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"Can't you hear me, S.O.S.?": TLG's PhD study blog!

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it'll be okay! Once it's done it's done and you know where you're at I guess, and it sounds like they're nice which is always a plus :smile:

good luck, breathe! (that's so easy to say but yeah :redface:

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Thanks hun, appreciate you posting very much :redface:

Reply 881

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Meeting new supervisor went OK :smile:

Reply 882

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Formal complaint to/about/against uni has been submitted :ninja:

Reply 883

Interrobang

Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd

Formal complaint to/about/against uni has been submitted :ninja:

Good luck

What are you hoping to come from it?

Reply 884

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Original post by Interrobang

Good luck

What are you hoping to come from it?

Thanks

I'm hoping for a few things:

- formal apologies from certain people
- to get my supervisor back in an official capacity
- a formal investigation into how this whole mess was allowed to happen in the first place :frown:

Reply 885

Interrobang

Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd

Thanks

Fair enough :frown:

I've got my fingers crossed for you

Reply 886

gjd800

Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd

Thanks

I hope you get sorted, what a mess.

Reply 887

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Original post by Interrobang

Fair enough :frown:

I've got my fingers crossed for you

Original post by gjd800

I hope you get sorted, what a mess.

Thanks both :frown:

Reply 888

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Random musing: I started my PhD full-time and therefore my original submission deadline was today :headfire:

Good thing I went part-time, otherwise I'd never have been able to write about the upcoming 2 new ABBA songs :holmes:

Reply 889

gjd800

Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd

Random musing: I started my PhD full-time and therefore my original submission deadline was today :headfire:

Good thing I went part-time, otherwise I'd never have been able to write about the upcoming 2 new ABBA songs :holmes:

Haha, mine is the 30th but I submitted today!

Reply 890

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Original post by gjd800

Haha, mine is the 30th but I submitted today!

Huge congrats, that's terrific news! Go you :biggrin:

Reply 891

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Got a Skype supervision at 8pm my time but I have nothing intelligent to say :erm:

Reply 892

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Skype supervision went OK :redface:

Got a lot of work to do over the next few weeks: my supervisor wants to see a draft of my conference paper when we speak in about 3 weeks' time :eek:

I feel nowhere near ready to be able to deliver that, but I'm gonna have to try... :work:

Reply 893

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Saw my DSA (Disabled Students' Allowance) mentor yesterday. Was wailing at her about supervisor wanting this conference paper draft in 3 weeks' time. DSA mentor told me I just have to bite the bullet and start writing, however **** what I write may be. (Not that she thinks I'm ****, she was just making a general point :tongue:

)

So I took DSA mentor's advice and have started writing today. Granted it's not the most groundbreaking stuff I've ever written, but I reckon it might be OK as a starting point :ninja:

Gonna keep ploughing on and then send to PhD supervisor for her initial thoughts :redface:

Reply 894

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Also: in happy news, it looks like my uni are agreeing to my supervisor continuing to work with me, for the rest of my PhD :biggrin:

Bout bloody time :grumble:

But better late than never :moon:

Reply 895

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Just had an abstract accepted for the biggest UK conference in my field :headfire:

Reply 896

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Had a week off from the PhD due to crippling depression. Hoping to get stuck in again tomorrow :work:

Original post by furryface12

Thank you

Reply 899

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Still very ill but managed to (somehow. How is beyond me :confused:

) drag myself to uni to see my DSA mentor.

Been trying to work on my paper a bit. Brain feels very heavy and I feel like I'm just writing nonsensical **** tbh :erm: