I am planning to submit the first draft by the end of Feb. Working hard but losing motivation at times. Please do join if you are planning to submit soon...need moral support now...

Hi Cindrella, Just to check how have you been? How is your work going? Swetch

Thanks Adamsmith111 for your suggestion. I tried to meet her but she did not respond. So, my sups said not to send any emails and they would contact on their own. I wish I had met her before. But, its not possible now. Anyway, keeping my fingers crossed and wish she will turn to be a nice external. Thanks for your response. :)

Thanks, Tricky. I feel relieved now. I also believed that more importance should be on relevancy of my work with the examiner's one. I should keep calm and have faith on my work. Thank you so much :)

Hi everyone, I am nearing completion and now in search of external examiner. I am very scared at the moment. I gave a few names to my supervisors. They did select the one but they do not know the examiner. I had some correspondences with her (the one sups selected) sometime back regarding presentations in the int. conferences she chaired. In this regard, she knows little bit of my work but unfortunately in both the instances I could not present due to some personal reasons. I am bit worried that she might have a negative feeling towards me due to this. When I told my sups about this, they started laughing and asked me to take things easily. Still, this thought comes in my mind and I feel very bad. My question: Is it important that sups know the examiner personally? Is it better had I met her or known her before? Her work is very close to mine and I have quoted her at several occasions in my thesis. This is also the reason that I do not want to go for other options. But, I am confused. Please suggest.
Swetch

Congratulations Dr. Ady ! what a great news !!

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CONGRATULATIONS Dr. Slowmo !

Thanks, Sneaks. These questions are really useful !

Best wishes to you and thank you for all the posts !

Thank you so much, Skig. I am now knowing more about this referencing technique ! The EndNote I have been using has option APA 5th and I am using that. Actually, I liked the style and have been using APA5th...I think my Uni suggested using Oxford something. Looks like I need to change the style at the final stage. Supervisors have been checking refs but never said anything about the style I chose. But, I surely need to confirm before handing my thesis. Swetch

Thanks, Ady. Your answer have been very helpful. You always have been so helpful :):)

Thank you so much, Ady. Yeah, the way you suggested looks great ! My another concern was the reference listed at the back from EndNote APA 5th which gives the style ''Delta Conservation, Livelihood and Land Rights : All Sorts of Complexities, (2006), Hongkong, Alpha Beta Delta Community Self Help Organisation.'' What if the reader wants to refer to it? It won't be easy getting that reference from the organisation's name. Or, do you suggest to change it? Swetch

Hi all,

I have a query regarding referencing. I have a report which does not have author. When I enter the reference in EndNote, it comes as:
1. Delta Conservation, Livelihood and Land Rights : All Sorts of Complexities, (2006), Hongkong, Alpha Beta Delta Community Self Help Organisation.

Now, I have to refer (Delta Conservation, Livelihood and Land Rights : All Sorts of Complexities, 2006:525) in my main text. It looks strange quoting such a big name which is the title of the article. Any idea how should I do it?? Or, is it okay if I quote like this.

Thanks
Swetch

Good to hear that you are done with the thesis. Good luck with the viva. When is your viva? I am doing okay. Yeah, got feedback for all the chapters (except conclusion, which I still need to write). Sups suggested to do corrections in the rest of the chapters before writing conclusion and suggested to write conclusion in a point form for the next meeting. Hope to complete the draft by Nov end and if sups agree, want to submit by Dec end.

Hi,

In my dept. there are few who from the beginning are living in different countries and working on their PhD. They do come in quarterly or in some other occasions. They are part time PhDs.