Okay, after the IPEAI I continued looking for University positions. One of the positions I applied for was:

Fully-funded Doctoral Studentship in Urban Water Systems

and Hydroinformatics: Artificial Intelligence techniques for

urban flood management

A fully-funded EngD studentship with a focus on aspects of Urban Water Systems and Hydroinformatics is available in the Centre for Water Systems (www.exeter.ac.uk/cws) at the University of Exeter starting in October 2009. The project is supervised by Professor Dragan Savic with HR Wallingford (www.hrwallingford.co.uk) as the industrial partner.

This unique 4-year studentship allows doctoral-level research to be conducted while working directly with industrial partners in the water sector. The programme also allows participants to receive postgraduate-level technical and transferable skills training at five leading UK universities in the water research field.

Applicants should have at least an upper second class honours engineering or science degree, or have an appropriate MSc qualification.

For further information on this project please contact Professor Dragan Savic at [e-mail].

To be considered for this studentship, please submit your CV to Alix Slater ([e-mail]) before 4:00pm on Monday 3 August 2009. Selected candidates will be invited for interview at the University of Exeter in August.

Funding Notes
The studentship is £19k per year for the first two years and £20k per year for the third and fourth years. It is funded through the newly established STREAM Industrial Doctorate Centre for the UK Water Sector (www.stream-idc.net and www.exeter.ac.uk/cws/projects/stream).

Due to funding restrictions applicants must be either UK citizens, EU students who have studied or been employed in the UK for at least the past three years, or overseas (non-UK, non-EU) applicants who have been employed in the UK for at least the past three years.
I was subsequently invited for an interview – and shortly after that received an e-mail with a formal offer

For anyone who may not know, an EngD is similar to a PhD (I will still become a Dr, assuming completion of the programme) but it’s a Doctor of Engineering rather than a Doctor of Philosophy. More details can be seen on wikipedia here.

I’m currently going through the administration due process and hope to receive more details and my actual written offer very soon.

I’ve also been learning to drive – for anyone on Anglesey I can wholeheartedly recommend http://www.angleseydrivingschool.com/ the teacher is very patient and a genuinely nice guy and I’ve made rapid progress. I’ve just completed an intensive course with 20 hours of driving tuition and now I’m just getting some extra lessons in to get myself polished enough to take the driving test.

My friend Noa also visited me (between getting the offer and taking the driving course – I really should update this blog more often, haha) which was really nice it was amazing to finally see her in person after ten years of talking online, and both her and her friends are lovely people. I will put up some pics of that soon once I’ve decided which ones I want to share

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