Just got back from my second LLM residential weekend in Leicester. Boy, was it an intensive one! I enjoy these weekends, but I sure find it hard to go back to work the week after having had no break from work/thinking!

Anyway, it was a good weekend. We had lectures by Professor Olga Aikin, Professor Patricia Leighton, Dr Adam Cygan, Dr Mark Bell and Dr Peter Davis on a wide variety of topics, ranging from contracts of employment and employment relations to the composition of the UK labour market. We had workshops on assignment writing and disability discrimination as well.

The accommodation was the Belmont Hotel, served up some nice food and refreshments, and I had a lovely ensuite double bedroom all to myself! I met up with Ian as well, and it was nice to catch up with him. It felt a bit strange being there on my own, not really knowing anyone, but I got chatting to a few people, so it wasn’t too bad. No one who could give me a training contract though, unfortunately!

Back to the practicalities: I’ve got a 5,000 – 7,500 word essay to hand in on 28 February 2005, plus shitloads of reading to do before the next residential in June, as well as another assignment. Can someone please remind me why I’m doing this course?!