A few downers
Well, the paper about teaching maths to students of non-English speaking backgrounds was rejected...again! No feedback. Just inappropriate. I'm determined to keep trying though. I reckon one more try at a reasonable journal and then I'll go to a fall back position of hitting up the C ranked journals. Hey, at least they are peer-reviewed!
Also, the American Institute of Mathematics workshop application was rejected...so no free trips to the US next year for everyone...sad. I have of course asked for feedback from them, but no response yet.
Uppers
I had a cracker of an idea last night about a way to use my simple mathematical skills and apply them to an area of government policy/action that may be a) actually useful and b) aligns nicely with QUT's strategic directions and advice to "become more active in public policy guidance etc". I'll not share until I actually know it's not a dumb idea! I'm speaking with someone from the relevant area next week, but at first glance (google scholaring) my idea has not been done yet but certainly seems to be useful from my perspective.
Masoum, one of my PhD students, has almost finished her second conference paper. We are just refining it and cutting down to the required number of pages. This one is a CA model of chlamydial infection and interaction with the immune system. It's also the basis for a good chunk of her PhD thesis. We talked about timelines to finish off her project, thesis etc on Monday - so that is exciting...for both of us, since she will be my first HDR completion as principal supervisor.
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