Overview of Jewel on PostgraduateForum.com

Overview of Jewel

Signup date: 29 Oct 2005 at 12:10am

Last login: 26 Sep 2010 at 7:05pm

Post count: 954

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Second year PhD student and no publications - worried

Jewel 954 posts
17 years ago

I wouldn't entirely agree with the senior lecturer either but it can be a useful guide. I think you need to continually ask yourself whether the work you've completed is publishable and one day when the answer is "yes" then you can stop and start on the next part of your thesis. It's kind of how I'm planning my thesis.

What type of postgraduate are you?

Jewel 954 posts
17 years ago

i'm an 8

The Jewel is bored thread

Jewel 954 posts
17 years ago

you guys are crazy! :D

The Jewel is bored thread

Jewel 954 posts
17 years ago

hehehe :D

The Jewel is bored thread

Jewel 954 posts
17 years ago

Entertain me.

Do you actually learn anything

Jewel 954 posts
17 years ago

academic politics suxs

Laptops: how much should you spend?

Jewel 954 posts
17 years ago

you can pick something decent up from stores but dabs.com and laptopsdirect.co.uk often have decent deals.

ps. also, get one with a dvd writer, so then you can archive stuff on to disk.

Do reviews, book chapters etc help in the final viva

Jewel 954 posts
17 years ago

if you can publish anyway then do it. if it is peer reviewed the examiners won't be so picky about it come your viva (unless he is being really difficult).

Who is working this bank holiday?!

Jewel 954 posts
17 years ago

its been raining. no bbq for me :(

Who is working this bank holiday?!

Jewel 954 posts
17 years ago

im having a bbq :D

Religious/Ancient Near Eastern Studies/Biblical Studies? Are you there?

Jewel 954 posts
17 years ago

my friend doing theology took university run language courses. i think they ran some specialist courses.

EngD in Nuclear Engineering

Jewel 954 posts
17 years ago

there has always been a hatred of phds or anything related by some in the engineering sector. i dont know why. however, the fact that british energy are sponsoring you suggests they are not phd adverse.

Can/Should non-PhD students give PhD students advice???

Jewel 954 posts
17 years ago

I don't see why not even if it is on a PhD-related matter. Sometimes getting external advice can be less biased and honest.

Sophie - the Quantum Physicist in the Apprentice

Jewel 954 posts
17 years ago

i do science and i can say quite authoritatively that i know bugger all.

Lecturership without Post-Doc?

Jewel 954 posts
17 years ago

its not uncommon in certain fields. engineers and management lecturers who have worked for many years in industry and move into academia dont start at the bottom.