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Tag Archives: PhD
A French language refresher course in Paris (Rousse)
I accepted the offer of a place in Paris to undertake a six-month long refresher course in French. Although downhearted at the prospect of a long time apart, TPR kindly accompanied me to France to help me settle in. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Force One, airport, anti-terrorist, camp, car, Chinese, cliff, concrete, confess, course, drug addict, excuse, fire, France, French, hall of residence, immigrant, language, naked, Paris, PhD, prostitute, protect, rain, refresher, squatter, student, tower block, TPR
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The value of writing concisely (Rousse)
‘The greatest skill that we learnt as undergraduates’ announced JS to the audience seated before her on rows of hard wooden chairs ‘Is how to write concisely. I can turn one person’s long-winded paragraph into three neat sentences – as … Continue reading
A paper on the informational content of food – rejected (Rousse)
SM agreed to leave the house and type an email to the conference organiser at Sunderland University. ‘If you ask for a start time of 4pm, I can attend after conducting a PhD viva’, I suggested. When SM learnt that … Continue reading
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Tagged conference, content, food, information, paper, PhD, presentation, Sunderland, trivial, university, viva
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An undeserved PhD (Rousse)
In a meeting chaired by ED I heard that JM had submitted his PhD thesis five months early, yet I had not seen a draft of the tome. Another academic at the meeting, who had nothing to do with this … Continue reading
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Tagged correction, draft, examination, meeting, minor, pass, PhD, quality, refer, submit, team, thesis, Undeserved, viva
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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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Decline in international standards at doctoral level (Rousse)
The senior examiner M-LH was ready to approve the award of PhD, and it looked that GW would also agree with this outcome. However, I was adamant that the student make major corrections to the thesis. This said something to … Continue reading
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Tagged correction, decline, examiner, international, outcome, PhD, standards, thesis
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Staying with friends during house renovations, and a parsnip cheese (Rousse)
While their flat was being renovated BM and RG initially stayed with MSB and DB, but now it was our turn to play host. We didn’t have much space for them because there were many others also in residence at … Continue reading
