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You would be forgiven for thinking that doing one doctorate would be enough for anyone. The pure joy (and, admittedly, relief) you feel at having successfully defended what felt like your life’s work does make you forget, though, the three years of pain: physical, emotional as well as intellectual.
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Ottewell, K., Lim, W.M. (2016). PhD: Been There, Done That. In: Burnard, P., Dragovic, T., Flutter, J., Alderton, J. (eds) Transformative Doctoral Research Practices for Professionals. Critical Issues in the Future of Learning and Teaching. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-630-9_3
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