Surviving a PhD – 10 Top Tips…
I was awarded my PhD in January this year following a successful viva in November 2011, so thought I would try and summarise my experiences over the last 3-4 years and see if I could come up with some...
View ArticleMy Completed PhD….Sustainability in Local Authority PFI Social Housing
I submitted my doctoral thesis in September 2011 and had my viva November. The thesis is titled ‘Greener Homes for the Future?: Sustainability in Local Authority PFI Social Housing’, (access is...
View Article10 PhD Viva Survival Tips
The PhD ‘viva voce‘ (Latin for ‘by live voice’) examination, or oral defence, is the final hurdle in the journey towards gaining the doctoral degree that you have worked for so long and hard over the...
View ArticleHow to Manage a Research Library with Zotero
Keeping up to date with research and managing an increasing number of journal articles and other material is a vital skill of academics and graduate students… Here I set out my workflow developed over...
View ArticleGraduation Day…
As you can see from the picture of my lovely family above, I finally got to pick up my PhD at graduation on Friday – 11 months after submission, 9 months after passing my viva, and 6 months since...
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