Congrats, folks!

At my job at Duisburg, there have been many "firsts". Last week, I assisted in my first ever oral exams. Thanks to well-prepared students, it was a true pleasure to keep a protocol of these :-)

Another "first" was advising MA theses. Students had been working on their theses in 2010 and had handed them in shortly before Christmas. So far, they only knew they had passed, but last week, they were told their actual grades. I had assumed that advising MA theses would be a great way to learn about content (which I certainly did - reading theses does that to people :-D), but in the end, the process was an excellent way for me to learn and reflect about methods.

Now, you can do the maths: Seven MA theses + seven oral exams passed = seven new MA grads. Congratulations, folks!