Thanks everyone! Looking at all your experiences, I think I am going to stick at working full time on my PhD and aim to work hard and try and finish in time :)

Hi all!

I was wondering how much input your second supervisor has on your PhD? Does he/she see your work regularly? Do they read your chapters? How often do you meet? Or are they just there as a formality?

Thanks

Chococake

Hi,

Are you a full time PhD student and you work part time too in another job? I have heard of quite a few students that work during the working week in another job and I was rather surprised. Hence I was wondering:

How many days per week do you work, and do you actually make up the hours in the weekend/evenings or not?

Also, for those of you that don't work outside of your PhD, why not? I don't work outside of my PhD as I really want to finish my PhD before the end of the three years. But after hearing that a lot of students 'work' in PhD hours, I am thinking maybe I should too ... What would you advise?

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I fell for it ... :$:-)

Hi,

Is it wise to inform other research centres and the world in general about your PhD and what gaps you are aiming to fill (say online) ? The hope would be that no one else would start the same study as you (and make your life hell!). However, it could be that someone would copy your ideas and start their own study.

How much do you 'expose' about your project online, at conferences, and to other research centres?

My field is constantly evolving - it is very much industry based - and I feel what I write today looking at literature will definitely have changed when I come to the end of my PhD. However, surely, if one's studies are based on the Literature Review, they should accept the literature review that one did and wrote before the start of the studies, or else how else would the studies make sense? Why is there a need to update the literature review again at the end?

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Thank you all for sharing your experiences and thoughts :). A question to all of you: Is one year sufficient time for write up?

Hi all,

I am a couple of months into my PhD, and after spending the past few months doing lots of reading and some writing, I seem to have found what I want to do, and some gaps in literature that I feel I could fill. I am now hoping to make a project plan of my PhD, i.e. the plan for the next two and half years or so - when I'll be finishing study 1, study 2, etc and when I'll be writing up etc. I have heard people mention (including my supervisor) that it is too early days to narrow things down (that it may inhibit my creativity), but I really feel like that is what I want to do, as I have found the gaps in literature (why should I just plod on aimlessly?) and can now define my research objectives (though I know they may change in due course). Is it really too early? When did you define your objectives and start some studies?

Also, how much time would you allocate for write up? And has anyone on this forum submitted their thesis before the end of three years?

Thanks! :)

Good luck Sneaks, you are almost there, I think congrats are due :)

Thanks Dunni, to be honest I was thinking more of being able to get desk space from the university in my vicinity, as I live away from the university I am registered at. But I don't know if it's possible?

Hi,

Does anyone have any information regarding becoming a visiting PhD student at a neighbouring university? What is the procedure for application and how can one approach the current supervisor with this idea? Does anyone have any experience of being one and how it works?

Thanks in advance! :)

Chococake

Thank you Caterpillar and Dunni for your help.

I hope there is someone out there who has access ...

Just to bump this: could anyone help please? I have about 4 papers I need from this journal. Thanks ever so much in advance! :)