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failed PhD, how to hide gap in my CV?
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Thank you very much for your advice guys. I will keep you all updated. I am thinking to accept Mphil offer and go for it.

failed PhD, how to hide gap in my CV?
M

Thank you very much for reply Ian (Mackem_Beefy). yes, my PhD attempt was rocky one and taught me a lot, now thinking how to gain that courage again to resubmit for Mphil. I do not know where I should get a voluntary work? if I go to my same univ, I have to see all those junior students asking me what happened? and I do not want to repeat to them all my bad experience.
If I apply for research job, again I have to satisfy them with all that gap in my CV. Any way thank you very much for such a good advice, I will write to some academics for voluntary work experience, finger crossed to get any.

failed PhD, how to hide gap in my CV?
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Thank you very much for your reply and help HazyJane and Bewildered. I already have MSc degree and on my CV I have the same, Postgraduate researcher but I did not get the job of Lab technician a month ago as the panel of professors asked me the same question of 4-5 years of postgraduate research and which professor I was working with, and why he has not written reference for me. When I google my name, my ex supervisor has still my name with research topic and pics in his webpage as his PhD student although he has left that university which we were working.
The other academic from the same department which I have requested to send reference for me, I do not know, what he writes for me, although I have requested him to write something positive.(if I write RA and he writes I know her as a PhD student then?). Is there any polite way to ask that professor what he writes for me in references? or is it confidential.
HazyJane sorry to hear about your situation as well, but its good you find a new PhD, which I am thinking to do next if I did not get a job in science. How did you find good references? I am now left alone as I appealed. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

failed PhD, how to hide gap in my CV?
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Hi guys,
I failed my final PhD viva and offered Mphil by examiners, I appealed against the decision and my appeal was rejected. I am so depressed thinking can’t decide, to walk away without any degree or to accept submission for Mphil with a new viva.
To get into employment, what I will say for the time period spent on failed PhD 4-5 years? Do I have to tell them all the truth? Bad supervision, appeal etc? Any suggestions as I have an interview in few days time.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.