cathou

I guess I now need to change my question slightly... I have spent all morning trying to reach anyone either from the union or from my department but it seems like there are lots of meeting going on... I am trying to figure out what else will be affected by going down to 0.5? Union wise... health benefit? graduate financial assistance?

Thanks I am waiting for the offices to open this morning to find out more. I am leaning towards taking only 0.5 as I would love all the extra time I can get to finish my thesis. But obviously money is also a concern.

I am third year PHD, I have a funding package which provides me with a full TAship. This year I am being offered two 0.5 TAship (one of which is NOT in my field). However I was also given the option to only take 0.5. I am trying to see if only taking 0.5 would screw me up in the long run? Also how taking only 0.5 would affect my OGS. Would I get to keep more? Right now, from what I understand, I will received two 5000$ payments (september and january) + normal salary (TAship+grants) then in May I will receive another 5000$ however my TAship will be reduce by 5000 for the summer semester.