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Overview of Hugh

Signup date: 12 Mar 2010 at 9:38am

Last login: 24 May 2017 at 8:31pm

Post count: 1264

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Final year support thread

Hugh 1264 posts
8 years ago

Quote From Zutterfly:
Thank you- I believe in you too! :D My sup has encouraged me to send out prospective applications as soon as April :o not sure if I will get around to it though. Oh and don't get me started on publications haha I recently had my second lot of major corrections on an article that was based on my MA thesis that they want back by June...but everything is so busy constantly! I submitted something from my PhD months ago to but it is still under review. I have told myself further publications can be worked on when I have my full draft submitted. Anyway, wishing you good luck with the writing :)

Thanks, and you too! :) For the first time, I can see the final point, which means I am progressing hopefully ;-)

Aston or Canfield? Ph.D. in Management

Hugh 1264 posts
8 years ago

Hi Ric, I can't comment on the difference between the two institutions (hopefully someone else can help), however, one of the most important things is the right supervisor, see this: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/10-truths-a-phd-supervisor-will-never-tell-you/2005513.article

Final year support thread

Hugh 1264 posts
8 years ago

Quote From Zutterfly:

Well done Hugh! Yes, I know that feeling well- I keep getting caught up in daydreaming about life after the PhD, which then leads me to panic about when to start job applications, which then throws me off of my PhD writing, then *repeat cycle*! I have my conclusion after this and my introductory chapter is just in pieces. I also need to rewrite my literature review and do a LOT of editing. When I think of all of these tasks, I wonder if it is possible to accomplish in the time left :/

I believe you can do it! :-) I still have literature review to write too, and discussion chapter too, so still lots to do, but I think it is do-able, as long as I keep focused and don't get distracted.

I know what you mean about search for jobs becoming a distraction. I have told myself that I cannot even search for jobs until I have submitted the thesis. There will be 3 months in between thesis and viva anyways, so I can use that time to search.

I'm also torn about attempting to publish, I've got 2 more papers I could get out of my findings chapters but it takes time to do, lets see how I get on. Right I need to get back to writing :)

Final year support thread

Hugh 1264 posts
8 years ago

Quote From Zutterfly:
I am avoiding looking at such guidelines until I have all of my chapters as I know that I will just overwhelm myself then lose motivation! Currently on my final findings chapter and 7 months until submission.

Zutterfly, that's a good idea!

Looks like you are doing well! :) I am on my final findings chapter too but still have another 4 chapters to write! I am feeling a bit impatient now and really want to get it finished!

Is it ever too late to get into academia?

Hugh 1264 posts
8 years ago

Its never too late if that's what you want to do. Question, is why do you want to do a PhD? Do you want a career in academia?

PhD destinations: Oxbridge vs. Imperial

Hugh 1264 posts
8 years ago

Is oxford an option?

Final year support thread

Hugh 1264 posts
8 years ago

Quote From chickpea:

Quote From Hugh:
I've just spent the past 30 minutes reading through the thesis submission guidelines, and its feeling really real now, and scary (!). I've got 9 months to submission and lots to do!

Oh yes, it brings it home when you start to think about how the thing will look and what you need to do to submit it! Our formatting guidelines are pretty awful and despite my best intentions, I can't stand to work with the specifications they want so am going to have to convert it all at the end! Hope yours are not too bad!

I'm in the same boat too, our requirements are double spacing which I can't stand, so will have to do it in the end! Thankfully they don't require a specific font!

A friend of mine said it took him 1 month to get the editing of the final thesis sorted! *shock*

What is the earliest you have ever arrived at the lab/office

Hugh 1264 posts
8 years ago

I think the earliest I've ever started is probably 6am, at my home office too :)

Word count that excludes tables

Hugh 1264 posts
8 years ago

Thanks TreeofLife, do you know, does the Table caption count as part of the table or not?

Our graduate school are extremely strict on word count.

Word count that excludes tables

Hugh 1264 posts
8 years ago

Quote From AOE26just hold the cmd key and exclude the tables. .

Thanks, how exactly do I do above please?

Final year support thread

Hugh 1264 posts
8 years ago

I've just spent the past 30 minutes reading through the thesis submission guidelines, and its feeling really real now, and scary (!). I've got 9 months to submission and lots to do!

Word count that excludes tables

Hugh 1264 posts
8 years ago

Hi,

Is there a way of automatically counting the number of words in a Word document AND exclude words in tables?

Thanks!

Method vs Methodology

Hugh 1264 posts
8 years ago

This might help:

http://patthomson.net/2013/02/18/methodology-isnt-methods-or-what-goes-in-a-methods-chapter/

PhD Loans Confirmed

Hugh 1264 posts
8 years ago

I just assumed it was £25,000 p/year.

PhD Loans Confirmed

Hugh 1264 posts
8 years ago

This is very very bad news. This has been introduced so they can reduce student ship funding. Honestly it's a huge disaster.

It's going to create a division in academia where only those with wealthy parents will have access to PhDs