anyone out there feeling like they have no social life like i do???? day in and out am in the library, if not am rushing to my part time teaching job. this phd life is not easy even though i love my research topic to bits. oh dears do bear with me i just feel like moaning a bit to mantain my sanity. i used to care about what i wear, my hair and everything and now its all gone! i feel like i have changed. Am always thinking of my next move, like ok, i have to pick this and that book up; photocopy this and that; write this and that! so anyhow today i washed my hair, blow dried it, did my nails. feeling better though i know come monday i will be back at it!

if you got your place as a funded phd student, then you have no worries, the dosh will definitely come but if not better double check with your supervisor.

well done you. enjoy it whilst it lasts

relax dear. nothing to worry about, they just want to sass your topic out! time will come for you to reaaaallly panic!

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usually your university will have a booklet which tells you what you can do and cant do. for instance at my uni, i know that i can apply for a year's write up after three years. from there on if i have not finished i can still carry on (after year six no more stories i think!) though my fees will rocket up and my funding will have run out anyway. I suggest you ask your reasearch office, they will definitely have some guiding system.

you are in for an uphill task as this involves a lot of ethical stuff. Wishing you all the luck in the world.

here is my advice, if you really want to do the PhD, just do it and finish it otherwise you don't need a PhD to get into secondary teaching. Really you don't, i have a number of friends teaching mathematics in secondary schools and all they have done is the PGCE which is like the bread and butter of teaching. I think you must weigh up your reasons for doing it cause once you finish the PhD you will have to do the PGCE for a whole year. there are no exemptions!