- 07 Oct 2015 13:37
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So I've finally packed in my part-time EdD and started a (nominally) full-time PhD. As the great sage and luminary Potemkin prophesied, my first day comprised of nothing more than picking up my library card/ID...and then being left to my own devices. To say I was underwhelmed is an understatement.
I rode over from Northumbria University's city centre campus to the campus where I'm based, just to recce the 'PGR Hub', but that was no less underwhelming...just a room full of computers and a load of other PGR students who looked at me like I was something the cat dragged in, so I walked out again and rode home.
Of course, the fact that my supervisor is in the US on a lecture tour may have had something to do with my lack of welcome. I can see me spending quite a lot of time in my study at home, rather than trailing all the way up to Newcastle. My supervisor lives close to me anyway, so maybe we'll just do our supervision in the pub?
I rode over from Northumbria University's city centre campus to the campus where I'm based, just to recce the 'PGR Hub', but that was no less underwhelming...just a room full of computers and a load of other PGR students who looked at me like I was something the cat dragged in, so I walked out again and rode home.
Of course, the fact that my supervisor is in the US on a lecture tour may have had something to do with my lack of welcome. I can see me spending quite a lot of time in my study at home, rather than trailing all the way up to Newcastle. My supervisor lives close to me anyway, so maybe we'll just do our supervision in the pub?
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There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in. Desmond Tutu
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