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That’s how long your thesis will be finished. Once it’s done, it’s done. Maybe it will be a physical book on a shelf in the library or a file downloaded by researchers. It could be appreciated for many years to...
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That’s how long your thesis will be finished. Once it’s done, it’s done. Maybe it will be a physical book on a shelf in the library or a file downloaded by researchers. It could be appreciated for many years to...
Updates need to be installed. How do you feel when your computer gives you that notification? Updates need to be installed. It’s not a suggestion. It’s not something you can do if it sounds good. It needs to happen. Maybe...
Because there are typos in their thesis and passages that need editing. That’s it! That’s all! Enough said! OK a little more… 🙂 Writing a book is hard. Proofreading is hard. Combining these both in a project...
“Submitted is perfect” was a piece of thesis writing advice that jumped out to me on Twitter a few weeks ago. I wish I could remember where I saw it, though I imagine the person sharing it was not unique...
Ugh. The most common response to thinking about thesis corrections. Of course, any kind of corrections – minor or major – are unwanted, but they’re not bad in themselves. Examiners require corrections for lots of reasons: typos, clarity or because...
After the viva most candidates will be told to complete corrections. For most, corrections will be simple things: amending spelling mistakes, making ambiguous sentences clearer, breaking up long and clunky paragraphs, and so on. While no candidate wants to get...
Dreams do come true. Sometimes. But wishing and dreaming that you get no corrections for your thesis is a fantasy that’s best left alone. Some candidates find out at the end of their viva that they have no corrections to...
Corrections aren’t a sign you’ve necessarily done something wrong in your thesis. The request from your examiners is a helping hand to make your thesis as good as it could reasonably be, given that your thesis is a permanent contribution...
If you go for a walk on a rainy day you can step around as puddles as much as you like, but your shoes are probably going to get pretty wet. That’s just what happens. You can’t avoid it. If...
You have to read your thesis to get ready for your viva, even if you don’t want to. You thought about it, you wrote it, you rewrote it and now you’re done- -except you read it and you think you...