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I am in my final year, currently writing up, and hoping to submit in November

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All the small things - blink 182 - as I'm both bogged down in the detail, but also trying to appreciate the small things around me. Or perhaps Plath's The Bell Jar might be more accurate at the current stage  

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To complete drafts of 1-2 sections of my practice & analysis chapter

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Textile-based craft practice in children's picturebook illustration

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I'm in my 5th year - switched to part-time in my second year.

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Economic Psychology: how unemployment affects people’s daily time structures and their subjective experience of time, and how these temporal changes, in turn, influence wellbeing, mental health, and labour market behaviour.

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I am in my final year, started in 2021, (plus a long maternity leave and sick leave), so wrapping up. Hopefully sometime this summer.

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The journey so far has been "Everything Everywhere All At Once, but also " started from the bottom (no we're almost here, sort of kinda)- By Drake.

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Finish the summary of my three articles on Friday and spend the remaining three days writing a rough draft of the first half of my theory chapter. 

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Conditions for Age-Friendly Community Development in local governments.  I am on a Phd Program called Responsible Innovation and Regional Development.

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Year 4 of a part time Phd.  I've completed my primary research and written up my findings and some of the discussion chapters I'm aiming to submit in October 2026

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A classical symphony - not sure which one - but one where the last movement is the most moving and emotional. The last movement wouldn't have the impact without the other 3 but its taken a lot of listening to get there, and it is so worth it in the end!

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To complete the final part of the discussion chapter and if time review and update  the methodology chapter.

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Thriving at work - exploring the relationship between individual agency and collective responsibility

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Coventry Uni, UK (at a distance, based in Scotland)

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He ain't heavy, He's my brother - The Hollies (replace Brother with PHd)

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To have a fully fledged literature review that has a golden thread of c.15,000 words but importantly the golden thread.

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The interplay and effects of research governance and management on individual practitioners in museums

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Me on the beach at Swansea University Bay campus

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I live in Wotton-under-Edge, the nearest city is Bristol. 

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I started part-time in Oct 2023, and now that I have more time, I plan to submit by summer 2028.  I'm at the point of starting my primary research.  I ran a pilot interview project last summer and I've made lots of changes since then. I need to resubmit my Ethics Approval next month and my draft literature. I hope to start interviewing again in June. 

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2001 Space Odyssey meets The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.  It's a great adventure!

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My focus is on my literature review. I would like to write 2 sections.  I'd also like to write about my reflective practice. 10000 words would be great, but it's more important for me to just write.

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High-stakes decision-making behaviour of expert entrepreneurs in the UK. 

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I am currently in Hertford in the UK (just north of London). I am doing my PhD with St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth in Ireland - I lived there for the last 4 years.

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Close to the end, but it's a bit unclear. I was due to submit late last summer, but life happened and I had to take a leave of absence and relocate back to the UK. Ideally, I'd like to submit this summer. 

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The 2009 Star Trek movie - familiar, but different enough to unsettle and enough plot twists to keep me on my toes as we hurtle towards victory, and narrowly avoid disaster.

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I want to write up my discussion chapter (currently in note form), add some significant sections to two other chapters - about 20,000 words. But honestly, just getting back into the writing process and immersing myself in my research again will be the win!

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Theology. My research looks at the connections between theology and mathematics through the work of two theologians, John Henry Newman and Bernard Lonergan.

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Final stage of a full-time practice led PhD - submitting in November 2026

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The cliff path - beautiful and expansive at points with the slight threat/temptation of the dark swirling abyss below

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Write the first draft of my methodologies chapter

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Theatre - my practice-led research explores how we 'do' co-creation with very young children in order that it is a reciprocal practice for participants and the resultant artwork.

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I am in my fifth year of a part-time PhD. I am in the middle of my primary research study and ready to start writing my thesis. 

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Write up the chapter about the systematic review I conducted as the first study in my PhD. 

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Perinatal mental health (more specifically belief in maternal instinct and the association with common postnatal mental health problems)

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one of my mandalas and a scarf I traded for a soulportrait

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Putting pieces together for my first dissertation draft

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Pride and prejudice from 2005 with Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFadyen - Wonderful, frustrating, full of pride, full of wauw, funny, heartwarming and swept off my feet

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Writing several parts to connect major sections

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Philosophy. My research is about learning preferences seen through portraits and mandalas. I have worked as a fashion designer, teacher, artist and am presently working as a reading consultant writing my dissertation on the side of my fulltime job (wiping the sweat off my brow :))

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Writing up stage hoping to be finished by the end of 2026.

