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 hear come up over and
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
Yes, this is another metaphor about writing. Let’s see if it goes somewhere useful.
This post was co-authored by a really generous bunch of people, some of whom we met for the first time to write it. The post
Do you use a word or phrase over and over in your thesis? Perhaps it’s ‘the idea of the New Woman’ or ‘collaborate’ or perhaps
One of the biggest challenges for PhD candidates, and any writer, is motivation. There is little external motivation beyond ‘getting this book-sized thing done’, and
A typical aspect of early drafts of writing by doctoral candidates is the way they are focused on defining their research question. This is important,
In my last post on this stuff, I talked about how it feels to be a first time supervisor. I talked about the exemplary supervisor-candidate
For nearly everyone doing a PhD–this is your first time. You’ve never done this before, and you’re learning the ropes as you go. The idea
So, I’m hesitant about detailed plans because I notice that people often get stuck in them. They make a plan then have to do this
Okay, so this is something that I watch candidates go through, and also something I discovered when I started to give feedback as a supervisor
