Dr Michael, a University of Pretoria Master’s student, received a pleasant surprise after submitting his dissertation for external examination, only for it to be so exceptional that it was converted into a PhD.
Although he paid his dues by juggling his studies and his job as a research scientist in the South African Weather Service’s marine research unit, where he is involved in the development of numerical models and associated forecast products and services, Barnes said getting the job done was no easy feat.
Barnes said although he believed perseverance was key to making it, in his situation it also helped him that he had a friend from undergraduate studies who began and completed his course alongside him as he found that he struggled during his first year of study. Dr Thando Ndarana, BSc Meteorology programme co-ordinator and senior lecturer and Barnes’s superviser alongside Professor Willem Landman, the programme co-ordinator and professor in the department of geography, geoinformatics and meteorology in the faculty of natural and agricultural sciences, said they were impressed with his work ethic.
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