What I learned from failing my PhD | Victoria Smith | The Critic Magazine
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What I learned from failing my PhD | Victoria Smith | The Critic Magazine Photo by 101dalmatians What I learned from failing my PhD Intellectual life shouldn’t be a combat sport Artillery Row Artillery Row 13 June, 2023 By Victoria Smith Share N ext month marks an important anniversary for me. It will be twenty years since the day I failed my PhD viva. I promised myself I'd laugh about it one day. Two decades on, it still doesn't seem all that funny. To be fair, it had its moments. Following several minutes, hours, years of utter grimness, during which I was (according to the examiners'
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