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Hi Chuff

Are you able to share info on the particular methods you used within your qualitative approach? That could be another avenue to go down. Citing papers in your field with the same method (and similar small sample sizes) could be an additional way to support the choices you made - supported by the wider methodology references being discussed here.

You mention 'defending' your choices but I think smaller samples are (in general) taken for granted in a qualitative approach and I think it may as easily be the method - as opposed to a quals / guants distinction - that justifies that.

Hope that makes sense and doesn't sound like I am being too picky :$

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Hi everyone, lots of request for journal articles around at the moment - one of the (many) benefits of PGF - and I know I for one am happy to help.

In following up on one request, I came accross an ad for 'Free access to SAGE Journals' until the 15th October 2010. It includes a lot of disciplines and is for articles from 1999 onwards.

You need to register at https://online.sagepub.com/cgi/register?registration=FT2010-3

Happy journal hunting:-)

Hey Emmaki, I seem to be able to get the first of those (Oplatka & Tamir, 2009), though unfortunately not the second article

If you PM your details, I will email it accross (up)

Have PM'd about the last two - but cant access the first article 'Pollock 2003' if anyone else catches this thread and can help. Seems to be hosted on informaworld if anyone can get access to that...

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Sorry not a user of Pubmed so can't help there... but users of Endnote may find it useful to know that you can use Google scholar to import references. On the Google scholar home page, look for the link to 'Scholar Preferences' next to the search box. Follow the link and on the next page scroll down to the bottom of the page and turn on the settings under 'Bibliography Manager'. Future scholar searches will now have a link to an Endnote citation when looking for articles.

Sometimes the endnote citation it generates is not 100% accurate but mostly allows you to import a working reference (have only had to tweak the odd one) - also useful if your new to endnote and have lots of old references to import
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Hi Edimou, the two earlier posts offer excellent advice (especially in respect to choice of institution) but I think it is important to narrow down your field of study.

Funded studentships in tourism / hospitality do come up (though tend to be few and far between) and where this is the case the title and / or subject area will normally be set. With funding so rare, I guess it is more common for you to approach departements yourself with an idea for a PhD as was suggested. Here, let your interests guide you - what area of hospitality / tourism interests you, what questions do you want answered, which area do you feel warrants more research? Having read up on these issues, get a feel for which academics and / or institutions are working on the very aspects that interest you - who has been publishing in these areas lately both in peer reviewed journals and conference abstracts - and approach them first for potential supervision.

In many senses I guess my advice does not differ from Jepsonclough - I guess I am just saying that as a potential PhD topic emerges from your reading so can the best avenues of potential supervision..... Good luck with it all!

As I read your post I immediately thought the same as Teek's (damn - beaten to it!) - it could be fun to rework it as your title at the very least it will lighten the mood and people should remember your presentation!

Hello...

Also a lurker who has also found this forum helpful 'many many many' times and also due to start in October, I thought I would add some info on my own search for a bank account....

Like other posts, I have not found an exclusive post-grad account but in respect to the student accounts I have been lured in by the Halifax as they offer the largest interest free overdraft over the 3 - 4 year period I expect to study (£3000). Also the other student accounts appear to offer an overdraft on a sliding scale - i.e. £1000 in year one, £1250 in year two generally up to a max of £2000. Check out the comparison at http://www.halifax.co.uk/bankaccounts/studentcurrentaccount.asp

Whilst I don't think I quite need such an overdraft just yet I am working on the 'worst case' scenario and know it will be easier to get that account now rather than begging later when the PhD drags on longer than expected!

As a fellow newbie though I can't comment on the Halifax in terms of service - for ethical reputation I have to agree with the previous post that you will never beat the co-operative.