I had 3 years in the neck from before I started as was on an AHRC funded project, who also funded my PhD. I submitted recently in 3 years and 2 months...I did it by writing up 2 chapters by end of year two to 80% of final level, then writing bits daily and then taking six month at the end to completely write up. I was 95% there within the 3 years but its hard work and majorly stressfully. It can be done but I felt grotchy and grumpy and needed lots of tea to get me there.

I was just about to MSN you to see how you got on, well done...will send Clara round with some mooncups! ;-)

I thanked my main supervisor, my co-workers on a larger project I was part of, people in the department that helped (lab support, director of research), a general dept thanks (as didn't thank my 2nd supervisor directly as he had no input in 3 years), my family (as a formality not out of wanting to), and a couple of friends who had truly helped me thru my PhD.

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Thanks brill suggestions (up) however hardly a holiday, I had one day off in six weeks of fieldwork and worked 10 hour days minimum! Still finally got my final final copy back from my supervisor and properly submit shortly! I got delayed as sup decided to read it line by line but wait 2 weeks before she started that!

Hello everyone. Hoping to submit next week (so 3 years and 2 weeks) despite many ups and downs. I am trying to decide what to call my thesis and my supervisor and I just laugh when coming up with any. I have been looking at the Romans and environmental change, their interactions with the environment. So far I have: Late Holocene Environmental Change at Castelporziano. I would like something before the colon but I am stumped...any bright ideas?

The three little pigs, each with regard to the environmental impacts building their houses caused! Normally I prefer human-environment interactions, but deforestation and industry with making the bricks could be an interesting twist!

Has anyone read the comics that are are based on fair tale characters are living in our world?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fables_(comics)

I am doing my PhD in Loughborough University's Geography department, we have research cluster on global cities (GAWC), perhaps contacting one of them or looking at the website would give your friend ideas.

Hannah

I am currently writing up in the geog dept at Luf! So if you want to meet any of the current PhD gang and advice leave me a message!

Fi

I had chicken pox earlier this year and put me back a bit so you have my sympathies. Can any of your friends not feed them for you, we have a guy who has crayfish and needed them fed when away at a conference so one of us had to do it!

Edinburgh uni I had to contact and they told me they were waiting for a reference, 3 months later they still were! They didn't even think to tell me this, my application got forgotten about. So I would contact them and find out, just say you want to know the state of play with your application. Good Luck.

Your masters research can count as experience in that field. For micro depends what sort your interested in tbh, from medical to environmental its a big field! Training is part of most postgrads life be it PhD or masters, so you should get help.

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If you cannot find one that is directly in that maybe see which ones offers that as an option?

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I am sure I have said this before, but anyway! My max is 80,000 and I am in a Geography department, my supervisor said to aim for around what your suggesting that way if you write more its not a problem. Her PhD, granted probably 30 years ago now, was 27k and one junior lecturer who is a biographer/ecologist was 21k a few years back. The postdoc in my office, did her here and hers is 55k. I was told my director of research to remember its only a PhD not a definitive works!

Hi, a girl in my dept just submitted and moves to Ballarat next week which I believe is not far from Melb.

Hey. Judging by your name are you doing something ecological? I would use CANOCO if you have access to it, or C2 (which you can get a version of for free if you don't have a license). SPSS is not good for complex data sets. If you need to know more let me know.