S199 results are out, and it’s another Pass for me – although I really wasn’t happy with this course. 5 Learning Outcomes assessed, 3 Achieved and 2 Just Achieved, which using my rough-and-ready percentage converter gives a not-great 65%. I’d be upset – for science short courses I’m used to scores in the [...]

S199 is done & dusted, and I have to say I’ve never been so happy to see the back of the course. Initially the problem was just information not sinking in – taking a break for a while (and deferring to the 2nd ECA date as a result) and starting over again solved that [...]

Whoops. A while has passed since the last update, so here’s a catch-up post.
- Wrote to my MP for the first time over the ELQ funding issue – which affects me, as it would knock short courses on the head, along with the idea I’ve been toying with of doing a BSc(Hons) Physical Science [...]

I’ve been plugging away at S199 (Modelling the climate) over the past few weeks, and I’m slowly coming to the conclusion that this may be one of those courses that’s Just Not For Me™ – I’m finding the activities very hard going, and a lot of the information just isn’t sinking in right. With [...]

Hmm. I sense an unfortunate coming-together of deadlines across three courses that means October / November is going to be hectic…
T224 Exam: 16th October
S199 ECA deadline: 31st October
M257 TMA01 deadline: 15th November
I think my one-month break is about to come back and bite me. The original plan had been to have S199 completed [...]

After a few weeks away from the books, I’m back and raring to go – or I would be, if the S199 software from climateprediction.net would please play ball. I’m currently running Vista on my Mac using the very nifty Parallels Desktop virtualisation tool – an easy way to get the best of both [...]

M255’s out of the way now, and I’ve just submitted TMA04 for T224. Since the T224 exam’s not until mid-October & my next SSC (S199 Modelling the Climate) doesn’t begin for another month, I’m at a loose end for a month. This is a new experience for me – although I suspect someone [...]