Thread: Patience is a virtue ..... they reckon

Well earned Dr. Lionel, it proves that clever people like Land Rovers.

Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Hello All,

I received a bit of a surprise in the email today. It was a close of business message too. It was the from the Research Office and the following major comment was made.

I refer to your thesis which has been submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
The reports of the Examination Panel have been reviewed by the Dean of Graduate Research who has recommended that:

An examination outcome of No AMENDMENTS be awarded.

I was given a possible date for the final report coming on the 1st of June! Hence the bit of a surprise. I can tell you my blood ran cold when I realised just what the message was about. Then I scrolled down and found the part that I included in bold text above.

The result means that my PhD thesis has been accepted as meeting all the requirements for the award for a Doctorate in Philosophy with absolutely no changes being required in the thesis.

I would like to thank every one here on the forum who has given me support and encouragement during the last tilt at getting the thesis done and dusted. My apologies to Dr. Martin Luther King ...."Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, I am free at last!"

Kind regards
Lionel

You reckon do you Li? Look out the window, see all those coppers, they are there because you ditched some crappy paperwork out of the window & you are going down big time.



Congratulations on a well earnt thesis.

Congratulations on the reward for the long hard slog

Regards,
Tote

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Well earned Dr. Lionel, it proves that clever people like Land Rovers.

A Doctor you say? Time to ask him about that funny itch & rash between your legs.



Ah, wrong Doctor.

Congratulations Dr Lionel. A long winding road well taken Sir. Bravo Zulu.

Hello All,

I just received an email from university. Apparently there are still some hoops like getting a copy of the thesis sent to the university library and a copy off to Trove digital thesis and some other stuff. Another meeting of university officialdom then 48 hours later an official Conferral of the award via email and then I am good to call myself "Dr. Evans". You know - hoop - jump - hoop - jump ... little dolly steps forward. Very happily they will be only tiny-weeny-dolly-steps. The biggest effort has been done and ticked off - well in a preliminary sort of way. Not quite officially so.

Hmmm - maybe I should change the subject line of this thread? Things do tend to get drawn out don't they!

Kind regards
Lionel

First, Congratulations.
Second, it must have been hard work?
And third, does being a Dr. of Philosophy mean you get drunk then get all maudlin & philosophical?
Jonesfam

Originally Posted by jonesfam

First, Congratulations.
Second, it must have been hard work?
And third, does being a Dr. of Philosophy mean you get drunk then get all maudlin & philosophical?
Jonesfam

Hello Jonesfam,

The Dr. bit is not a requirement - I can do maudlin without any chemical assistance. I sent you a PM a while ago - not sure if it bounced?

Kind regards
Lionel