Thanks for waiting! Dr. Belshaw will see you now.

Well, almost.

doctor minifig

I’m pleased to announce that I successfully defended my doctoral thesis at my viva voce on 12th December 2011. As expected, the examiners gave me minor rewrites but I managed to submit these to my supervisor before Christmas.

Whilst I can’t officially call myself ‘Doctor Belshaw’ until I’m on Durham University’s pass list (and even then I’m probably not your go-to person for emergency tracheotomies) I’m delighted with the culmination of six years’ work into digital and new literacies.

It’s great to be back on social networks such as Twitter and Google+ and press ‘delete’ on hundreds of emails (well, I did warn people…)

Image CC BY-NC-SA Johan Prawiro



Posted: 01.01.2012

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  • Anonymous

    Congratulations!

    • http://dougbelshaw.com Doug Belshaw

      Thanks! :-)

      • Anonymous

        … and Happy New Year to the Belshaws

  • Damian

    Well done, Doug! Congrats and Happy New Year from across the pond (where it’s still 2011).

    • http://dougbelshaw.com Doug Belshaw

      Thanks! It’s great living in the ‘future’ ;-)

  • Gillian Light

    Congratulations – that’s great news! It must be an incredible feeling to be on the other side of the dreaded thesis. Well done, a huge achievement.

    • http://dougbelshaw.com Doug Belshaw

      Thanks – not dreaded at all! I enjoye pretty much all of the process. :-)

  • Paulmartin42

    Congrats also from another PhD Dunelm – as time as gone on I have left such a qual off my CV.  Indeed I regret, at my wife’s insistence, putting it one place on our bank account as I remember shrinking into my seat in mid-atlantic as a request went out “Is there a Doctor on board” – thank goodness for the Data Protection Act 

    • http://dougbelshaw.com Doug Belshaw

      Indeed – I didn’t undertake mine for career purposes but out of interest. ;-)

  • http://dougbelshaw.com Doug Belshaw

    Thanks Matt!

  • Anonymous

    Bloody hell Doug that’s mightily impressive. Congratulations and best wishes for the final, final stretch!

    • http://dougbelshaw.com Doug Belshaw

      Thanks Jamie – nothing compared to what you’ve done at Campsmount!

  • http://twitter.com/suebecks Sue Beckingham

    Congratulations and well done Doug! Look forward to learning and sharing through a variety of social media channels in 2012 with you and the ever growing network there is out there! 

    • http://dougbelshaw.com Doug Belshaw

      Thanks Sue! :-)

  • Oliver Quinlan

    Congratulations! Great news, am about half way through reading your thesis and learning a lot so thank you.

    • http://dougbelshaw.com Doug Belshaw

      Thanks Oliver – would appreciate your feedback (the revisions aren’t on neverendingthesis.com yet…)

  • http://twitter.com/kmhmartin kmhmartin

    Congratulations, Doug! Happy New Year!

    • http://dougbelshaw.com Doug Belshaw

      Thanks :-)

  • Anonymous

    Hoorah! Well done Doug & good to have you back :-)  

    • http://dougbelshaw.com Doug Belshaw

      Thanks Zoe – good to be back! :-)

  • http://twitter.com/joecar Joe Wilson

    Well done Doug ! 

    • http://dougbelshaw.com Doug Belshaw

      Thanks Joe! :-D