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I'm writing my masters dissertation at the University of Greenwich, London, and need a number of people to complete an online survey about museum websites. I am basically trying to find what people think of museum judging by its website only.
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It's fun survey and please use your imagination! :) If you would like to help me with my research, then please follow this link:
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I just wanted to let you guys know that my husband got the post-doc in Paris. We are very excited!
It was a long, hard trip with many obstacles -- his thesis advisor died this past year, and he had to scramble to make up a dissertation committee... I'll spare you the gory details, the point is, he's done now, and it's a happy ending.
Thank you guys for all your support over the years. Good luck to you all!
So, barring catastrophe, my boy is due to receive his doctorate in the next couple weeks. *cheers*
The mood here is not quite as giddy as it might be, though, because he has yet to hear back (positively) from any jobs. One place sent a rejection. Two others have sent encouraging messages -- requesting more information, offering to help with his application, and generally acting interested.
That was about a month ago; he hasn't heard anything since.
My question for you is, how long does this process generally take? Do people generally find out about jobs/post-docs by the end of May? of June? of August? Or is it all completely unpredictable, depending entirely on the school and the department? At what point should a non-answer be taken as a rejection? How much (if any) nagging is appropriate?
I don't know if this is the right place for this question, but I figured a few of you might have experience with job searches. I should also mention that one of the jobs is in Paris.
Greetings! :) I have an ABD husband and am also ABD. Good luck to you all in this strange time of life!
The husband himself, as of 3 hours ago, is on his way to Moscow, where he will be for 4 months without me, and then for 4 months--with me (otherwise, I am not sure how we would do). I am a little overwhelmed by the idea of being without him for so long, but doing knock-on-wood well so far. He is my closest family member, but a close friend's baby is on the way in a month. The apartment feels quiet, but I am fighting it with music and via new neighbors from Louisiana coming by to ask for sugar... Et cetera, et cetera.
But, just provisionally (should the sugar run out and baby not want to come out :))--do you all have any advice re: coping with long-term absences of the loved one? Thank you in advance for your advice.
My husband defended his dissertation last week, and he passed! I have never felt so proud of another human being. I can't even imagine what it must be like to have a child graduate. His advisor had a champagne party for everyone in his lab after the defense. He has been SO much more relaxed since that day. In the two months leading up to the defense, he was working 14- and 15-hour days, every day of the week. Now, he "sleeps in" until 7 am, he is home before sunset, and he took off BOTH Saturday and Sunday this weekend.
Anyway, we both are kind of still amazed that it's over. He has already been referred to in print as "Ph.D." in someone else's presentation, which thrilled him. Next up: we get the hell out of this city we've been living in for five years that I hate. He's got a postdoc in San Diego lined up, so we're headed out West this summer.
It is a looong road, but it's awesome when the day gets here. Good luck to all of you guys and your partners!!
My time as an "abdso" is almost up. My husband has been working ridiculously long hours for the past two months (12- and 14-hour days, 7 days a week) as he has been writing his dissertation. It's intense. He's turned it in to his committee now, three of the four of them have signed off on it, and his defense is scheduled for May 16 at 12:30 pm. I can't wait! I'm so proud of him and so excited that the end is near. I'm working on making graduation announcements for him this weekend so I can mail them out the day after he defends to close family and friends.Yay!
My DH just signed a student contract that ends July 1, meaning he is not signing up for the summer session, and meaning he is committed now to having his dissertation bound and in the library by that date!!!
His tentative date to defend is May 16, but that's not set yet, of course.
And since I hate where we live and cannot wait to leave, I am THRILLED to death because not only am I proud of him for getting a Ph.D., but I am counting down the days until we can get the heck OUT of this town. Tentatively we plan to move out on June 11, which we seem to be on track for, but even if he goes over that a bit, it looks like it will only be by a couple of weeks (since he has to be done by July 1).
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