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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

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This is not a test: discipline, the shitty first draft, and the real world.

A doctorate propels you towards the real world of scholarship. You will be a teacher, a researcher, an author. This is not a test. No-one else knows the answer to this stuff, that’s why you are making ‘an original contribution to knowledge’.

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Live blogging the article: 21 June

I downloaded some journal lists from Discovery on Monday. And then on Wednesday I had a migraine.  One of those … More

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Live blogging the article: 28 June

Yay! Yay! Yay! Happy, glorious, wonderful day! So, I failed to do all the research. I didn’t feel like I’d … More

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Live blogging the article: Tuesday 7 June

Okay, so already we’ve been derailed.  Too much teaching. Didn’t even get to eat lunch. Still, I got in 20 … More

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