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

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

In my last post on this stuff, I talked about how it feels to be a first time supervisor. I … More

For nearly everyone doing a PhD–this is your first time. You’ve never done this before, and you’re learning the ropes … More