- submission - the biggest and most exciting hurdle
- viva - the scariest hurdle
- sending your corrections to the examiner(s)
- receiving the examiner's feedback - have you met the academic requirements?
- taking the bound copies to the Research School
- having the degree conferred
- attending the degree ceremony - the nicest and most fun with champagne to drink with friends, relatives and supporters
But the winding up is a long process. It's taken six months since submission, six months of juggling other things in my life, including new paths - winding up one and looking for a new path.
A new path might be a post in the OU - I'd like that - perhaps I'll find an opportunity to develop research from my PhD, something to do with government IT perhaps stemming from last week's Parliamentary committee report. Now that would be exciting - a new start after a long finish.
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