Last of the training induction sessions today. We graduated. (Though they didn't have our certificates quite ready).

Two main sessions between the intro and wrap up of our masters. The first was on using (or perhaps not using) PowerPoint. Very well presented by one of the study skills guys. More of him please. The second was the session my boss had been asked to do and had roped me into helping with. On information literacy.

I'd suggested we based on HK's work I'd encountered over the summer and my boss seemed more than open to that and we layered on the things we wanted to say about the local resources. I was a little uncertain about how it would go down and also a little uncertain about stepping out of being a student for a moment to address the class. But in the end both went very well.

Worse than that, well enough that it appears our presentation has caused enough of a stir in certain parts that we're being expected to take it to other places. I think we have three or four invitations already. I really must learn not to do things well.

Bit of an anti-climax at the end of the session - especially with no certificate giving or anything - but drinks were suggested. Not a bad idea. Though a bit odd that it just ended up being myself and the German researcher I'd met the week before (see 18th October). Still, the good doctor had a love of English idioms so it wasn't hard to make conversation before being really irritated at the public transport home just a bit later than I usually travel.