and the fundamental attribution error
By tim, on December 6th, 2011 at 7:05 pm It’s been quite a day!
I’d woken up at around 6.30 this morning and the first thing I did (after giving Jane a kiss, of course!) was to check my StudentHome page. iPads are wonderful for furtive internet browsing in bed while still half asleep. No change. So I’d started to get up to go swimming and noticed that someone had posted a message on the DD307 facebook forum – RESULTS ARE IN!
Heart in mouth moment. I made sure that nothing breakable or valuable was nearby. I checked – and sure enough, just after 7am this morning I had . . . → Read More: First Class!
By tim, on November 22nd, 2011 at 7:17 pm Having suffered a minor shock on Monday morning on hearing that Birkbeck are apparently reviewing the future of their masters qualifications in psychological sciences, I was relieved on Monday evening to find that the prospectus I had requested from Leicester University for their masters in Occupational Psychology had arrived. And very interesting it looks too. For a mere (gulp) £3,795 per year, a part-time distance learning masters could be mine in two years, starting in October 2012.
The modules on offer cover personnel selection and assessment, ergonomics, the psychology of organising, the psychology of occupational training and development, the individual . . . → Read More: Will it be Leicester?
By tim, on November 21st, 2011 at 12:49 pm I’ve just been speaking to a very helpful person at Birkbeck College regarding the enquiry I made last week about the masters courses run by their department of psychological sciences.
He suggested that I should call them back in February as there was a good chance that Birkbeck would also be cancelling its psychology masters courses for new students with effect from October 2012 – the next start date. When I asked why, he suggested that it was down to there being too much competition for students and also that their existing courses probably needed a complete redesign, as they . . . → Read More: Call back in February – Birkbeck responds to my enquiry
By tim, on November 17th, 2011 at 12:45 pm Having finally received a definitive “look elsewhere” email from the OU a couple of weeks ago, I’m slowly working my way through the options there are for distance learning masters courses in psychology and related subjects.
As October 2012 is the earliest entry date for all of the options I’ve investigated so far, I’ve plenty of time to consider things before I need to apply. So far, I’ve talked to Derby University, Birkbeck and I’ve just sent off for a Leicester University prospectus too (thanks for the prod in their direction Cecilia!)
As I’d be studying for fun personal development . . . → Read More: Working through the options
By tim, on November 6th, 2011 at 4:52 pm I received the following email earlier on this week from the OU. It was in response to my many enquiries over the last year about their social science masters programmes – specifically those in psychology. Sadly, it looks as if around 8,000* potential students each year really are going to have to find somewhere else to study if they want to pursue a masters in social science by distance learning.
Dear Tim Thank you for your email This message covers your reply to <name redacted> and also the phone message that was passed here to the Yorkshire Region. Unfortunately all . . . → Read More: No more social science masters programmes to be offered by the OU for “the foreseeable future”
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