Amongst new found friends

OK so the first video I made was a bit long 4min 40sec and have now done a second one here for the Survive PhD MOOC.  Quite pleased with it. It wasn't too difficult once I thought about everyone else rather than about me.  What a wonderful environment and supportive community is building up amongst like-minded souls, especially in the PhD (wise old) Owls facebook group for those doing the journey that little bit later in life.

Bit more on introduction

Here's a pic of me yesterday in our conservatory.  I'm currently participating in the edX MOOC 'How To Survive Your PhD', run by the Australian National University in Canberra, and am today just starting the Open Research 2015 MOOC run by the OER Research Hub project team at the UK Open University, where I will be starting my MRes/PhD studies in October. I'm very keen to explore open research techniques and also of course to survive and flourish during the whole exercise, so these two MOOCs should prove very helpful. I'm all for making direct connections with people in as many ways as possible, so have made an introductory video which I will load up soon.