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Winding Up

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Liz Hartnett is a full time PhD student at the Open University Business School, based on campus in Milton Keynes, UK.

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April 25, 2011 at 11:56 am GMT
Some say you can’t prepare for your viva because the questions can never be anticipated, so generic questions like these ‘Nasty...
March 10, 2011 at 07:02 pm GMT
I submitted on Monday. It involved printing hundreds of pages for the three copies that the research school wants. Fellow PG and I took...
March 01, 2011 at 10:43 am GMT
Just as this PhD student sees the light at the end of the thesis, a passing academic asks me: Do you know what a bureaucrat does when he...
February 28, 2011 at 06:50 pm GMT
Little to do today but wait until supervisor #2 gives me his final feedback on my last two chapters. I thought I’d submit in...
February 18, 2011 at 12:59 pm GMT
I have wonderful Facebook friends. For four years, since a fellow post-grad encouraged me to join Facebook, I’ve been idling away my...

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