week 1

As our first week came to a close, we have added a new student to our group, Shima Tehrani who is working under the supervision of Farid Shirazi from ITM - welcome Shima. I am still working on the funding for the stipends and I hope to get that sorted out in the next few days.

Also, I did ask Cathy Faye about changing from full-time to part-time and she indicated that it was not permitted for financial reasons. She did say, however, that if people finished by the 50% drop date, they will get a 50% refund on her full-time fees. I am not sure how much this helps.

Finally, Ozgur Turetken from ITM is the new Associate Director there and he will be helping us get this MMSc on it feet. One of the important things I have to do in the next little while is recruitment (I have worked on the fees thing and need to keep on that as well).