Friday, 14 October 2011: Today included a training session with research librarian Evelyn Cornell. It was a very helpful session. What I gathered most from this session is the importance of keywords and how little has been written in my topic area using the keywords I have currently chosen. This does not prove that there is no previous research but rather that the subjects has not and is not discussed using the terms that I am currently using. It is possible that no work has actually been done but that remains to be seen.
Thursday, 13 October 2011: A few of us in the PhD programme crashed the MA programme’s field trip to Sheffield’s Weston Park Museum. I had a wonderful conversation with John Brodley and Kim Street about some of the projects they have currently in the works and what they find most rewarding in about the recent projects that involved co-production.
Wednesday, 12 October 2011: In the morning, I enrolled for refresher courses ‘Language at Leicester’. In the afternoon I worked on an installation with Bridget Telfer from Royal College of Physicians then in the evening attended ‘Tea in the Attic’ with other researchers in the department. For this month ‘Tea in the Attic’ manifested as a lovely discussion led by Ceri Jones on the topic of how to take care of health and sanity while succeeding at doctoral research at Leicester. Thank you Ceri!
Tuesday, 11 October 2011: The Induction Ceremony and Welcome Reception was very useful. I think everyone in attendance felt well supported by the university.
Monday, 10 October 2011: After my visa consultation in the morning I participated in a deinstallation and I had my first supervision with Prof. Sandra Dudley. It was very constructive, pleasant and focussing! I’ll be writing up a report of session this week. Next time we will be discussing the dimensions of the research plan and implications of research.
Weekend: General research, working on report for next supervision.
