End of an Era
Well, kind of the End anyway... This week it is week 10 at Lancaster University, which means that the University academic year is shutting down for the most part. All the undergrads will be trundling off home at the end of this week, leaving Lancaster a generally quieter place. I, however, do not really finish this week. My MA in Creative Writing runs till October - portfolio submission deadline is first Monday in September. This leaves me with an annoying quandry in terms of "what to do next".
I hate that. What to do next. It always leaves me with that slightly sick feeling in my gut. This time last year I had already quit teaching, and while I didn't know just yet that I was to get a place on the MA course, I at least knew I had applied for it, and in a way, I didn't much care about sorting myself out in any other way due to my illness.
Now, though, I am all better. And I haven't applied for anything, mainly because I DO have an MA to finish which takes up a lot of time. I'm just starting a 2-week website overhaul for one of the departments at the Uni, so I'm hoping to get a foot in some metaphorical door that way, but what I'd really like to do is work with students - but not high school students.
I'd also really like to do a PhD. I have some interesting fields of research that I'd like to delve into. Trouble is, PhDs are expensive, so I'd need some kind of work to fund me through it. Plus I'd need somewhere to live.
I find myself in the same position as I found myself after I finished my PGCE: No Job. No House. 2 things that annoyingly rely on each other. I am throwing considerable effort into my MA portfolio over the next 10 weeks or so, but part of me needs to be siphoned into looking for work, accomodation, and numerous other things. Its a busy time. I just hope my friends are right when they say: "When one door closes, another one opens." Its probably true. I just need to find the door!
~Jon
I hate that. What to do next. It always leaves me with that slightly sick feeling in my gut. This time last year I had already quit teaching, and while I didn't know just yet that I was to get a place on the MA course, I at least knew I had applied for it, and in a way, I didn't much care about sorting myself out in any other way due to my illness.
Now, though, I am all better. And I haven't applied for anything, mainly because I DO have an MA to finish which takes up a lot of time. I'm just starting a 2-week website overhaul for one of the departments at the Uni, so I'm hoping to get a foot in some metaphorical door that way, but what I'd really like to do is work with students - but not high school students.
I'd also really like to do a PhD. I have some interesting fields of research that I'd like to delve into. Trouble is, PhDs are expensive, so I'd need some kind of work to fund me through it. Plus I'd need somewhere to live.
I find myself in the same position as I found myself after I finished my PGCE: No Job. No House. 2 things that annoyingly rely on each other. I am throwing considerable effort into my MA portfolio over the next 10 weeks or so, but part of me needs to be siphoned into looking for work, accomodation, and numerous other things. Its a busy time. I just hope my friends are right when they say: "When one door closes, another one opens." Its probably true. I just need to find the door!
~Jon
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