Thank you Delta. I love my new star :-)

Whether it is a dream PhD or not, to complete one successfully only proves the fact that you are academically ready to undertake a piece of research on your own and achieve results without supervision. Now you're qualified to do that, maybe you can pursue your dream subject as a postdoc with better budget and greater independence? Good luck with all.

This sounds very strange. Did you keep your report that was sent after viva? The one suggesting the minor corrections. Doesn't that state something along the lines of 'degree of Docto of Philosophy, subject to such such corrections' with resubmission details?

thank you for such a useful PM Sneaks. I've got the model now. Have a great day x

Hi everyone. I hope your work is going well.

I need to re-create one of my diagrams for my thesis corrections after viva. Examiners are happy with the concept but they think a circular diagram could make it more clear. So this is the idea: I define some levels of people's functions in a project and these functions are listed under different role titles, and these roles can interchange due to displaying same functions at times therefore creating a circular loop in theory. Whatever I came up with so far looks too complicated. Can anyone recommend me some diagrams that I can have a look and adapt to my work?

Hey Doodles. The right job is just around the corner. You'll see...
You have a great weekend too.

I hate the fact that after 6754.5 years of hardwork, I am still posting to 'current PhDs' section of this forum , instead of Postdocs :-(

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I don't mean just a simple Google/Amazon search though. Perhaps something you've found very useful especially on the first years of your teaching?

Many thanks... :-)

Edit: Forgot to mention Higher Education specific.

I joined a year or so ago, but didn't get into it much. Does anyone here see its benefits? Also it gets a bit spooky when you constantly receive notifications from them saying 'someone just searched for you on google'.

Yes you have a point BilboBaggins, but looking at my experience I somehow regret not reading my thesis as a one-piece work before the viva. I had only read it as chapters before, and by the time I finished and submitted it some sections had already disappeared into past. During the viva, at times I felt alienated from my own thesis when the examiners directed me to go to certain page. I guess that would be one thing I'd do differently and read it at one go quickly just to get myself familiarised with the text again.

I can understand you very well Keenbean. Things usually work out for the best though... I hope you'll get the result you want with the leat confusion from other alternatives. Good luck with all...

Congratulations in getting this close. My advice would be to read your thesis through without paying too much attention to regrets, typo corrections etc. Then print out the table of contents (ideally enlarged on an A3 page) and take notes on it first to become familiar with sections. Then use colour-stickers to colour code the different chapters and place small notes with short prompts to yourself inside the actual thesis. Pay special attention to methodologies and terminology used within. The questions will be very specific at the viva, therefore the minute you hear them, answers will be formed in your head straight away as you are the living proof of your thesis. It is not like a job interview. You are not there to impress examiners but to defend your work. 1 week is a good time to bring a lot of information together. Good luck (up)

Thank you Bewildered for this helpful reply. I see what you mean, it makes a lot of sense indeed. It is for a permanent position which I am very excited about. But was thinking of considering this new chance that's just came about; now looks to me that it might be a bad move considering what you said which is so true. I should be seriuos about it and close my eyes to the other thing I guess.

Hi guys. I hope you are having a nice day... Does anyone here know if there exist some kind of cooling-off period attached to academic jobs after a contract is signed? I can't see anything about that in the small print but I was wondering if there is an informal understanding or a typical timeframe for canceling a job-contract in academia.

if they don't state that teaching qualification is required in the essential criteria, then your informal teaching should count towards teaching experience. I think it would be worth trying. Good luck.