I'm with you, Teena. I'd happily do a PhD all over again! Enjoy these
final weeks of enlightenment and I hope the drudgery never returns.
Amanda
On 25/03/12 9:57 AM, "teena clerke" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>I am delighted to see the positive responses to my provocation.
>
>Speaking as a doctoral candidate 4 weeks away from submission, while
>the PhD has been intense, confusing, enlightening, humbling,
>frustrating, exciting and many other things besides, it has never,
>ever, not once, felt like drudgery.
>
>On the other hand, professional design practice, teaching, academic
>life in general, as well as family life have all, at times, felt like
>drudgery.
>
>My hope is that life after the PhD continues to not feel like
>drudgery. Happy studying for those in the middle!
>
>cheers, teena
>
>
>On 24/03/2012, at 9:06 AM, Mark Evans wrote:
>
>> Teena
>>
>> Speaking as a supervisor and examiner, PhDs pose a significant
>> intellectual challenge and itıs quite possible that the lack of
>> rigour and discipline experienced during an illustrious career
>> outside of academia has failed to equip the candidate with the
>> skills and knowledge required to undertake robust research. Or
>> maybe they just picked a topic that failed to inspire them.
>>
>> Dr Mark Evans
>> Loughborough Design School
>>
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