Congrats !!! (up)

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Hello,

For my interview, I knew my project proposal very well. (context, research questions, main objectives etc ...). They just asked me to explain what it was and why I wanted to do it, my motivations etc ...
The panel was composed of 3 member of staff. They were really friendly. We were 6 candidates for 3 scholarships.

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Done ! :)

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Hello,

Sorry I can't really help you, but just wanted to support you ... I am a non-native speaker as well and my spoken english is not great ...
I'm only in the 2nd year of my PhD so I will have time to prepare my VIVA.
If I were you, I would prepare some 'key words' in English that are related to your work, I would prepare some sentences etc .... There are a lot of foreign students doing PhD in the UK and I guess examiners are use to that ...so don't worry, i'm sure you'll do fine !

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Hello,


Ecas002, I'm feeling the same as you do ....
I have been allocated an office but I can't work there, there are other people in it and I can't concentrate with them next to me.
So I prefer working at home but I also get distracted ....

Good luck everyone!!(up)

Many thanks for all your answers.

For the moment, except reading and doing literature reviews, there is nothing else I can do ... Fieldwork will be next year ...

But for the end of this week, I am going to check how many hours I really work per day ... maybe this will make me realise I don't work enough .. ah ah ..!

Many thanks for your reply !

My supervisor seems really happy with what I have done so far and asked me to write an essay of 5000 words before the end of term.
But contrary to him, I do not feel happy at all with what I do ... I feel like I am not doing enough but can't find the motivation at the moment, to push myself to do more ... :$

Well, I hope I will quickly find a routine in which I feel I am productive ...

Thanks !

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Hello Everyone,

I am a 1st year PhD student (full time), just started in October.
I was wondering how many hours per week, you are currently working on your PhD?

I am also a GTA (6hours/week) and I find it absolutely impossible to work on my PhD on the days I teach. And on the days I don't teach, I find myself procrastinating a lot :(

I think, but I am not sure ... that I work around 10h/week on my research ... My colleagues (who are 2nd year PhD) told me I should not worry, that they were like me last year, that the 1st year it is usually like this, we have to find our own rhythm ...

What do you think ?

Thanks for your replies.