Thanks Hugh, will do, they will be in the Panel but are not allowed to speak. I was also going to do an analysis of how my writing speed has increased over the last 2 months, so if I am questioned on it I can bring that up.

That's a really good point, I had so little support from supervisors initially I forget that's what they can be there for! I have been getting help from Study Support which has really increased my writing speed, and my Study support worker has offered to come to the panel. I think I will take her up on her offer as that may go some way to illustrate that I am being proactive. I will also try and get that support from my supervisors, one will probably support but not sure about the other...
Thanks for the response!

After a disastrous first year and failure at the first year panel (partly my fault and partly poor supervision), I was given another chance. This has also turned in a series of misadventures. Although I have done my best, several unrelated unfortunate occurrences (not my fault) have led to many delays in my submitting my report. I have my re-submission panel early next month and I can foresee a major problem will be their perception of my lack of time to get enough work done for my next 2000 word report. I really have to get a years worth of work done in 6 months.

I am looking for suggestions of ways to justify that I can get a reasonable amount done. I am not the fastest worker but I am dogged and will work all hours. The subject is practice-based, and I am quite quick with that sort of work. It is the written work that I am slowest with.

The last thing that I want is not to be seeming to be take responsibility!

Thanks for this, I can see it could be problematic, I think it was blind reviewed. I want to change from writing about a specific topic to writing about an aspect of my research. The perspective of the analysis would be very similar but I suppose the topic will be different.

I have had an abstract accepted for a conference abroad, but the nature of my (practice-based art) PhD research has shifted in the 8 months since I submitted it. I have rewritten the abstract, Is it acceptable to email the conference and ask if I can change to the new version? I am confident my presentation will fit into the session - I have a preliminary programme. My supervisor is reluctant to support (for funding purposes) an abstract that is not central to my research.