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Tag Archives: thesis
A return to work after lockdown (Rousse)
After months of coronavirus lockdown, we were let back on to campus. I followed AD and LK along the corridor to my office. There we found a couple of admin staff using the room for a meeting. It didn’t take … Continue reading
Mrs May thesis caretaker (Rousse)
I plonked my PhD thesis on the top table, muttered an apology to Theresa May, and returned to my own seat. Although she had a lot on her plate, I was confident that she would still have time to take … Continue reading
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Tagged caretaker, Mrs May, PhD, seat, table, Theresa May, thesis
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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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The PhD cheat (Rousse)
‘Why have you recently made so much progress on writing up your PhD?’ barked the professor at the cowering student, as if this was a terrible crime. The student looked at me from across the table, and I turned to … Continue reading
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Tagged accuse, accuser, author, cheat, colleague, crime, PhD, professor, publication, student, supervision, suspicion, thesis
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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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Lancastrian census records help trace a family line (Rousse)
While half my PhD students were busy writing up thesis chapters, the others – who claimed that their work was ahead of schedule – were taking a break from their studies. They amused themselves by tracing the maternal line of … Continue reading
PhD write-up distractions: National Trust for Scotland properties (Rousse)
When I returned to work after my summer holiday I discovered that two of my PhD students had each become heavily involved in National Trust for Scotland properties, each of which was supposedly associated with their doctoral studies. How would … Continue reading
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Tagged distraction, doctoral, holiday, National Trust, National Trust for Scotland, NTS, PhD, property, site, student, studies, study, summer, theses, thesis, work, write-up
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