PhD student moving to Auckland
 

Hi all,

I will be moving to Auckland soon in Jan/Feb 2011 for a PhD at UoA(university of Auckland). I've tons of questions to ask............dont know where to begin!

I'm not from the UK but spent about 4.5 years in the UK as a student so I hope I will quite feel like at home here among the new immigrants in NZ. I'll be back soon asking my tons of questions........anyone here often?

Cheers,

AucklandBound

Re: PhD student moving to Auckland
 

What's your PhD in? I'm guessing sciences as the only people I meet with PhDs these days are scientist...I'm pretty blinkered
How exciting for you though
Hope you enjoy it here

Re: PhD student moving to Auckland
 

<stands up....clears throat.....>

Yup, Ill be doing a Phd in the faculty of Science.....(how did you guess) but not really in the hard sciences though......in an specialised area of Psychology!

Re: PhD student moving to Auckland
 

:rofl: It’s easier to get funded for a PhD in areas like science, technology, mathematics and engineering because your research has foreseeable economic value.

Hi AB, I’m a student here as well and we will endeavour to answer all of your questions (sometimes even in a manner that actually answers the original question!). When you tell people you are studying for a PhD in psychology do they go quiet suddenly and give you this look: :blink:?

Re: PhD student moving to Auckland
 

Hi Charismatic,

I'm hunting for funding as well, need to wait to see what the outcome would be in a few weeks.....and yeah I will ask my questions soon.....should I use this forum...the sheepdip or the other one? I guess people dont stay in this IntroductionS section for long? <removes pricklykina's blinkers>:)

Re: PhD student moving to Auckland
 

This where all fields when I where a lad :D <Points yonder with pipe>.

The main section and sheep dip seem to be most frequented.

Re: PhD student moving to Auckland
 

I don't think that I ever popped in here but then I have boundary issues and have never quite got the hang of social niceties. Thank heavens you only have to meet me in cyber space where my faux-pas are limited by my typing speed and you can't see my ever present stunned mullet look.
:unsure:

Re: PhD student moving to Auckland
 

Phewww, <runs off to other NZ rooms never to return to IntroductionS.....thinking of katy bates in misery>