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Thanks so much for all your good wishes :-)
Its great to be moving on and thinking of next steps after the long phase of focusing on nothing but the thesis!
Very happy at the moment. Simple films and sleep is the plan for this week. Nothing in any way challenging!
Best of luck to everyone with their completion and job hunts too.
To good things :)
I had posted a couple of weeks ago for the first time. I had been concerned about typos in my thesis and a few people responded and helped me keep my concerns in perspective.
Having now been through the viva process, I thought I would update as I know how stressful it can be and I appreciated reading the feedback from others in the few weeks prior to d-day.
My viva went well. I was complemented at the onset for, what the examiners considered to be a good piece of work and was offered a post doc at the end! So, just to say for those who are nervous, once you have produced a well researched, well written piece of work, don't get too concerned about what are realistically very minor elements! As those replying at the time said, it is the overall piece of work and arguments that they look at.
I'd like to wish those in the final stretch good luck - patience and perseverance can actually pay off!
Hi,
I am new to this forum, although I found it a few months ago in the write-up of my PhD and found it hugely comforting during some tense moments!
I submitted my thesis seven weeks ago and have my viva in two weeks (Social Sciences). Overall, the feedback on my thesis has been pretty positive over the four years. However, when I received my viva date and braved reviewing the thesis I noticed a lot more typos than I had expected (had an unexpected deadline imposed on me or the threat of additional fees...). Having read the threads on this forum, I notice a lot of members suggest preparing a list of corrected typos for the viva. I have prepared this list and was wondering if it might be a good idea to forward these to the examiners prior to the viva to acknowledge the various typos in advance (circa 100 in 100,000 word thesis)?
Has anyone done this - or heard of this as a process? I am pretty upset by the amount that slipped through and would like to do what I can to avoid examiners thinking I am careless and start the viva on a good note but am unsure if this might draw attention to errors they may not have noticed or if it shows (unfortunately belated) attention to fine detail. The errors are generally pretty small - 's' missing form nouns, occasional indent missing from quote etc
Any thoughts greatly welcomed :$
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