Your imposter syndrome is irrelevant

Okaaaay, so this is pretty provocative as a title, but it’s also true and can be massively liberating. I hope … More

‘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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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