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To write a first draft of my findings chapters. It will be a rough first draft that I can then work on editing. 

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DHSc - Exploring the career pathway stories of heads of nursing in the New Zealand context. I am a registered nurse and have worked for many years in nursing education.

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I'm based in Faro, Portugal but I am originally from Ecuador

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This is my 5th year and I have to finish by next year but it has been draining me - I am also working full time.

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Forest Gump - I can hear deadlines shouting at me "Run, Forest, run" :-S

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I want to finish my final draft of the first article - I need to add more to the findings and discussion and conclusion, and if that gets done, I will start with the second half of my second article.

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Pursuing a PhD in Development Studies, my focus is on economic violence, women entrepreneurs and Corporate Social Responsibility projects.

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I live in Cheltenham UK and study at the Uni of Gloucestershire (although never go in and don't really have a cohort)

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5.5 years part time Professional Doctorate in Education. Aiming to submit in September 26

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I would like to (re)write my literature review. Approx 10,000 words

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EdD - Impact of an interoception curriculum in a special school on children's wellbeing and emotional regulation.

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Midway. I have several chapters (of the 7) written, but they are all over the place. Also, I have recently changed my focus, and therefore must change my present chapters. For two chapters, I must still do all of the research. I know my sources, but have not explored them properly yet.

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Southern Honor: Ethics and Behavior in the Old South by Bertram Wyett-Brown

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10,000 words and an idea of how to plan the development of the arguments in a chapter in such a way that I can write them up swiftly.

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American History, 19thC, Intellectual and Cultural, notably the rise of the animal welfare movement from roughly 1860.

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Writing a draft of my discussion chapter & my chapter on CCUS regulation/policies.

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Human Geography, Looking at social perceptions of CCUS technologies in the UK & Australia

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I live in Suffolk, UK.  The degree is with Canterbury Christ Church.

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This is about year six, part time with lots of interruptions.  I'm aiming to submit spring 2027.

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I sing my own words 'Plod On' to 'You'll never walk alone..."

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Concentrating on a grounded theory project, aiming to get the writing started, developing thoughts through generative writing.  

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The kinds of materials children, especially boys, might benefit from in art therapy.

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Holiday - Winter sunshine with my two girls 

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Entered my third year full time, but planning on dropping to part time when writing up as circumstances have changed and I need an additional income. 

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No More Drama - Mary J Blige - what a tune! and although it is drama - I am trying to keep it in perspective!

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To feel as though I am unstuck. Words down regarding the theory/methods will help me feel like I am moving forwards. 

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PhD - exploring midwives' professional identity within the context of gender and gender identity. I am a midwife and health visitor by background. 

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Final stage of writing up. I expect to submit in Sept 2026. 

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Write the rough draft of chapter 1. I've spent several months doing research and creating a very complicated outline. Now I need to get the storyline down, just write the whole thing to see the flow of it and then go back and plug in the evidence and secondary criticism. 

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English Literature, a project on refugee literature and collaborative artistic projects with refugees 

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I live in Leipzig, Germany, and am doing my PhD at Macquarie University in Australia and Universität Hamburg in Germany.

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I'm in my last year of my PhD. I've finished three research articles (thesis by publication), and now I need to write the bridging chapters.

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Inception - puzzled, but hoping the timing will work just right in the end.

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Writing a draft of my methodology chapter without getting hung up on all the literature I haven't read yet.

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Education, with a focus on language education in primary school

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I am based at the Institute for Urban and Cultural Area Research at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany.

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I have just started my fifth year, and I am at the stage of writing up.

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Cultural Studies. My research is on Participatory Design tools in urban planning projects (Background: design historian).

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Finished in 2010 after 6 years part time

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Support as many people as possible over the weekend.

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I did study law, criminology and higher education but now I'm a PhD coach 

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Looking back I now love my PhD, but at the time I would have said 'Things Can Only Get Better' by D:Ream

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To help you get a substantial piece of writing done, and to help you feel more connected supported and motivated as you do so. 

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I lead the amazing team here at The PhD People, but my PhD was on political science/sustainable development