Easter: Rabbits, Chocolate, Long Weekend and a New Job

The long-awaited long weekend will hopefully give me a chance to get back into the swing of blogging, which has been somewhat neglected of late due to a higher than normal study load this semester, several bouts of sickness, and other commitments on my time.

The long weekend, by sheer coincidence, also marks the two year anniversary of starting full-time work for the QUT Faculty of Law as a Senior Research Assistant, and the end of that fixed-term appointment.  On Tuesday I start work in my new job, still working for the QUT Faculty of Law but this time as a Research Associate, on a different ARC grant.  The subtle difference in position titles belies the nature of the change -- Research Associate is an academic position, equivalent to an Associate Lecturer, whereas Senior Research Assistant is a 'professional' position with no further opportunities for advancement.  It looks like the last two years of hard work and publications is beginning to pay off :)