Tag: Birkbeck
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Making the case that #PartTimeMatters
As a Birkbeck alumnus I have received an email from the college master, David Latchman, asking me to help promote part time higher education – and I am more than happy to do just that. Professor Latchman writes: Please help Birkbeck and support an important national #PartTimeMatters campaign to protect part-time higher education. In Adult Learners’ Week…
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Yes, go to Birkbeck
I know that, around this time of year, a lot of people in London are considering whether to press on with their application to go to Birkbeck college, so here I am hoping to pick up the passing Google traffic and urging you to go if: You are prepared to do the work; You want…
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Mission accomplished
Today was graduation day for my MSc and I have to say I rather enjoyed it. The master of Birkbeck, David Latchman, gave a very good speech I thought, emphasising the college’s commitment to its part-time students and to helping them get the funding to which they are entitled and we also got a speech…
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Master of Science
I am very pleased to report that I have been awarded the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science – with distinction. So, a PhD next? Maybe, need to explore the options. I think I will post up my project report in a few days for those of you who might be interested in…
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Coming close to the end
Suddenly, the writing phase of my MSc project feels close to the end. It’s not over by any means – I have a whole substantial section to write on experimental results and then another stating why the two main sets of experiments had similar (negative) results. But the end is visible. That is actually a…
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Birkbeck
I get a lot of people coming to the site clearly considering whether it is worth their while taking up their offer of a place to do an MSc in Computer Science at Birkbeck. So, I want to say that they should, but they should think about: Have they got the time – for a…
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What’s next?
My first exam in the second year of the (part-time) MSc is tomorrow and I guess I am writing this blog partly as a way of avoiding more revision, but partly also because if last year’s experience is any guide, that exam will knock the stuffing out of any optimism I have, so I shall…
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