Academic ‘disaster scripts’ in a time of disasters

Inger just wrote a really good post over on the Thesis Whisperer blog, about how, right now, we are in … More

Transitioning to working from home

Lots of people are suddenly having to transition to working from home at the moment, and responses have been mixed. … More

‘Turning the dial’: a more sustainable way to make New Year plans

It’s the beginning of the year, and some of you are heading back to work already. I certainly am. Not … More

Academic Writing Trouble gets an Aussie launch

Last week, I headed up to Canberra to hang out with my How to Fix your Academic Writing Trouble co-authors and hold … More

Be your own best critic

Now my real research is in literary studies, where what I do is called ‘literary criticism’. In my field ‘critique’ … More

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

Getting your head in the game: the pause before you start work

When I started going to the gym (see Exercising Like a Girl parts 1 and 2), one of the things … 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

How do you get from “pre-research” to search, and then research?

Last time I posted about “pre-research”, I talked about moving from pre-research into searching and then researching for a literature review. I … 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