Hi DWN,
yeah I've got the webpage info. No, its not published in an online journal/magazine/conference proceedings or anything. Just a pdf report put on a website by a research group.
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Evenin, can anyone help with this? I have cited a pdf that is only accesible online but isnt a webpage. How do I cite this in biblio? Do I need to put the date it was accessed?
thanks

Hi Max, all images should include a Figure number and a caption that includes a description, I tend to put the reference at the end something like this (image after Siwee, 2010), or (image modified from Siwee, 2010). I have a feeling that you are ok to use images in your thesis without permission because it is for research purposes. If you plan to publish then permission will be needed. Can anyone else clarify this?

Teek is right, it depends on your field. In mine there is little chance of getting funding without a first at undergrad and a distinction at masters, even then I was warned not to exoect funding. As a result there are lots of self funded part timers. If this is the case in your field too and you really want a funded phd it might be worth doing another masters, perhaps a taught course, and try to det a distinction. Good luck!

Hi negativepinklady, let me reiterate what has been said by others, this is a horrible situation, and your supervisor (if they are guilty) should be ashamed of themselves. Why did you sup allow you to submit if they thought your analysis wasnt up to scratch? We all have to take responsibility for our own work, but the fact that he/she had to sign a form (I assume) in order for you to submit means that they are partially responsible for the thesis too. Also- I hope you told the student where to go saying she would come for help on the collection but not on the analysis.

As for the viva - I havent finished yet so maybe I'm in no position to comment, but here I go anyway - maybe you can sit and work out the limitations of your approach and highlight the things you would do differently. Is there any way you could argue that more analysis is planned future work for your data set? I have exluded lots of data (and certain types of analysis) from my thesis because I plan to work on it for publications in the future.

Good luck!

Hi Moomin, first of all, I also feel like I am absolutely going to fail, so there are at least two of us! Some people on the board have had horrible experiences with vivas, but in my personal experience I have only known one person in my field who failed outright. They appealed and were passed.

I can't help with the other question as my viva has yet to happen, but I can empathise. Do remember though - even if your examiners are experts in your subject you have spent 3-4 solid years in the literature and they probably havent. Don't panic, good luck!

I cant break into it at all. I feel like I'm repeating what has already been said in my results chapter, and now I'm running out of time. Can anyone suggest anything that can help? a webpage maybe that will help me to structure the chapter?
:-(

Read the second one, if you don't have the urge to gouge your own eyes out after that then your fate is sealed and you'll have to read right to the horrible end. At least theres a light at the end of an angst-ridden, kind of creepy, badly written tunnel.

Hi Buttercup, if you click insert, then go to page numbers, format page numbers you can select roman numerals from the drop down. At the bottom of the same menu you can choose which number to start at. But I dont know how to use both types of numbering systme at once, sorry!

I totally agree Keep-calm! Networking can be the most cringe-worthy part of the phd. I just try to remember that all those uber-confident suck ups might occasionally be seen as creepy, but they won't lose any sleep over it, and they'll get ahead when I won't

Its a really good idea to do this so that people remember who you are, your work etc. Contacting them really depends on who it was and what kind of interaction you had. If its another student then why not send a message (and/or add them as a friend on facebook depending on what kind of interaction you had).

If its someone more established I tend to find a reason to get in touch. In the past I've sent them things that we talked about (e.g. pre-publication papers) that I thought they might be interested in. Another really good excuse to get in touch is to invite them to give a lecture at your institution, do you have a lecture series in your department? Could you organise a one off lecture? That way they will remember you, and you will possibly get another chance to meet them and show them around or take them for lunch when they visit.

the banal questions first: 1) if I cite a paper from an edited volume do I need to include the paper itself AND the edited volume separately in the biblio? 2)Does it matter how many times I refer to a figure in the text?

I'm really rubbish at languages and was wondering if anyone has a few tips that might speed the process up a bit. What I really want is some sort of matrix style inplant, hyponosis or subliminal message to get things into my head! :-)

Hi Gemnjam,
I'm in a similar situation. Does anyone whether research assitants working on a fixed (three year) contract are entitled to maternity pay? Also, the project is set to finish in dead on three years with publications etc to be ready by the deadline, if I take maternity leave it will presumably delay the project, does anyone know what would happen in this situation?

Happy new year everyone! I'm sure you can all empathise with the sleeplessness caused by a niggling uncertainty or problem (as soon as I resolve an issue another pops up to replace it). Anyways, at the moment I'm thinking about self plagiarism. How worried should we be about this? I have submitted the results from one aspect of my thesis for publication, it is being reviewed but hasn't been accepted yet, and it won't be published before I submit my thesis. Obviously the results are the same in my thesis and the paper so how do I make sure that I am not plagiarising? should I reference the paper as in prep/press in my thesis?
Wishing you all a productive new year :-)

Hello, what do think? Is it too much work in your experience to have Word build your contents page/list of figures etc? What are the benfits of merging your thesis into one document, why would you keep it as separate chapter files? Are the endnote bugs too risky? Should I just build my own biblio?
Cheers!