will think/research uni admissions over Easter. from these guidelines, it looks like I have to be in a course to get funding for a course. typical academic catch-22.

my results for the B.Litt: (I graduate on April 13)


History of Results

Student Number: 198521973
Name: Miss Jenny Louise Sinclair

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Year Sem Code Subject Title Mark Grade
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1996 1 106273 English : American Liberals & Moderns 080 H1
1996 2 106107 Contemporary Writing 078 H2A
1996 2 106270 Eng:Art/Pornography/Blasphemy/Propaganda 078 H2A
1997 1 106103 Modern Australian Writing *** WD
1997 1 106225 English : Creative Writing 082 H1
1997 2 106260 Writing & Self-Publishing Electronic Age 075 H2A
1998 1 161226 Cont.European Phil.1 - Phenom.& Existent 077 H2A
1998 2 106226 Writing Fiction 075 H2A
1999 1 161024 Issues in Biomedical Ethics 078 H2A
1999 2 106055 Cybercultures: Global/Local 067 H3
2000 1 161025 Philosophy and Cognitive Science 075 H2A
2000 2 161021 Contemporary European Philosophy 2 071 H2B
2001 1 103005 Cybersociety 091 H1
2001 2 760347 Diaries/Journals and Autobiography 088 H1

An explanation of result grades is available on the
SIS (http://sis.unimelb.edu.au/).

yes, I know no one reads this. but I thought I might as well put up what happened with my subject.
I got a good mark; 80 something, can't quite remember. but my work didn't come back to me in the mail.
eventually, I mailed the tutor about it, only to find that all my stuff - and everyone else's - was piled in an unlocked cupboard in a publicly accessible hallway at Melbourne Uni. it was OK, because no one had cared enough to steal it.

for my essay, I got an H2A, which I think is aobut 75-80. but for my main piece, which was a modified mix of my crappy first novel manuscript and some new writing I'd done in class, I got an H1, which is as good as it gets. plus my tutor went totally over the top, and I quote: "your voice is so funny/dark/wry/tender ... write the book!"

I keep getting nice feedback like that in writing classes - even once from a non-nice tutor who admitted that I could write. should do something about it one day.

I graduate on April 13. then I will really have to get onto thinking about a new course. I need a portal specifically for finding money for arts research. as if.

an older but quite good article about blogs by a real blogger

in July I have to give a panel presentation to a bunch of English teachers on blogging. but I'm a bit over meta-blogging in this space. so I've set up my mental workshop for the talk at my old uni blog.

as I work on three different computers regularly, it makes sense to use this blog for any ongoing blog-related thinking, to keep it in one place.

I've been asked to sit on a panel at an English teachers' conference in July. the panel will be about self-publishing; webzines, blogs etc. I'm the blogs bit, having been dobbed in by my former tutor, Dean Kiley.

I have to fill about 20 minutes and be able to handle questions, and I want to do more than just say "this is a blog, this is how it works". there are so many blog-related essays and arguments going on right now that it's hard to know where to start.

sub headings and topics:
what's a blog?
who writes about them?
blogging resources?
what can a blog teach your students?
how do blogs fit into/parallel offline events?

fast thoughts: blogs and identity. blogs and linking (credits and academic referencing) thanks Jill
blogs and journalism - questions of authority. blogs and writing - developing voice, does spelling matter?

(my regular blog at bloggety blog gets some metablogging too, but this bit of work will require lots of notes etc that don't really fit there.)