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Nov 2019
2:50pm, 26 Nov 2019
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mattglen_
Should probably of found this thread 3/4 years ago! With the rest of final year to go I will start lurking here... now time to get off Fetch and stop procrastinating and do some work...
Nov 2019
3:00pm, 26 Nov 2019
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LindsD
Hello!
Dec 2019
6:33pm, 4 Dec 2019
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Carpathius
I'm moaning again, sorry.

Deadline for dissertation proposal was 21st Nov. I sent mine to my supervisor on the 19th. Received auto-reply to say she was on non-working days and annual leave until the 27th so I knew I wouldn't hear anything until after that.
But by yesterday, I still had no response, so I emailed again. This time I got an auto-reply saying she's on non-working days and annual leave until 11th December.

I can't proceed unless it's either approved, or rejected with advice on how to change it.
Dec 2019
6:37pm, 4 Dec 2019
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LindsD
That's crap. Is no one named in her ooo? Email the course leader or do you have a generic course email? Do you have a student rep?

I'd get disciplined if I behaved like that.
Dec 2019
6:40pm, 4 Dec 2019
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Carpathius
Nope, nobody named. I hate having to go to the course leader but I don't think I have any choice now. It'll be at least four weeks from submission to getting it approved or rejected at this rate and I have to work in small chunks - I cannot work by spending hours at a time on something.

I'm pissed off and stressed and this doesn't help the feeling that they want me off the course because I'm too much of a pain in the arse.
Dec 2019
6:42pm, 4 Dec 2019
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LindsD
Make a fuss. That is 100% unacceptable.
Dec 2019
6:47pm, 4 Dec 2019
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Carpathius
I don't know how long it normally takes to review a proposal in most universities, but I know a couple of people have had theirs rejected, resubmitted and subsequently approver so I'm assuming this length of time isn't to be expected.
Dec 2019
6:54pm, 4 Dec 2019
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LindsD
Not at all. It can't be that long, is it?
Dec 2019
6:54pm, 4 Dec 2019
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LindsD
Is your university on strike?
Dec 2019
7:34pm, 4 Dec 2019
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Carpathius
No, but lectures have been cancelled because staff are off sick.

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