It's difficult because most places say you should make sure you have enough funds before you start. Try this: https://www.postgraduate-funding.com/gateway

You can probably find it online for free somewhere.

For me, some of it comes from not being a "typical" woman. I've got no preference over who I manage, therefore who I would hire, men or women. But when it comes to who I work with, or who manages me, I prefer to work with/be managed by men.

Looking at it stereotypically, I prefer the straightforward approach of men. I don't want to talk about my personal life and I don't want to hear about someone else's personal problems either. I don't want to have to smile and be happy happy all the time when I don't feel that way all the time. It's disingenuous and superficial. Female managers often try to be my friend and want to sit there and talk about girly things - this is my experience both in academia and out of it. That's not me, sorry.

There's exceptions, but on the whole I do better with male managers than female ones. I've even had a female manager say to me once they were worried I thought they didn't like me... like, get over yourself, it's never crossed my mind whether you like me or not, I'm just here to do my job, I don't sit around all day wondering whether you like me or not. I couldn't care less.

I don't know much about it. You could contact the funding body and ask?

If the deadline was in your handbook or elsewhere, and/or if other students submitted on time with no issue, I don't see how you will have a case that the online submission system didn't have a submission date so you didn't know when to submit it. Why didn't you ask the admin team or other students or senior members of staff? You are expected to show some initiative and responsibility too.

Your best bet is to get the supervisor to email round the postgrads and ask if someone's got a short term room going.

Some unis do have academic accommodation for short term visitors, but it's usually pretty expensive. You can check with the admin team there.

It's the same as here in this respect from my experience.

You'll be fine if you've got an MSc. Everyone knows a 2.1 now is a 2.2. back in the 90s anyway!

You can't leave off the degree - aside from being deceptive and dishonest, it will look odd. I see what you're saying, that other people don't have one, but they might ask you about it in an interview, and then what would you do? You could leave off the grade, but that does look a bit suspicious too and they might ask you about it anyway.

I would leave it on there as is and see how you do with an MSc as a top up.

You can email supervisors, but I'm not really sure what difference this makes.

I don't see what difference two years make either way? So you're super qualified at 29 instead of 27? Ok cool.

I don't know about actual publications, but there's been posts on here previously where people have had similar legal battles. I think they mainly involve contesting a result though e.g. a fail or MPhil instead of PhD.

I think these cases should be highlighted because your story sounds ridiculous - shouldn't be allowed to happen.

Well I haven't had exactly the same situation as you, but I started my postdoc whilst I was waiting for my viva. I worked full time in the day and then every evening for 2-3 hours and Saturday I worked on my PhD corrections/papers.

This was easier for me as I was working away from home and I didn't have a partner, so it was manageable, although it required motivation as it's not easy working such long hours over a long period of time.

What you're suggesting sounds sensible. Maybe find what works best for you e.g. you might have to go into your office/coffee shop to do the PhD work as it might be too distracting at home.

At least you know the end is close!

Yes of course this happens. It's hard to be objective when you're marking work of people you know. Most academics are aware of this and try to moderate their marks accordingly e.g. "am I being harsh because this person is really annoying" or "am I being too generous being this person is usually really good/I like them". There's no perfect system.

Haha Tudor, don't worry, I know what you mean! I sort of feel like why should I put effort in when he's not? And it really annoys me. But I know I should suck up and get on with it.

My sister isn't sure where the issue is, but since this is the first time in my life I've come across this, I don't feel like it's me.

And you probably know what it's like when it comes to people's partners sometimes - they are often blindsided by them.

It's not that this person is doing it intentionally. He is a quiet person, but he's not especially shy.

It's my sister's partner of a year or two. He has told my sister that he thinks I should say hello directly to him when I come in. There's no conflict between us exactly, but we don't really speak much in any other situation either. He doesn't initiate or participate in other conversations between me and my sister when we are all in the same room, or when other people are there either. Even if I try to include him, I don't get much back by way of conversation. He doesn't ask how I am, or ask me about work or what I have been up to or things like that. If I ask him, I get a few words back and the conversation goes nowhere.

I think he is a bit of a twit Tudor to be honest, but there isn't a lot I can do. The joys of in laws I guess.

I could make more of an effort for my sister; be the bigger person and all that I suppose.

Thanks all. I agree, it's an odd situation. Normally these things happen without thinking about it!

I think the thing is, the other person won't say hello at all if I don't say it. I do say hello after, say, 30 seconds, but it feels awkward because I'm wondering why they didn't say anything when I came in, when I'm kind of saying hello to the people in front of me, but it's also a kind of general hello that people usually respond to.

I guess I'm being made to feel like I'm in the wrong, whereas I think that this person shouldn't be waiting for me to greet them, specifically, individually, first.