Tag Archives: dissertation

A PhD plagiarist (Rousse)

Posted on August 14, 2018 by

My suspicions were raised when I spotted the phrase ‘this doctoral study’ in LC’s honours project submission. It did not take long to confirm that ‘her’ dissertation was, in fact, a patchwork of text stitched together from sections of an … Continue reading →

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Failing your finals (Rousse)

Posted on March 21, 2018 by

Now that we were in the second term of the final year of our degrees it was high time that I started work on my dissertation. I caught Mrs S heading into the staff room and confessed to her that … Continue reading →

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The computerisation of sanitation businesses (Rousse)

Posted on December 2, 2017 by

A mature student with a Geordie accent, supported by a gang of friends, was trying to persuade me that it was appropriate that he write his dissertation on how to revive his wife’s failing sanitation business. I explained that this … Continue reading →

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Marine biology meets Information Science at Loughborough University (Rousse)

Posted on December 1, 2017 by

Dressed in a shimmering, metallic ballgown, JH spun around the room with TPR. AM looked on in envy. Meanwhile all I wanted to know was why my colleagues at Loughborough University were encouraging Masters students to write Information Science dissertations … Continue reading →

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An unworthy dissertation on Elizabeth I (Rousse)

Posted on June 5, 2017 by

SC and I were trying to work in one of the smaller University library reading rooms. While I was still worrying about my degree, she was marking a dissertation on Elizabeth I. She and JK wanted to fail the work … Continue reading →

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How long does it take to write up a PhD? (Rousse)

Posted on April 16, 2017 by

By my calculations (in pencil, on a grid) it would take at least another 38 days to complete the write-up of the thesis. This was double the student’s estimate. It also meant that the submission would be delayed even further … Continue reading →

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Dinner party distractions (Rousse)

Posted on April 12, 2017 by

TPR interfered with my cooking arrangements so now all the plans for the dinner party had gone awry. He even let a plastic spatula melt in a saucepan. Meanwhile JLW wasn’t doing much better at setting the table for 16 … Continue reading →

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