Full speed ahead...

My one exam for this semester is over and results are still out on this one. A massive 60 page document/assignment is on its way to the university (hopes and prayers for a safe delivery through the erratic postal service for this). Planning for the assignments that now follow for the year subjects is taking place and I have to find the time to read, read and read some more. Interestingly this year we have been "prescribed" two DVD's to watch and then answer questions with regard to the human interaction that takes place. I think that a lot of pause, rewind and play buttons are going to get worn out in the process.

Although I am studying through a distance learning university my thoughts are turning to funding for my studies for the next year. I have to negotiate the corridors of corporates, government departments and NGO's in search of funding for a social work bursary/scholarship. University education in general is pretty expensive and there is a great deal of need for financial assistance in order to pay for tertiary education. Even though distance learning is less expensive than residential universities, if you take a full year of subjects/courses, it is inevitable that a student would not be able to take up employment with such a workload. If you are like me (an older student in career change mode), these are the years where I would otherwise have full-time employment and independent. Social work studies demand a lot of attention, self reflection, volunteer work as well as reading and writing. So for full time distance learning funding is also important.

Thus far the indications are good from both government and NGO's - it seems corporate interests are not moved to fund social science students.