Hello all,

Or perhaps that should be just 'you', hello you, or at this point, perhaps just hello 'me' as there are no readers of the blog quite yet. Yet.

I have no set ideals, standards, rules or hopes for this blog, only that I have set it up to allow me to relate to the world what it is like to be an unemployed academic currently seeking work while also attempting to keep the grey matter working. But it will not just be the ramblings of a job seeker, rather I hope to document what it is like, for what can only be classed as an 'institutionalised' PhD graduate, as she tries to re-enter society after 10 years of full-time schooling. From what I have learnt in the last three months since I emerged from 'The Room' where I wrote my thesis for the last two years, the outside world is a very engaging, active and fast paced world. Quite different from the dusty, often bookish world, or Roman history and archaeology.

I hope any of you who end up reading the blog will enjoy it, and post comments and suggestions. All shall be gratefully recieved.

Ciao for now,

UA (Unemployed Academic)