Gulp. It’s 23 November, right as I’m coasting to a close in the Digital Revolution project.
What on earth shall I do when it’s all done?
a) continue to ask difficult internet research questions
b) become a media mogul
c) play volleyball in tenerife
d) other
Suggestions?
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Congratulations! Volleyball sounds nice…
yes, indeed it does…
another option is scuba diving instructor.
or i could write books,
aleks
you can come and give us a prescreening of your bbc show on campus. yep… get back to nature, go hiking in the woods, show a movie..
Hmm… after my PhD I wrote a novel in an attempt to sidestep academia, as I’m far too much of a misanthropic epicurean to care about what humanity does after I’m dead.
Viva preparation suggestion: your external examiner (if they don’t quite comprehend the nature of your work) may try to understand your thesis by viewing it through the lens of their own research interests (only natural). Better than perpetually rereading your thesis, have a quick scan of the last couple of articles that your external has written. This, hopefully, will give you a “heads up” on the direction of their questions.
I hope it goes well.
NB: if I were you, I’d slip into some indigo boot cut jeans and a fitted shirt and become Charlie Brooker’s more intelligent but slightly less acerbic sidekick.
excellent suggestions elkoolio. Both of ’em ;)
You could take up your old job at the GFT! I’m sure they’d have kept a place for you.
@richard don’t tempt me; i still talk about how it’s the best job i’ve ever had. was just saying that the other day. sirriously.
Really?! I have semi fond memories of it – I think we overlapped by a week, between you leaving and me starting back in (gasp!) 1999…Good luck with the viva anyway!
Is it in the afternoon? If so, your examiners will have enjoyed a boozy lunch in Lakeside and will be affable. If it’s morning, they will be looking forward to a boozy lunch in Lakeside, and will be keen to finish… At least, that’s the hope. Good luck!
that they are confident you will satisfy their questioning in less than two hours. Definitely.
Or that he’s travelling a long way and doesn’t want to get up too early. But hey, I’m all for positive bias… if you haven’t plagiarised someone’s work and didn’t need to beg your supervisor to be allowed to submit, it should all be fine.
You are already playing volleyball in Tenerife… I’ll See you there! Just break your thesis down into two books – isn’t that what every other post-PhD academic does? You are destined to continue your (ridiculous) polymathmatical life – long live a) + b) + c) + d)!
dang shaun – you gave the game away!