Well, was nice having 6 months leave this year, much less stressful.

Got the SERAP approval, was remarkably simple in the end, they were really helpful and I was impressed with the process.

So then did the Phase 1 of the data collection, the online survey. Had a good take-up, and some interesting approaches to follow up – from this have now locked in 2 schools to be case studies next year, with the possibility of a third the year after if I feel I need more data.

Doing an Nvivo course next week (software for qualitative data analysis) so things coming along nicely.

The exciting news though is that I am doing a Care of Mammals (Primates) course in December at Taronga Zoo, only 2 half days and one full day, but still, back to the zoo again, joy!