5 situations when ‘Planning by Chatting’ is an effective technique

I’m currently setting up a Learning Hub for La Trobe to bring together all the learning support across 6 campuses, … 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

I’ve wanted to have the chance to regularly work from home for years, but it was never an option in … More

So things have been quiet over here on the blog, not because I haven’t been thinking and writing about support … More

Is your work ‘interdisciplinary’? (Or maybe it is ‘cross-disciplinary’ or ‘multi-disciplinary’.) Or is the purpose of your work to take … More

Now that basically every course has at least some online components, making your web resources accessible is important. Because students … More

This is, perhaps, one of the biggest questions for many PhD candidates. Candidates know they need to make an ‘original … More

I know most of my blog is about academic writing for theses, books and journal articles, but there is another … More

On this blog, and in programs I’m involved in like Thesis Boot Camp and Shut Up and Write, we frequently … More