Transferred
Some of you will know I’ve been preparing for my Transfer Exam recently (basically an open presentation followed by a viva exam in the presence of an Internal and External Examiner to determine whether I can continue on to get a PhD).
The big day was today, and I’m relieved to say that I’ve successfully transferred, although I guess I can’t say that officially until I get the nice shiny letter from the university.
I’d like to apologise to all those of you who I’ve told that I was working towards a PhD (not a lie, because that’s what I’ve been doing, but not “officially”). Officially I was enrolled to do only an MPhil up until now (that’s the official route - the university won’t let you go for a PhD immediately). Now at last I can say I’m a proper PhD student. 
All (!) I have to do now is finish off my research, write up, then go through a harsher version of something similar to today all over again in a few months time.
I feel though that at last I’m getting somewhere!
Oh, and I’ve added a pdf of my transfer report to my pubs list.
