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

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

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

A typical aspect of early drafts of writing by doctoral candidates is the way they are focused on defining their … More

One of the biggest challenges for PhD candidates, and any writer, is motivation. There is little external motivation beyond ‘getting … More