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Tag Archives: dissertation
A PhD plagiarist (Rousse)
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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Tagged dissertation, doctoral, download, illegal, PhD, plagiarism, plagiarist, study, suspicion, thesis
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Failing your finals (Rousse)
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
The computerisation of sanitation businesses (Rousse)
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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Tagged accent, business, computerisation, computerization, computing, degree, dissertation, failing, Friends, gang, Geordie, Masters, mature, research, revive, sanitation, student, wife
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Marine biology meets Information Science at Loughborough University (Rousse)
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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Tagged ballgown, biology, dance, dissertation, envy, examine, guest, information sceince, lecturer, Loughborough, Marine, Masters, qualified, shimmer, spin, students, supervise, university
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An unworthy dissertation on Elizabeth I (Rousse)
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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Tagged academic, album, art, degree, dissertation, Elizabeth I, library, mark, photo, photograph, project, Reading, university
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How long does it take to write up a PhD? (Rousse)
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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Tagged £38, calculations, day, dissertation, double, estimate, grid, pencil, PhD, student, submission, thesis, write
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Dinner party distractions (Rousse)
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
Masters supervision without Margaret (Rousse)
When I came out of MR’s office I found a Chinese student waiting for me in the corridor. Once we had cleared up whether or not she was Margaret (she was not), I led her to the room that I … Continue reading →