Rejections and Acceptances

[steepholm]

Going through my mother's photographs, etc., has revealed my first ever rejection letter!



I wasn't quite 6 at the time, so don't take it too personally. It still pays to know someone in the biz.

In more contemporary news, I'm happy to say that my first successful Cardiff PhD student, aka Intertext, successfully passed her viva this week - having delivered her thesis (on intertextuality in Diana Wynne Jones) two years early.

Comments

[colorwheel]

this whole post makes me happy.

[jadelennox]

that is the cutest thing!

And congrats to Intertext.

[thistleingrey]

Congratulations to Intertext!

[cmcmck]

Is the viva still a thing?

That said, a Belgian friend has just successfully defended her PhD thesis.

[steepholm]

Me too!

[steepholm]

Such a nice letter! (For a rejection...)

[steepholm]

On the continent it's a much more public affair, but the UK and the RoI still have a small room with just internal and external examiners, a chair, and the candidate. The supervisor, if present (I wasn't because I was teaching elsewhere) stays stumm.

[shewhomust]

Congratulations on this professional milestone! And to intertext too, of course!