‘Learning to be a co-author’ over on Research Whisperer

I am  currently working on three book projects with three different teams, and that has led me to think carefully … More

Should a PhD be ‘hard’?

On the one hand, of course a PhD is ‘hard’–as in ‘has a high difficulty setting’ and also ‘is a … More

Planning vs. panic: 5 strategies for success

Someone whose work I really appreciate is Jo Van Every (@JoVanEvery). She has written a lot of blog posts (for … More

Start making Done lists instead of To-do lists

I’ve mentioned ‘done lists‘ before, but as it’s the beginning of the year, I thought it was time to remind … More

How to plan your part-time study load

Last week I wrote about what a full-time study load looks like, and how to plan your time so you … More

What does studying full-time really mean? 

When I talk to PhD candidates about how they plan their time, this is one of the challenges that I … More

‘Your thesis is the map, not the journey’, on the Thesis Whisperer Blog.

A post drawn from our new book was published on the Thesis Whisperer blog a fortnight ago. If you want … More

How to have ideas

On the one hand, much doctoral research is about careful analysis of what is already known, and exact, incremental, logical … More

Getting back into writing after a break

Often candidates and researchers come to talk to me when they are trying to get back into academic writing after … More

Writing ahead of your research

Normally, we think of the process of writing a thesis as a process of ‘writing up’. That is, you do … More