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Tukai
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And my congratulations also on your getting this close to graduation. Big occasion coming up soon!
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North East Quine
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I hope so! I have submitted my revised thesis. I'm not sure if I've done everything or not, because some of the comments were in note form, and it wasn't terribly clear whether they were an observation or a request for changes. For example - p89 "Better nuance." Does that mean I have better nuance, or I need to re-write to give better nuance?" Also, I haven't added as much as I was asked to, because I'm over the word limit - I did explain that, though.
The last week in particular was incredibly stressful - I did the easy typo corrections first, so the last week was the final few. There were tears. [ 02. March 2014, 06:37: Message edited by: North East Quine ]
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Jengie jon
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I now have permission to submit my thesis for examination. There are still another five weekends of work to go, but at least the end is insight. More on my blog.
Jengie
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Jengie jon
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Out of three lent disciplines I have succeeded on one.
- I have not read any of the poems for over a week.
- I have lost the bead bracelet that I was using as a way of marking Lent after taking it off for Sunday.
- but I have submitted my thesis.
More to follow on my blog shortly.
Jengie
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Japes
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Congratulations, Jengie!
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Jengie jon
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Thank you.
Jengie
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Jengie jon
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My Viva is organised for Tuesday 3rd June (slight hitch in that they forgot to consult my supervisor before setting the date). The other thing today was my external examiner requested an electronic copy. I sent her a pdf, I do not trust Word to handle figures at all well on a different computer.
Jengie
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Jack the Lass
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Excellent news Jengie! I found having a date helpful in managing the nerves (but then having the date changed to the day before due to it falling on a UCU strike day cancelled all that out!). I hope that the preparation continues to go well for you.
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Jengie jon
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Thank you. I am not sure how the date is playing with me, I was told not to expect anything until the May Day bank holiday. I need to start working out how I am going to prepare, but that can wait until after Easter.
Jengie
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Jack the Lass
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Just bumping this up to avoid the hostly oblivionator. Hope preparations are going well, Jengie, and best wishes to other thesissers out there
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Jack the Lass
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*bump* again to say all the best, Jengie, I am thinking of you this week.
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Jengie jon
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Thank you.
I have checked that the local Sainsbury's has a cafe!! Alright there is a sensible place other than that to get lunch BUT it is almost certainly where my examiners are meeting. Compared with that Sainsbury's cafe feels safe, neutral and anonymous.
I will let people know on Tuesday.
Jengie
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Jengie jon
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Thank you.
Jengie
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Japes
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If it's the Sainbury's, I think it is, it's my local one and the cafe's pretty good.
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Cottontail
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Ooh Jengie, exciting times! Thinking of you as Tuesday approaches, with prayers for your success. xx
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Piglet
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All the best, Jengie.
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Welease Woderwick
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From us over here, too.
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Jengie jon
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Thank you all.
Jengie
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Jengie jon
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Just to say that the outcome was for me to resubmit within 12 months.
Jengie
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Jack the Lass
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Jengie, it's hard to know what to say, but I hope you're OK and that you have good people (including, but not restricted to, your supervisor) with whom you can properly debrief when the time is right. I won't ask for all the gory details as this probably isn't the place, and I guess it will be on your blog when it feels right to you to write it all down. I just hope that you can look back on the examiners' comments and find a positive way forward. I do know a friend who had the same scenario a few years ago; at the time it was terribly traumatic for her but 12 months later when she resubmitted and was re-examined she did agree that the thesis was better for it.
In the meantime, my thoughts and prayers are with you
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Welease Woderwick
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^Me too.
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Jengie jon
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For those who want the gory details they are now up on my blog. At least those I could recall when writing.
Jengie
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Piglet
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JJ
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North East Quine
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Oh, Jengie, that's tough.
Someone I know is doing a very interview-heavy PhD and he got funding to have some of his interviews transcribed for him; is that a possibility? [ 04. June 2014, 21:10: Message edited by: North East Quine ]
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Qoheleth.
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<taps on door & peers into the SCR> Hi all - is there a space for a Master's dissertation here? Final year of a distance learning MTh starts in Sept, and I've just had a scoping meeting with the programme leader.
How do you eat an elephant? Any and all sage advice welcomed for this non-humanities student!
Thanks
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Jack the Lass
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Welcome Qoheleth! But be warned, I started out on the original version of this thread when I was in the final year of my Masters degree (2003/2004! A lifetime ago) and subsequent threads saw me through my PhD. Don't say I didn't warn you
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Jack the Lass
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(apologies for double post) Also, good luck! My Masters was also distance learning, which brought its own unique challenges, it has to be said.
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