As I’ve mentioned to a few people recently, the end of a PhD is a bit like the end of The Return of the King. Do you remember? I don’t think it was as obvious in the book, but in the film, there seemed to be about ten endings, one after another. Just when you… Continue reading Thesis corrections are in!
I handed in my PhD thesis on 23rd September. For PhD candidates, almost every country (and probably every university) has a slightly different way of dealing with what comes next. In some instances, simply handing in the thesis with a supervisor’s approval would be enough. If you’re doing a PhD in one of those places,… Continue reading The PhD viva
Finally, after months and months of writing, waiting, proof-reading, editing, analysing and re-analysing and editing, on Friday my supervisor gave me the go ahead to print, bind and submit my thesis. Which I promptly did. I printed three copies, as is required by the graduate school and I went in search of the superintendent, who… Continue reading I handed in my thesis!
I mentioned on Tuesday that I have a new job (Yay! So far, so good) well, I’m not the only one. My PhD funding ran out at the same time as P’s did, we were both funded by the STFC which means that for 3.5-year funding programmes everything dries up in March, in our case… Continue reading Moving away
I got a job! I know that normally I talk about beauty and whatnot on Tuesdays but I have been dying to tell everyone this news! I’ve actually known for a while but I was waiting for paperwork to get sorted out and that kind of thing so that it was definitely 100% confirmed. Anyway… Continue reading New Job!
I love trying new things whenever I can. Every month I share five of the new things I’ve tried for this series. If you’re interested in what I tried in previous months you can find the posts here: January | February | March Also, if you think there’s something new that I just have to try… Continue reading Five new things I tried in April
I have been neglecting my blog a bit. Sure, I’m still posting every day but I’m not talking as much with commenters and other bloggers and I miss that. I’ll get back to it but, perhaps unsurprisingly, writing a thesis is taking a lot of time and energy. How come no one warned me that… Continue reading Life update
I live in Glasgow now, but I was born and raised in Leeds in Yorkshire. It’s where my mum and sister still live and my mum still has the family home I grew up in. It’s always a bit of a treat to go home and I’m really thankful that she’s kept it. Normally though,… Continue reading Writing retreat
How is March over already? Can we really be a quarter of the way through 2016? It feels like it has gone far too quickly. For me, especially. I’ve mentioned this before but my PhD is coming to a close. I’ve changed my student status to that of a “writing up” student to indicate to… Continue reading A quarter into 2016
My PhD, as I’m sure I’ve mentioned, is coming to an end. I’m funded until March after which I will need a job. I have a little money put aside to help me exist until I find one but it might well be the case that I’ll have to take waitressing work or something until… Continue reading Fear of being unemployed
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