Yay, it looks like I've got ethics approval. :-) I just need to respond to some questions the ethics committee had and them the fun starts! :-)

Next goal: lunch ;-), then the library.

Hi, I think I can get both of those. If you pm me your email address I'll send you what I found. :-)

Good (late) morning, all you one goalers. :-)

I'm not sure what my first goal should be ... I'm waiting to hear whether the ethics committee has approved my study. I have a feeling they want to make major changes. :-( And as I have major doubts about my ability to recruit participants and feel I'm really behind anyway, I'm not too cheerful at the moment. (sprout)

Hopefully I will hear about the ethics by lunchtime, but I'm finding it impossible to concentrate on anything by then. Ho hum. I'd better get on with it. So, first goal: go back to section 3.3.4 of my lit review and keep rewriting.

I can get this. PM me your email and I'll send it to you. :-)

I can get them. PM me your email and I'll send them to you. :-)

Hi Kami,

no, not madness - go for it! :-) It's obviously something you really want to do.

I did something similar, I started a PhD about 15 years ago and left half-way through (after 3 years, I was doing it part-time) for a number of reasons: supervisor problems, having a baby, being very fed up with it... I am now almost half-way through another PhD (full-time and fully funded this time) in a completely different subject are. I'm really enjoying it. :-) Just one note of caution: my last experience has had quite a negative effect on me and led to (or at least contributed to) major depression. It also really undermined my confidence which is still affecting me now: I constantly feel I'm not good enough and can't imagine actually completing this PhD, even though, objectively, I'm doing ok. You might not have the same issues, of course, but just be aware that your last experience might affect how you feel about doing another PhD.

Good luck with it! :-)

It's a book chapter. You can have a look at it on google books and amazon - between the two of them you might be able to read all of it. ;-)

http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Oql0Vxa92iEC&oi=fnd&pg=PA227&ots=YD24vHyVIG&sig=3JJLsvinuP9_V4zDirCfVLWdqg8#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Changing-Educational-Landscapes-comparative-perspective/dp/9048185335/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307119500&sr=8-1

Congratulations! :)

Thanks for the suggestions. :) I hadn't even though of checking whether the university would host it. :$ I'll have a look at Wordpress. Thanks. :)

Hi Pineapple, I really feel for you it sounds like such a stressful situation! Do try not to waste any energy on focusing on the negative aspects (I'm sure you know that!). I know it's easier said than done, but try and relax (yes, do take some time off today!) and then try to focus on constructive preparation for the viva. It sounds like your thesis has got a lot of positive aspects, try and concentrate on those. Good luck. :)

Sorry, I've tried but had no luck! I hope somebody else can access it for you. :)

I need to set up a very basic website for my research. It just needs to contain some information about the study and a contact form for potential participants to complete. I'm not sure what to do about hosting the website - are the free webhosting sites any good? I'd be happy to pay for it, as long as it's not too much! There seem to be such a huge number of websites offering webhosting, how do you know which ones are any good? Does anybody have any suggestions?

Hi, I can get this. PM me your email address and I'll send it to you. :)

Provided you've got a good grasp of grammar and spelling, it might be best if you do it yourself. However, proofreading your own work is more difficult because you are so close to what is written and it's easy to skip words and miss mistakes. One good tip is to read each line from the right to the left so that you can really focus on each word in isolation. You would obviously still need to read the whole text for sense/grammar.

I used to do proofreading for a small publishing company (as well as everything else, from researching and occasionally writing to copyediting) and have to admit I really enjoyed it. Probably because I'm a bit of a pedant. :$ :) I am amazed though how often I miss things in my own writing. You really need to go through it very carefully and with a different mindset from 'the writer'.

Good luck! :)