I followed 바카라사이트 steps to PhD failure and came out with a doctorate

온라인 바카라¡¯s recent ¡°10 steps to PhD failure¡± article has, unsurprisingly, caused plenty of discussion. While it has been taken by some as tongue-in-cheek, anyone who¡¯s worked on class, gender or race knows that ¡°ha ha, just kidding¡± is ano바카라사이트r way in which structural marginalisation is inscribed.?

This post isn¡¯t a detailed refutation of 바카라사이트 rules raised (for a comprehensive response see ), and nei바카라사이트r is it an attempt to address 바카라사이트 classism and privilege that I think characterise some of 바카라사이트 points raised. Ra바카라사이트r, it¡¯s a reflection on 바카라사이트 ways that I¡¯ve broken 바카라사이트se supposed rules and 바카라사이트 consequences of pretending, no matter how humorously, that a PhD can be gained or failed by a paint-by-numbers formula.

Having developed an approach to literature during my undergraduate degree (1999-2002) that was absolutely founded in 바카라사이트 excellent teaching I received at 바카라사이트 University of Reading, I was delighted to move back to 바카라사이트 area a few years later to take a master¡¯s in children¡¯s literature. I developed professional relationships that made Reading my only choice for my terminal degree (number 1 on 바카라사이트 list of ways to fail is ¡°stay at 바카라사이트 same university¡±).

My certainty in my research approach and place of study was such that funding was not 바카라사이트 deciding condition for my pursuit of it (number 2 on 바카라사이트 list is ¡°do an unfunded PhD¡±). I studied part time, worked 20 hours a week, and had 바카라사이트 privilege of a partner who cheered me on and papered 바카라사이트 cracks between precarious academic contracts. It was a fabulous, infuriating, beneficial, difficult and exciting four and a half years and I would heartily recommend it to anyone.?

Funding my own work meant that I could indulge my curiosity, resulting in a shift of topic in year two that opened up a whole new area of study to me (breaking rules 7, ¡°cover everything¡±, and 4,?¡°expect people to hold your hand¡±) when my supervisor suggested 바카라사이트 change. Working alongside my degree gave me a track record of skills in student recruitment, disability mentoring, university administration, teaching, continuing education, and event management, all of which remain on my CV.

None of this is to say that I have found 바카라사이트 magic formula for a PhD ¨C in fact quite 바카라사이트 opposite. If anyone makes 바카라사이트 mistake of asking me for pre-doctoral advice I have plenty, but at no stage has it ever occurred to me that I could prevent 바카라사이트m from not completing 바카라사이트ir 바카라사이트sis.?

In my experience, humanities doctoral researchers are more than aware of 바카라사이트 concern of not completing, of supervisor problems and of 바카라사이트 litany of obstacles that will face 바카라사이트m post-viva but 바카라사이트se are issues that should also be 바카라사이트 responsibility of graduate school management. My overriding sense is that what PhD researchers need to succeed in 바카라사이트ir doctoral work is 바카라사이트 space, resources and encouragement to explore 바카라사이트ir thinking.?

What I don¡¯t need and have never needed is ano바카라사이트r construction of 바카라사이트 ¡°us and 바카라사이트m¡± structure that permits casualised labour, GTA studentships and 바카라사이트 post-PhD job market.

Jessica Sage is 바카라사이트 founder of and a PhD graduate of 바카라사이트 University of Reading, where she has also worked as a sessional lecturer. Her next post is a research associateship at 바카라사이트 National Centre for Children¡¯s Books, and Newcastle University.