Hi All



My thesis is laid out in self-contained chapters, therefore each chapter has a list of references (supervisor strongly recommended this layout!). The problem is that it is easy to see how many references you have for the literature review and hence how much ‘work’ you have done! So the difficult question is how many references should you have?



All thoughts appreciated.



Stephen

Hi everybody,



I have my transfer exam in a couple of weeks and I am not sure what to expect! I am not based at uni so it is very difficult to get any real information on the transfer process. Has anybody got any advice on what I need to do to prepare?



Thanks.



Stephen

Hi jepsonclough

I am really pleased your presentation went well I hope my presentation next week goes as smoothly!

Hi Emaa,

Sorry I tried but no luck :-(

Stephen

I was just wondering how many references you collect over the period of your research? I have collected a mere 89 but I have only just started.

Can anyone beet that? :-)

Stephen

Well done Dr. (up)

That’s fantastic news well done Dr B. (up)

Satchi thank you for your really kind words of encouragement.

Hi everybody


My PhD is in biomedical engineering and I have the opportunity to apply for a patent for one of my ideas. My question is how much will this count in my favour when its viva time?


I will definitely be applying for the patent I am just wondering really if it will benefit me in the future.


All comments are welcome.


Stephen

From the time I can remember I wanted to be a mad inventor. I have managed the inventor part and I am now working on the mad part with my PhD!

I was just wondering how everybody else coped with the enormous quantity of journal articles?


I am trying to develop a system at the start of my research that will enable me to record and then at a later date recall my findings. I am trying to use EndNote to help me organise this task but I am struggling. What systems or approaches does everybody else use?


Stephen

Thanks for the replies Sue2604 and Joyce, I will definitely be submitting a formal lit review after you comments.

Thanks again

Stephen

I am studying part-time for my PhD (biomedical engineering) and I had my first meeting with my supervisor last week. It went very well but he changed my project and asked me to look at the literature in the new field with a view to finding a new novel approach!


I am preparing a literature review but I am unsure how formal I should make the review, (he seemed quite casual about it) should I include all the reference sources or would an outline of the main technologies with improvements be enough?


I am going to email my sup and ask him what he is looking for but I just wanted to get all of you thoughts before I word my email to him, I don’t want to look stupid after only two weeks.


Thanks for any advice you can give.


Kind regards


Stephen

Hi Pip, don’t be put off I have just started my part-time PhD and at the same time I have started tutoring my first OU course. I have no previous teaching experience and I only hold a BEng (Hons) albeit from the OU but this didn’t seem to hold me back. I think you should give it a try, the application process wasn’t too bad and I enjoyed the presentation I had to do as part of their interview process.

Good luck

Stephen

Congratulations Dr Lara you are an inspiration to us newbie’s. :-)