Hi Notime, You might want to take a look at another thread which relates to 'Failed PhD - Any Advice?' You will read about a litany of academics causing significant problems for students in reserach. You've learned useful techniques and know something about how to write up results at this point. Please take a look at this thread and be shocked at the closed mindedness of universities twards students when it suits their own political agenda. If you genuinely feel that you can't go on...then don't, why hurt yourself? The PhD doens't define you as a person, its a part of who you are.

Hi Ceruse, You might want to take a look at another thread which relates to 'Failed PhD - Any Advice?' You will read about a litany of academics causing significant problems for students in research.

You learned useful techniques and know something about how to write up results. Please take a look at this thread and be shocked at the closed mindedness of universities twards students when it suits their own political agenda.

Hi Gisella, You might want to take a look at another thread which relates to 'Failed PhD - Any Advice?' You will read about a litany of academics causing significant problems for students in reserach. I would simply state that you did X years of research with Dept. Y. You learned useful techniques and know something about how to write up results. Please take a look at this thread and be shocked at the closed mindedness of universities twards students when it suits their own political agenda.

Hi Olivia, I feel your pain...seriously. I was stopped doing my viva last week because the work I did, after six years part-time has instances of plagiarism!!

Believe me, this is total nonsense and I would've thought that my supe' would've spotted a potential disaster like this coming IF he was reading my work.

To say that I'm gutted is an understatment. Like you, when my supe' signed off on my work and I sent through the work, I thought 'Great! These guys don't put their name to things with a view to failing....surely?' but I was so wrong.

I would imagine that most of us doing a PhD didn't start this nightmare off to fail in the last year. Also, its important to note that its' very easy to point the finger of blame when we get a bad result.

So, realisitcally, I'm willing to change, re-word, remove or otherwise to achieve the result that I set out for. I don't think that PhD students are quitters...not by a long shot. We tend to persevere, work hard and are generally bright enough, otherwise we wouldn't have gotten as far as we have..right?

My college is in the UK, NI to be precise....