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New name, same old blog

Ahem. So Research Degree Voodoo is being moved over to a new name. RDV was a catchy search term that … More

After two and a half years at Academic Skills, where I started this blog to share some of the advice … More

One of the things I’m exploring on this blog is ways of writing in a way that is more open, … More

A final reflection on music for writing (see the first and second parts here). In this reflection (which first existed … More

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on Writing to Music. I asked you: What music do you use to … More

I am a HUGE fan of writing to music. I wrote my PhD to 8 hours of Tori Amos on … More

This is the other half of the post on marking. It discusses the role of emotions in marking (see Inger … More

A while ago I read this fantastic article (Hemer, 2012) about ‘Supervising PhD candidates over coffee‘ Using the concept of … More

So, as you may have noticed (just perhaps) that I also run @AcadSkillsMelb and the Academic Skills Facebook Page. And … More

I kept a research journal as a blog while I was writing my doctoral thesis. I was teaching Masters students … More