Hmmmm.
I'm going to try to defer my "standard" sabbatical to S2. That way, I can start work on the book during S1 on an evenings-and-weekends-and-spare-afternoons basis - and my teaching load for S1 is always much lighter anyway. That way, if funding comes for a second semester - S1 of the 2011-12 academic year, it's a bonus.

I just need to persuade my HoD and publisher of the merits of this plan now.

As was pointed out by one of my colleagues to whom I was bellyaching - the lack of funding is likely to be a fact of life for everyone for the next few years. It's time to get devious about it.

But thank god I'm at a Russell group place: they at least seem to have some kind of safety cushion, even if it's paltry. I'd hate to be trying to maintain research output in a post-92 at the moment...

Arse!
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 17:42, Reply)