i meant professional qualifications, such as chartered engineer, that are earned in industry - not a first degree.

Have you achieved any professional engineering quals? EurIng or CEng or whatever the equivalent is in your country?

why do you want to add him only if it accepted?

Aarhus in Denmark

no, i'm on vacation ... erm ... on conference i mean ;)

cambridge!!!

no, cambridge is ;)

i'm at oxford ... so kinda have to really ...

trying to avoid it personally. need as much time as possible to do some actual research!

it is definitely impolite to not ask you beforehand. i always get asked for comments whenever my super gives a talk or anything based on my work. however, his remark about "doing you a favour" maybe correct, it depends on the particular circumstances. he may have got wind of someone else doing similar work and about to publish soon. even so, they should have consulted you and explained the circumstances.

sleeping off this hangover *groans*

i think i consumed too much alcohol this weekend :S

what do you study again jojo? i cant remember

that is true. i got more than enough work and collaborations for a dozen phds :s

Statistics ... zzz