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Article Request
Tis okay, Rina sent it.
Thanks everyone, much appreciated!!!
Ian (Mackem_Beefy)
Article Request
Can anyone download this one? Last one, got the two above now. This is Science Direct so should be straightforward.
I think I can scrounge another paper out of my old PhD data, hence the requests.
Ian (Mackem_Beefy)
New forum design - what do you think? Any problems?
Hi all, there are some god points being made here, I'll pass them on to the web team.
Erm Reenie, are you trying to tell us something about the moderation of this forum? I'd read that back bonny lass. ;-)
Ian (Mackem_Beefy)
favorite phd quotes
Perhaps this?
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever."
It would also be operative as a warning from a supervisor to a new, young, naiive PhD student. :-)
Ian (Mackem_Beefy)
(Taken from George Orwell's 1984.)
New forum design - what do you think? Any problems?
Why can't a star be added to someone's reputation anymore?
Ian (Mackem_Beefy)
No Job 5 months after graduating.
I think this is quite normal these days. There are fewer and fewer positions due to budget cuts and more and more graduates.
Keep trying.
Maybe look further afield for opportunities? Take jobs/positions that are not directly related to your field of study?
More precisely, there's an oversupply of PhDs to available post-doc positions and a misperception of what a PhD is in the employment market as a whole (if I could have a ten pound note for the times I've heard the remarks "overqualified" or "will move on as soon as something better comes along", I wouldn't need to work again). To be blunt, as long as PhDs are seen as cheap labour for research project to be later discarded because it's cheaper to take on another PhD candidate and the aforementioned misperceptions of what a PhD actually is persist, this situation will continue.
Ian (Mackem_Beefy)
Considering a PhD Helpppp Plz
There's alot of issues to cover in your post. Some time ago I did a blog on the subject of a PhD. By all means take a read and if you've any further questions, by all means ask.
If you want a tongue-in-cheek smile, take a look at:
http://www.wearthesis.talktalk.net/phdgame.pdf
Ian (Mackem_Beefy)
Quit a 'dream PhD'?
One year in is usually too late to request a switch and besides, your dream project is probably being done by someone else now. If not, funding might be a problem as you're already probably accepted a year's worth of funding. That said, some have dropped out after a year for various reasons to take up a different project later with funding. I personally would have gone with the dream project as having a passion for the subject can be a key factor in your PhD and the overall success of the project.
It may be you're suffering from 1st year doubts about you having done the right thing. Alongside imposter syndrome (feeling you don't deserve to be there), many students feel this and you won't be the first.
PhDs aren't a walk in the park and there are going to be many stresses within (work load) and without (peer pressure, family and friend issues) that may affect you. It's probably this you are realising a year in.
You have to accept that there's going to be times with workload and with other people you know moving on with their lives with careers and starting families, that you are somehow being left behind or you are not doing right by family and friends by settling down. There's also the issue of how a PhD helps careerwise (certainly academically, less obvious in the real world). What do you want to do after?
You made a choice to do a PhD and with that many accept this as a decision that certain aspect of their lives may go on hold for a few years (especially careers though full admiration to those who balance their PhD work with having a family). With that, you have to make it clear to yourself and others as necessary that you are doing what is right for you at this point in time and not what others perceive as being the right thing.
Ian (Mackem_Beefy)
Phd with 2:2 first degree plus Masters?
I likewise got onto a PhD with 2(ii) and a Masters. That said, I did work for a few years before returning.
I also got funding for my Phd so if the interviewer thinks you're the right person, a 2(ii) plus Masters is perfectly okay.
A good potential supervisor will see past the grades and select the right candidate on the skills set they offer.
Take a look at my blog for a little more assistance and my take on the PhD process including a little on grades.
If you want a laugh at the process, you might want to look at this.
Ian (Mackem_Beefy)
Article Request
Don't think I can Ian but have sent you pm nevertheless!
I've not received your PM as my inbox was full. That's sorted now as I've cleared out some of the older messages.
Long time since I've seen you on here. How's life for you post-graduation?
Ian
Article Request
Thanks Rina. e-mail address PM'ed.
Can anyone download the first one?
Ian (Mackem_Beefy)
Article Request
Can someone download me the following two papers please? Much appreciated in advance.
http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1179/1751584X13Y.0000000038
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mawe.201300165/abstract
Thanks,
Ian (Mackem_Beefy)
Co-authorship with the supervisor
I'm a social science academic and I would not expect a PhD student to include me as an author in these circumstances. Seriously ask them but I'd be surprised if they'd expect it.
:-) That's good of you Bewildered. However, I think you are an exception.
However, I was told in no uncertain terms back during my PhD by my second supervisor that he expected his name on my paper as a co-author as a matter of courtesy. That was despite him contributing nothing technically to my PhD.
I did this for my first paper whilst I was still doing my PhD. The other papers produced after included myself and my primary, and for a couple of papers as a thank you for his early help my predecessor.
Ian (Mackem_Beefy)
Job/PhD Application: Bad A Levels/Good Degree
Tree of Life,
I understand what you are saying, however, in any technical degree the maths and statistics the candidate will need to know will be looked at during the degree, possibly as a first year refresher and either compulsory or optional. I was given a refresher of statistical and mathematical methods at undergrad level.
Ian (Mackem_Beefy)
Co-authorship with the supervisor
What merits inclusion of a supervisor as co-author on a Social Science journal article? If the PhD student has done all planning, fieldwork and writing on their own, the work is their own, and the supervisors have not been directly involved, is the student still 'obliged' to include the supervisors on the paper? I don't, in theory, have a problem with this, but if I wish to use that paper (albeit in a slightly altered form) in my thesis, would having it out there as 'co-authored' be a negative? Would my work (and the extent to which it is 'my' work) be questioned?
You do need to try to be first / corresponding author as this implies you did the majority of work on the paper. However, even if the contrbution is minimal you should have one or both supervisors listed as co-authors as it is a common courtesy. They arguably have contributed via their supervision of you and thus deserve to be listed.
If you omit them, this could cause problems further on in your relationship with them and may affect the references they give you once you start looking for work.
Ian (Mackem_Beefy)
