MegThomas

Most exciting news 🥳

It’s a crime that @BoschGlobal’s tag line isn’t “bish, bash, Bosch”

There are no longer any Tory MPs in Wales. They had 11 in 2019. Now a total Conservative wipeout.

Massive congratulations to @MegThomasLing on passing her #PhD #viva with corrections! Huge thanks to her supervisors Dr Traci Walker (@HCS_Sheffield) and @christensendkuk; her viva examiners @stucun (Sheffield) and Dr Leendert Plug (Leeds); and her sponsors @Apple!

Estate agents wanting 6 months rent upfront as I haven’t been “employed” for three months, apparently the fully funded PhD I’ve just finished doesn’t count? love that for me

The academic fantasy

@Diamondgeeza3 @SkyHelpTeam Also a problem in Durham!

@SkyHelpTeam is there a sky broadband outage in linlithgow Eh49 area, none of your checkers seem to be working ?

Am I mad, or is this something that should NOT be celebrated? Madness

This is FASCINATING

With the #StardewValley update due today, just two weeks before I need to submit my PhD, decisions will need to be made

Submitting health-related work to @ISCAInterspeech? Remember to select Topic 14.05, "Speech and Language in Health: From Remote Monitoring to Medical Conversations (Special Session)", in the submission system!

“The PhD has honestly been fine” - John, 24

Editing tips: 1) Take a long break from your draft 2) Begin reading carefully 3) Question every life decision 4) Quietly sob 5) Take a long break from your draft

As a linguist I insist people find a different acronym for that beer We ain’t renaming the International Phonetic Alphabet. Not for you. Not for anyone.

Don't forgot, editing is part of writing. Reading is part of writing. Lying facedown on the floor, worrying those around you, is part of writing.

Doing a PhD is a strange experience, because every non-academic thinks you're an overachiever while you live in fear of being exposed as a wastrel and fraud

@judedineley Just commenting so I don’t lose this thread!

Academia to women in academia......

Yes yes, you’re all out there looking for new Cilla Xmas videos, but have you considered next summer in Anglesey?

@carolscarton @__stvincent @zoodigitalgroup @nikaletras @alexandrabirch1 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

Extremely proud of @__stvincent for passing his viva with minor corrections. His work on context-based NMT is highly relevant to industry and academia! Massive thanks to @zoodigitalgroup Seb’s sponsor and to his panel @nikaletras @alexandrabirch1 #NLProc