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Tag Archives: PhD
Adventures in Aberystwyth (Rousse)
Aberystwyth was buzzing with activity: ET-S was organising some event to collect data for her doctoral research; I was invited to deliver a keynote speech at the university; the theatre was running a “white festival” where everyone dressed in white; … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberystwyth, adventure, adventures, affliction, blessing, boss-eyed, collection, cure, data, daughter, deity, festival, heart, invitation, invite, keynote, lake, PhD, pond, research, speech, swimming, theatre, university, white, woods
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Mafia threat over late PhD (Rousse)
The Mafia boss grabbed both my wrists, pulled me within inches of his ugly mug, and spat out his threat: “If you don’t finish that PhD soon, I’ll sue you for the sponsorship money”.
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Tagged boss, face, late, mafia, money, mug, PhD, sponsorship, threat, ugly, wrist, wrists
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Condensed milk cures homesickness amongst British ex-pats (Rousse)
Whoever thought that I was qualified to examine a PhD in Latin on the French Enlightenment needed their head examining. Four of us gathered for the viva around a table in an over-heated room at the end of a long … Continue reading
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Tagged abroad, autumn, box, British, C18th, card, chair, condensed milk, controls, convener, convenor, cupboard, doctorate, eighteenth century, embassies, embassy, enlightenment, ex-pat, ex-pats, exam, examining, foreign, French, heat, heating, homesickness, Latin, milk, news, PhD, present, room, station, student, study, table, thesis, train, viva, work
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Doctor doctor, where did the PhD graduate sign on? (Rousse)
The good news was that I passed my second PhD. I proudly boasted that I had beaten VE to the title of “Doctor Doctor”. However, I still needed to find a job, and in the meantime decide whether I would … Continue reading
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Tagged Birmingham, Bristol, doctor, doctoral, doctorate, dole, graduate, job, PhD, second, sign on, Stockton-on-Tees, thesis
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PhD student pantomime is a joke (Rousse)
I despaired at the early rehearsals of the PhD pantomime. The acting was truly terrible, and now the students hoped that I would save the day by playing the role of the lead villain. My contribution was pathetic. Only my … Continue reading
Another PhD and the police (Rousse)
I successfully defended my second doctoral thesis so it was now entirely legitimate for me to call myself Dr Dr. However, the celebrations would have to wait because everyone had rushed outside to watch the extraordinary activities of the police … Continue reading
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Tagged celebrations, doctor, doctoral, Dr, PhD, police, thesis
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Simon Cowell and Outlook calendar chaos (Rousse)
Simon Cowell gave me a big hug and congratulated me on my recent work. Then I got back to the Sunday afternoon business of working out how on earth I would fit in a visit to the University of Birmingham … Continue reading
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Tagged calendar, modules. semester, Monday, news, Outlook, PhD, Simon Cowell, Sunday, teaching, University of Birmingham, work
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The farmer PhD supervisor and Motown hopefuls (Rousse)
This was the strangest of PhD tutorials. The chair of the session sat at the front of a room and a full class of students, most of whom looked like undergraduates listening in on the discussions. What surprised me most … Continue reading
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Tagged class, classroom, discussion, discussions, doctorate, famer, girl, group, Motown, performance, PhD, room, student, students, supervisor, undergraduate, undergraduates
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