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Well that’s the end of that: 2014

Posted on December 31, 2014 by hds

This year wasn’t nearly as busy as last year, but I’ve certainly had a lot going on, not least of which was finishing my Ph.D. At the beginning of this year I finally received my Spanish drivers license, which I’d completed … Continue reading →

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Ph.D.

Posted on December 12, 2014 by hds

Yesterday I defended my Ph.D. It all went really well and I had lots of people come along to support me, which was fantastic. Thea, Bruce, Evan and Steph also all came from Australia (by way of various length routes) … Continue reading →

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Thesis defence

Posted on December 3, 2014 by hds

Next week I’ll defend my Ph.D. thesis, titled “Triangular bases of integral closures”, and written under the direction of Jesús Montes and Enric Nart. It will be on Thursday the 11th of December, at 18:00 CET (that’s 6:30pm in Barcelona … Continue reading →

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Down time

Posted on November 18, 2014 by hds

I had decided that when I deposited my thesis, I’d take a day or two off, not go in to uni and just relax and recover a bit. That didn’t really happen, between a course I’m taking at the UB, … Continue reading →

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Acknowledgements

Posted on October 18, 2014 by hds

Last Thursday I deposited my thesis. This is one of the final steps of my Ph.D. – the last one being the defence, which will be in December. I owe that fact that I’ve made it this far to a … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Andrea

Posted on October 16, 2014 by hds

Yesterday was Andrea’s birthday. We started celebrating last weekend (yep, Andrea is catching onto the Stainsby-Wilson week-long birthday). A quick trip to Granada for the weekend to celebrate with Andrea’s family. It was great to get away from Barcelona for … Continue reading →

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Experience

Posted on September 19, 2014 by hds

Bruce once told me a story from when he was working at an agency, sometime just before I finished school I think. He was working on ideas for a client with a junior creative team. They were both young, probably … Continue reading →

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On the brink of disaster

Posted on September 5, 2014 by hds

Yesterday I had one of those moments that’s probably the worst nightmare of any PhD student who’s writing their thesis dissertation, and doubly so in mathematics. Reading through a proof I’d first written some three years ago, I found an … Continue reading →

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Keep calm and

Posted on July 27, 2014 by hds

I’m not normally one for jumping on internet memes, but when a fellow damned and suffering soul, I mean another PhD student currently in the process of writing her thesis dissertation, sent this, I felt I had to stick it … Continue reading →

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Working holiday visas

Posted on June 30, 2014 by hds

I saw on Twitter today that Spain and Australia are in advanced talks to finally agree on a working holiday visa programme between the two countries. This came from the account of the Spanish embassy in Australia, so I imagine it’s fairly … Continue reading →

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