Scholarships
First of all, thank you for your advice on getting pierced … I think I'll try it - sure I can always take the jewellery out if I change my mind!
I didn't get the scholarship. Bummer. But there were 5,800+ applications and only enough money for some 1,500 scholarships. So I'd have to be extra super-duper to get one of those. Can't help being disappointed though. I do have a dilemma though. As I said before, my parents and I can raise enough money to get me through the first year of my PhD. Hopefully, if I get some teaching work to do, a little part-time job will be enough to see me through to the end. But I don't like my parents doing without, yet again, so that I can have what I want. There are 2 university scholarships available. There were advertised earlier in the year and the subject was Sparta. They must have had no takers because they were advertised again, with a wider remit, and a closing date of 1 August. I know we're past the closing date but I was thinking of enquiring about whether they had been allocated. I know my topic isn't really connected to Sparta - but I am interested in mythology and drama (and before she was Helen of Troy, she was Helen of Sparta!). I should also say that there are others (post-doctoral research assistants, doctoral students, and the former Head of the Classics Department) working on the Sparta project, and there will be conference and publication opportunities.
Anyway, I wondered if any of you academics out there could advise on the etiquette of what I'm thinking about. It would mean a change of supervisor. Is my current supervisor likely to be miffed that I want to move (to where the money is)? Is the chap in charge of the Sparta project likely to feel offended that Sparta wasn't my first choice?
Thanking you in anticipation ...