Categories: phd
Tags: discussion, PhD
Date: 21 May 2009 21:01:17
Discuss. (thanks to Sigrun for the link). I have lots of thoughts, but they keep coming out all ranty and I might write something I regret. (It's not necessarily that I disagree with everything in the article, I don't, it's as much that I have lots of "Yes, but what about x?" type comments, and also that there are politics I'm finding in academia (including my own university) which I'm still not entirely sure how to navigate). I was quite cross with the first paragraph though, especially the 2nd powerpoint slide. What on earth are supervisors for? (at least in that regard I don't have any complaints, my supervisors are very good at bringing up the kinds of issues that will emerge at the viva examination and preparing me so that I can be confident that my work is defensible and of the required quality). And as for "Now there's a widespread perception that anyone can do one, whatever the subject." Grrrr and double grrrr. (By the way Kerensa, this is *that* article we discussed a couple of months ago)