Live Blog: DTA Summer School - Getting started

So today marks the start of the DTA Applied Bioscience for Health summer school. It is great to get back together with everyone. While we are scattered across the country at the different universities, we have formed many friendships through the various electives.

It is easy to say that I have missed many of the students here. I love catching up with how everyone is progressing and it is a good reminder that we are not alone in the crazy world that is a PhD.

Our masterpiece there on the right ^.^

So to start the day, we are drawing our 'ideal doctoral graduate'. It's a laugh and a half with various crazy ideas bouncing around. We have moved on from some mash-up of Spiderman and a multi-armed god to some strange conglomeration of a mouth, glasses, big brain and knobbly knees. Trying to convey our ideas for someone with good communication skills, contacts, a lot of acquired knowledge and various other skills and attributes is hard without words, but I think we have managed to convey the message thanks to the artistic talent of Matt from MMU.

Ideas from the other groups are similar and fascinating to see how they are portrayed. From the 'master juggler' who can balance work and life and manage time well, to the bright and independent graduate who works on a global scale. My favourite representation would have to be the set of scales from one group, showing perfect balance between work and life aspects and a harmony between the two.

Now onto some feedback on our group projects. This blog is one of those, and while it still has a long way to go, I feel we have achieved a lot since October.

~Hannah