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I will keep this short. Quit.

Successful people know when to quit and when to stick at it. If you do neither of these things you are prolonging the agony. So far you have spent two years at this. It is not a waste as you have learned many things, mainly about what you want from life. If you struggle on for 2-3 years+ and nothing will change.

I am currently doing my final corrections to sent to the printer/binder for submission next week, 5 years and 11 months from starting. Am I relieved and jubilant? No. I had 2 big opportunities to quit. One at 1.5years in when I realised I did not want a career as a academic. One at 4 years in where I was hit by depression. I sincerely regret not having the courage to quit. Please do not be scared to do the right thing for yourself.

Thanks for the reply, in that case I will just keep the formatting as it is. My supervisor is so clueless about these things, he even told me there was no word limit and I could write five volumes if I wanted to. 'Erm....actually there is a word limit....' Supervisors eh!

Hi,

This is my first post, I am now in the final stages of drafting before submission mid-September, and I really wish I had found this forum sooner!!

I have a question about thesis formatting (University of London) and figures in particular. Currently, my smaller figures are embedded within the text. While looking through my thesis my supervisor asked if this was allowed yet and I realised that all other theses I have seen have each figure on a separate page. The university thesis formatting guidelines do not mention figures. Does anyone else have any experience of this?

Thanks!