Posted by alexandra_k on January 25, 2019, at 23:21:21
In reply to Re: procrastination, posted by alexandra_k on January 25, 2019, at 23:05:51
It's because biology people are the fastest to finish. The culture in biology (with biotechnology) is that you get done with your thesis in the minimum time. It's a really big deal.
But the philosophy people are probably the slowest to finish, especially in NZ. People get sucked into making their PhD their lifes work instead of the idea of getting through your PhD swiftly so you are getting paid to do your lifes work. Mostly because people are led to believe that there won't be jobs or university affiliation for them if they finish, but if they stay PhD students they can get a succession of teaching work and an office and the undergraduates will think they are lecturers / professors / they can't tell the difference, anyway!
I would imagine the biology students piss off to overseas PhDs quick smart after honours.
Arts students are encouraged to spend 2 years doing a 1 year Master's research degree so they can take their time... Blah blah blah excuses... Blah blah...
We typically don't acknowledge that we have forced them back to part time status and the degree doesn't count towards GPA (but then we do this to the very best students)...
Then give them a worse grade for the MA than we did for their Honours work...
But it doesn't count because it was only part time.
But it's the beginning of the end.
I guess the idea is to split as soon after graduation as possible.
Because that's the start of the swampy swamp swamp.
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