Less than a week ago, the Journeyman Hall was opened to the members of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Since then the hall's courses have been passed 281 times (thanks to Teu and Ood for helping to get all of those graded in a very timely manner.)

It was not officially announced, but we also introduced a new level of degree, becoming the new "lowest" level of degrees offered by the Academy. This tier is known as the Dark Pundit, and can be considered a High School Diploma if you adhere to the analogy that the other degrees start at Bachelor level and onwards upto PhD.

Those who complete all of the Essentials courses in the Journeyman Hall receive the Dark Pundit: Essentials degree and will join the 45 people who have already attained it.

That's it for the stats, now for a little news.

Given that we have seen well over 250 exams come through and be graded without issue, dbb0t has taken over as Professor of the new hall and will be grading in coming courses at a speed rivaling what even Ood, Teu and I combined could manage.

I will still be monitoring the grades coming through, but if you have any issues (or indeed any form of feedback) please do not hesitate to get in touch.

And now back to your regularly scheduled programming.