Research Degree Insiders doesn’t normally do guest posts, but this was a special exception. While I have worked in jobs across the university sector, academic
This is a very long read that takes a few paragraphs to get to the point. It’s a point other people are making all over
I’ve mentioned ‘done lists‘ before, but as it’s the beginning of the year, I thought it was time to remind you about them. In January,
Last week I wrote about what a full-time study load looks like, and how to plan your time so you get the most out of
A couple of people in my wider circle have recently asked me about how to get started on a PhD proposal. This advice is mostly
This is a reflection on the form of a writing genre and what that means. I started thinking about it about a year ago, on
For every article (or book chapter), you need to understand who you are writing for to write a strong abstract, a good introduction and conclusion,
So How to Fix your Academic Writing Trouble has just arrived in the publisher’s warehouse, which means it’s nearly ready to send out into the world! (Want
We all know academic writing “shouldn’t quote Wikipedia”… but what we often get wrong is why it’s not ‘the done thing’. The real reason isn’t
When I talk to PhD candidates about how they plan their time, this is one of the challenges that I hear come up over and
