A very minor post; here is my current table of contents from the thesis, for those who are interested in what might be within its (eventually) bound pages. The last few chapters are very unorganised, so if it looks as if it is heading in a crazy direction, well, it might well be.
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The Abstract
December 7th, 2006 No Comments
Once a PhD proposal has been accepted by a Department it then will need to go through the administrative processes of the University to be confirmed. Essentially, the proposal goes to Senate and is voted on. By and large the Senate will accept the proposal because it has Departmental approval; in theory the members of [...]
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The Literature Review
November 23rd, 2006 No Comments
A careful reader of my proposal will have noted that the document ends with a bibliography but doesn’t really cite anything in the course of the document. My (potential) supervisors and I didn’t seem to think that that was a concern (for we all knew the literature and how I was going to fit into it). The Graduate Committee, however, did think it was a problem.
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The Proposal
November 20th, 2006 No Comments
The Move Tree did not actually go down that well with the Graduate Committee; I was told I would be allowed to submit a proposal but it was with some hesitation. I suspect that the Move Tree/pre-proposal was too generic in its scope, but then again I suspect that the lack of instructions as to [...]
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The Move Tree
November 17th, 2006 4 Comments
When it comes to working on a Phd you can’t just waltz in (these days) with a vague idea and demand the Department find you a supervisor. No, you need to have fleshed out the idea. Take, for example, me. I wanted to do something on Conspiracy Theories. I mean, they sound interesting, they’re very [...]
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