This is a very long read that takes a few paragraphs to get to the point. It’s a point other … More
Category: Social Media
Virtual Shut Up and Write: now with added Video
This post was co-authored by a really generous bunch of people, some of whom we met for the first time … More
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
Moving on to Pastures New
After two and a half years at Academic Skills, where I started this blog to share some of the advice … More
New digital literacies? Nah, it’s same, same but different.
One of the things I’m exploring on this blog is ways of writing in a way that is more open, … More
Sounds and silence and headspace
A final reflection on music for writing (see the first and second parts here). In this reflection (which first existed … More
Writing to Music 2: You responded
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on Writing to Music. I asked you: What music do you use to … More
Writing to Music
I am a HUGE fan of writing to music. I wrote my PhD to 8 hours of Tori Amos on … More
Marking emotions
This is the other half of the post on marking. It discusses the role of emotions in marking (see Inger … More
Blogging as a ‘Third Space’
A while ago I read this fantastic article (Hemer, 2012) about ‘Supervising PhD candidates over coffee‘ Using the concept of … More