thank you for responding to my request. It is just that I remembered that Lauren said that you had published papers whilst doing your PHD and I was wondering what the copywright rules are about these publications.

For example, if you publish the research, is that then the universities ‘property’?

If you publish the research, can you still put the same (exact) work in for your final PHD draft?

My supervisor is crap, even though it is a good college so I can’t get any joy there.

Here is my problem that you might be able to get some ‘off the record’ answers to.

The subject of the research is multidiscipline: sociology/psychology/education/cognitive science/linguistics.

The problem is that the supervisor is not able to understand the research I have done, and the research is beyond his subject knowledge in most areas, even though he agreed to the structure of it over a year ago. (This is my fourth year part-time @£3,000 a year).

I feel that I am running into a ‘validation’ storm up ahead that means that I will be left on a continuous £3,000 a ycontinuous loop, without resolution.

One of my solutions was to publish my research in four parts, and thus get the validation I require to get the PHD.

But I am wary of the consequences.

Any ideas?

Regards,

Aileen