I've used my university's email system as a student and employee for the last six years. I'm now looking to change, as it's now my work email and I don't feel comfortable using it for personal email. As far as I can see, if I'm going to go to the trouble of changing my email address, it's moving to a domain name that I own. A cheap dreamhost account seems reasonable for this, so I'll probably go down that road.

Matthew