Last week (specifically, the 1st Feb) I got “the letter” from QUT that basically says “You, Nicholas Tierney, are a Dr.”. Well, specifically, it says: The Queensland University of Technology’s Registrar has executively approved your degree and you are now entitled to use the title of “Dr”. Woo hoo! Now, for those who are wondering “haven’t you already been doing a post doc, why is this only happening …