Forgot to add, try and get some teaching duties in your department. Looks great on your CV, a bit of extra cash and it's an excellent way of working on those communication skills.

Likewise, attend journal club, seminars where possible and make sure you get plenty of presentation practise.

Find out if there is funding for you to go to at least one international conference and if there is, keep an eye out (or ask your supervisor) on which conference would be best. It would be better if you can present (poster/oral) at a major conference so if the international one is major, make sure you attend when you can present.

Network at any conferences you attend, you never know when you might need someone's help (outside of your uni). Don't be afraid to email/speak to known academics in your field. Don't get on your supervisor's bad side because this is where most of the important intros can come from.

I would suggest looking for a job (if you have the time) in your final year. However make sure that if you do commit yourself to a job before you finish, that it is a realistic starting date. For example, it's ok to be making minor changes to your thesis but more than that will get you down.

Jamie, is this a taught course?

MPhil is more reasearch-based than MSc. Normally an MSc will have more of a taught element - attending lectures, coursework, small dissertation project. MPhil is like a mini PhD. I don't really see this would work unless you were doing an MRes.

I guess they have a way round it but sounds strange...

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CANE

Do you have many programs installed on there? You could just reformat but it's a hassle putting all the programs back on, unless you are using linux?

With windows, you will have to do a million updates which take forever and year.

You could try disc defrag as well (on windows).

Pete likes to break things just so he can fix them again!

So I should order a box of 40 online?

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I want some! How were they?

I'm not going all the way to broomhill for them though!

ermmmm anyway!

Has anyone managed to find and try the Henderson's relish flavoured crisps???!?!?!?

STEEP

(I was wondering where this thread had gone!)

Tricky, go away, there is no room for you on this thread! You good-looking so and so!

8-)

(Joking - about the go away part)

I'm in pure science but my supervisors have asked if I had any preferences for my external! I said no but if I had met someone at a conference etc who was really interested in my topic, then I would consider suggesting them.

RENT