Registrars Training for the Future blog post celebrates conclusion of Dr Stuart Bowes' PhD

In a new blog post, Dr Stuart Bowes recounts the final stages of his collaborative PhD with the Royal Armouries and the University of Leeds and looks forward to the opportunities beyond.

“Well it’s finally over, for better or for worse. On Friday 12 April, I received an email from the Leeds Doctoral College confirming that I’d officially passed my PhD.

“It is certainly some of the most momentous news I’ve received through this rather mundane medium – perhaps only matched by the email telling me I had been chosen to take on this collaborative research venture all the way back in April 2020.

“It has certainly been a busy few months, maybe even more so than at any other time over the last three years. Between starting a new job, moving house and many smaller concerns, this is the first proper opportunity I’ve had to reflect on the epilogue to my doctoral project.”

Post-viva: a very relieved Stuart Bowes, January 2024. Photo courtesy of Stuart Bowes.

Read Stuart Bowes' latest blog post — PhD postscript: the viva, corrections and next steps — on the Registrars: Training for the Future blog.

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Leeds Dock from interior of Royal Armouries, June 2018. Photo by Andy Lord.