How to finish your PhD on time (8 things to consider)

[@faisalfarooq4124]

1. Time management skills 2. Planning, planning, planning 3. Understand when you are most productive 4. Schedule breaks and days off 5. You are in charge of this thing! 6. Find your style 7. Your supervisors are there to help 8. This is “just” a PhD!

[@levilayne7878]

You all prolly dont care at all but does someone know a method to get back into an Instagram account..? I somehow forgot the password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me!

[@crishuanawilliams671]

This was great. I appreciate your frank advice. Looking forward to the next video!

[@tiagorodrigues1404]

Thanks a lot for the video. I'm having trouble organizing and writing and your tips and considerations were very realistic.

[@qualitativeresearcher]

Thank you ! I'm glad my content has helped you

[@olatunjiismail2569]

Thank you for your effort. Kudos.

[@russellhobbs1356]

Really helpful and much appreciated. One other suggestion that is so important, particularly now. Have someone, a good friend maybe, who you can talk to in the good and bad times. Maybe someone who has been through the same and understands the problems, stresses and issues.

[@awwalsyaban]

Very cool of you DR, thanks for this vidio..

[@brighthorizonseducationalc9291]

This has been really helpful. I also like that you made this video recently (during the pandemic), It reminds me that I can do this. My Ph.D. is in Education with a specialty in Curriculum.

[@qualitativeresearcher]

you can definitely do this!

[@terryberry4798]

Thank you for this video at a time when I felt lost in how to organise what needs to be completed before submission. Just a little something, I found it very useful to get in touch with people who went through the same processes about completing a doctorate and try to learn something from their lived experiences; sometimes bad experiences for them but good to bear in mind for those who should avoid those mistakes. Thank you once again Dr Kriukow!

[@qualitativeresearcher]

Hi Terim, thank you for your feedback and for sharing these additional tips!

[@umarhalliru5772]

Thanks for the advice, Doc. I will be glad if you can make a video that will talk about " focused ethnography"

[@olatunjiismail2569]

I suggest you do a video on sourcing for funding and scholarship for PhD studies.

[@qualitativeresearcher]

Thank you for the suggestion

[@olatunjiismail2569]

@Salvador Emery No one cares if it isn't about research methods and methodology.

[@TheNasrouz]

Absolutely true! Thank you, just what I needed to hear

[@ManojJinadasa]

love this anyway. thanks

[@chandnirana627]

Thanku sir

[@edwinaabam3305]

I'm having the same feeling, 2 supervisors but I dont feel supported

[@dongdi9365]

Hi, Dr Kriukow! Thank you for your explanation about doing qualitative research! I have a question about conducting interview, How many interviews did you do for your research and what approach did you use, did you conduct interviews first and then transcribe or did you do interview and transcribe at the same time?

[@qualitativeresearcher]

I have a video on how to select sample size in qualitative research, and regarding the question about transcriptions, I was transcribing the interview data and collecting more interviews. After each interview, after I recorded it, I would go home and transcribe it, before collecting the next interview data

[@rubeniamanzanares1495]

Thank you Dr. Kriukow for these great tips. I just completed my first semester of the 3 year program. I am a master prepared nurse and getting my PhD in nursing research. Thus far, I have been able to keep up with assignments, etc. If I continue to keep up with school deadlines assignments, what is another area that I could possibly stay behind? Would it be at the end of the three year program where I have to prepare for dissertation? Thank you.

[@qualitativeresearcher]

This would depend on the specific programme requirements, so make sure that you know everything a few steps ahead. If there are things that are expected of you in Year 2, for example, make sure that if you don't start to do them in Year 1, at least you have written the plan out for Year 2, and made any other arrangements that are necessary. The thing is, there will always be things popping up unexpectedly, as they generally do in life. Other times, factors beyond your control will affect your work, such as a supervisor who is late with his/her feedback. There will be things slowing you down all the time, so like I said, just try to be a bit ahead at all times!

[@rubeniamanzanares1495]

@@qualitativeresearcher thank you so much for your tips. Yes, I will ask my advisor the expectations for year 2. Thanks again.

[@RACH-leah]

Hello Dr. my school asked me to write "Application Report (Including the completion of the training plan, the theoretical and practical significance of the topic selection of the thesis, the basic content of the thesis, and the innovative ideas)." in less than 24 hours. But I couldn't understand what Application report is. I tried to look it up but couldn't find anything. Please Please help me out!! hoping to hear from you ASAP!!

[@qualitativeresearcher]

I don't know what this is either. Could be either a proposal or a progress report, which is a document you usually submit some time during the first year of PhD. However, this is a document which is usually being prepared for at least several months, so I really don't know what the above may be

[@RACH-leah]

@@qualitativeresearcher Thank you!!

[@studywizard]

Hi Dr Kriukow, may I know if what camera do you use and software to edit your videos?

[@qualitativeresearcher]

I use Canon M50 for recording, and Wondershare Filmora for editing

[@alb4079]

It's easy to finish a PhD. Just never start it. Once you started, just drop it. Good luck

[@qualitativeresearcher]

Beautiful advice ! You should write a book about it ;)

[@alb4079]

@@qualitativeresearcher I will do it. It's just the best advice out of that amount of nonsense advice I see.

[@qualitativeresearcher]

@@alb4079 Does mean that you believe my advice to be nonsense too? it's ok if you do, I'm just curious

[@alb4079]

@@qualitativeresearcher I believe that PhD is slavery, nerdiness and nonsense. And any advice other than not doing a PhD is nonsense. I can't understand how people can enjoy this torture

[@qualitativeresearcher]

@@alb4079 I understand very well why you may feel this way and in fact it often is exactly like you described. But there are also times when someone may actually enjoy this, enjoy learning about, and researching something that he/she is passionate about. Having said this, a lot depends on factors beyond our control because even if you are researching something that you are passionate about, you will never enjoy it if your supervisor is an asshole.