ah, its even worse as this isn't PhD work :-(

whoa there - is the forum going crazy tonight?

I need to work for at least another 3 hours :-s

I could perhaps put you in touch with someone about occupational. But if your interested in cognitive then my main advice would be contact university departments. You probably won't get paid, or get paid at student rate, but they may well want people around to help set up experiments. Once your foot is in the door it will probably go from there - i.e. you may be able to put something in for a PhD or research job.

just about to get some coffee and settle in for a long night of copying and pasting graphs 8-)

what area are you interested in? neuroscience/educational/forensic/counselling/occupational?

Had a nightmarish day today. My internet has been down = no dropbox = no access to my work :-(

So I have to now try and make up for today this evening. I'm hoping the internet will stay connected - its a problem with my computer it seems, or maybe the router is rubbish with windows 7. Who knows.

Oh FFS. You know the 1 page I had to do for the external?? the one that I did twice and was told not to talk about it by study, but provide an overview of the thesis instead??

Just had an email from sup saying I need to provide an overview of each study - like an abstract.

Right, so that would be what I did in the first place and was told not to do. :-s

eeek More info please 8-)

I'm having a similar day Pink Numbers, only written about 200 words though, but need to get more done before hubby comes home. I'm finding it VERY hard writing up - just getting on with it is such a struggle! and finding time to fit it in around job applications, RA work and hubby's thesis is a nightmare.

I hope you've voted Ady as a 'helpful user' ;-) (if you post on one of my threads I can also give you your first star!)

Not sure if I have any advice to add, apart from PLEASE PLEASE do not go to one of those short term loan people (e.g. wonga) where they charge you 2000% or something - its definitely NOT worth it!

are you my supervisor?? she asks me questions like that! :$

erm......I guess its that while research has progressed since 1950s, its been guided by changes in government and legislation in either country, meaning a load of stuff hasn't really been covered (as its been swayed by the legislation to look at certain stuff if that makes sense).

Timeline at the beginning then

(up)

It does make sense - So far I have 8000 words on this section (which I wrote about 2 years ago). I want to reduce that to about 2000 (as its really just an intro into the area and to highlight what hasn't been covered). I've structured it in this time-based way, as there was a big review recently on the UK aspect and I wanted mine to have a different 'edge' to it, so I've done it as a comparison to US research AND done it over time, rather than what has/hasn't been researched in general.

So....maybe I should put it in the middle of this - there's a clean break around 1980s where a new 'age' of research starts, so maybe if I put it there it can be easily referred to while reading??

ah, I've just pmd you the link to it in my dropbox. :-) we're super efficient here today!

I'm going back to restructure my lit review soon. It starts with a short review of my research area in the US and UK i.e. how research has evolved in my field and what topics have been researched. (its moved with politics and the introduction of certain legislation in either country)

I was thinking about doing a 1 page timeline at the end of this short review - on the top being US research and the bottom being UK research - obviously not every single paper published (!) but the vague topic areas covered and key legislation dates.

I like presenting stuff visually like this, but I'm a bit scared its a bit too 'primary school'

thoughts?