Hi Morbid_curiosity. I am actively looking for work despite being in my writing up stage and I am available immediately for work.

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I'm currently in my fifth year of my PhD - deadline is September 2020.

Since my funding ran out at the end of my third year, I have been juggling multiple jobs in order to live. My most recent job came to and end during early February because of funding. I still have some temp/zero hours contract work going - but this is not enough to cover rent/bills etc.

Now, because of this as well as the current situation with Covid19 affecting my ability to look for work, I had applied for Universal Credit. I initially told them that i was a full-time student and they instantly rejected my application. I contacted the university's financial team for advice and they suggested that I challenge this because my status as student is 'currently writing-up, previously full-time' - so i changed my status on my UC application, and then it got accepted. I am now receiving UC - which is great news. However i am filled with anxiety and concerns that I have been given money that i am not eligible for.
What if i will get prosecuted? What if i can't produce evidence for them that confirms I am in my writing up stage and therefore not a full time student?

I tried to get student finance support when i was first rejected by UC, but i got rejected for this too. WIthout UC i have nothing. I feel PhD students out of their funding periods are in limbo and go off the radar.

Has anybody been in this situation? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hi all,

I'm currently in my fifth year of my PhD - deadline is September 2020.

Since my funding ran out at the end of my third year, I have been juggling multiple jobs in order to live. My most recent job came to and end during early February because of funding. I still have some temp/zero hours contract work going - but this is not enough to cover rent/bills etc.

Now, because of this as well as the current situation with Covid19 affecting my ability to look for work, I had applied for Universal Credit. I initially told them that i was a full-time student and they instantly rejected my application. I contacted the university's financial team for advice and they suggested that I challenge this because my status as student is 'currently writing-up, previously full-time' - so i changed my status on my UC application, and then it got accepted. I am now receiving UC - which is great news. However i am filled with anxiety and concerns that I have been given money that i am not eligible for.
What if i will get prosecuted? What if i can't produce evidence for them that confirms I am in my writing up stage and therefore not a full time student?

I tried to get student finance support when i was first rejected by UC, but i got rejected for this too. WIthout UC i have nothing. I feel PhD students out of their funding periods are in limbo and go off the radar.

Has anybody been in this situation? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hi all.

I'm currently in my writing up phase of my PhD (4th year), and my funding ran out last September (end of the studentship). Since then i have done numerous jobs here and there to get by such as teaching etc, but I am now about to start a full time job for 4 months as a Research Assistant.

I need this job to live - i can't afford not to work. My question is, is it possible to juggle both of these commitments? I'm aware that i still have a lot of work to do on my PhD, and i do have extenuating circumstances that would allow me to receive an extension come September 2019.

Any thoughts, guys?

Thank you :)

I'm just writing down my Research Paradigm employed for my research, however I am really confused between these terms
Subjectivity
Constructionivism

Are these both paradigms? or epistemology? Also, what is the difference between the two if there are any?
I' dont want to end up writing down a wrong research paradigm.

My research is qualitative based - but the overwhelming array of terms baffles me. thank you.

I have a dissertation to write by end of September, but due to numerous academic and personal issues, i don't see me being able to finish on time. I have been notified that i am able to receive a month's extension if needs be. However, i am starting a PhD on 1st of October.
I am just wondering how would this be received by my PhD supervisor, as i will essentially be starting my PhD whilst also trying to finish my MA dissertation. I don't see this going down well with her at all to be honest.

Have i just screwed things up for myself?

Any advice greatly appreciated.

I have a dissertation to write by end of September, but due to numerous academic and personal issues, i don't see me being able to finish on time. I have been notified that i am able to receive a month's extension if needs be. However, i am starting a PhD on 1st of October.
I am just wondering how would this be received by my PhD supervisor, as i will essentially be starting my PhD whilst also trying to finish my MA dissertation. I don't see this going down well with her at all to be honest.

Have i just screwed things up for myself?

Any advice greatly appreciated.

I have a dissertation to write by end of September, but due to numerous academic and personal issues, i don't see me being able to finish on time. I have been notified that i am able to receive a month's extension if needs be. However, i am starting a PhD on 1st of October.
I am just wondering how would this be received by my PhD supervisor, as i will essentially be starting my PhD whilst also trying to finish my MA dissertation. I don't see this going down well with her at all to be honest.

Have i just screwed things up for myself?

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Hi!
So yeah, it’s mid-June already and I have not written a word of my Masters Dissertation yet. Zero words out of 20,000 words.

I am starting to get really anxious at the moment! I have been so focused on finishing all of my assignments that I have sort of neglected my dissertation! I don’t know what to do. I have to do everything from the reading, to conducting primary research and writing everything up by mid-September! It just seems an impossible task for me, and I’m already getting overwhelmed by all the pressure, which will result in my depression getting worse.

On top of this, I have secured a work placement with my Masters Degree, and I’m there until September and I have also a mini project to do with them as well!

I will also be starting a PhD in October as well, but at the moment I can’t help but feel as if I’ve screwed this up…
Any advice or stories you’d like to share guys?

Thank you,

A.

I am feeling anxious, worried, hopeless, pessimistic, sad, lonely, and alone, frustrated because of my dissertation topic. I am being forced into a topic that I would not normally go into because of some regulations that was stipulated in my postgrad scholarship contract. I’m struggling to find any sort of motivation to begin reading around the subject.
I am half way through my Masters degree course, with a few assignments left and the big 20,000 dissertation of which I have yet to start. On top of this, I have to produce another (separate) task for a particular company that I will be working for over the summer period (again as part of my postgrad contract)
I suffer from depression, and in the past it has severely damaged my ability to both produce and submit work on time so much that I had to take a year out in my undergrad. I have compulsions of OCD to achieve this ‘perfect standard’ of every single piece work that I am working on, and I have reached the stage where I am wondering whether or not I will be able to finish my Masters degree at all this year. What’s more worrying is that I have a PhD studentship ready for me come October this year…I’m desperately trying to stay focused and tell myself that I can complete this MA dissertation on time, but I’m struggling to remain optimistic at all. The work is so overwhelming!
Any suggestions or advice would be great.
Thanks.

I suffer from mental health issues, and my university is aware of this and they have been extremely helpful with giving me extensions on assignments etc.,
However, I've just received extensions on two essays that were due in earlier this month becsue of it - I have submitted one, but I have not submitted the other one which had been due in last week. I have emailed my tutor seeking for another extension but I'm still waiting answers! Can I apply for mitigating circumstances even though I've received a three week extension already?
I'm worried now that the university will cap my mark, and as a result will fail my masters degree....on top of that Ive secured s phd studentship for next year! It scares me how my mental health illness will affect both my current studies and my phd....and as a result its adding to the weight of me feeling anxious and depressed,'