I thought it might help to get back to basics with my research and dig into some of the papers and articles in my “how to PhD” reading list. This paper by Blum & Preiss […]
The Pat Thomson topic of the week is: “What I do when I feel inadequate” I suspect the intention is to share positive coping strategies but honestly I don’t know if I have any. Mostly […]
I’ve been really struggling to process my thoughts on this paper for the last week. I’ll read a few pages, furiously scribbling notes all over it, and then need to step away to deal with […]
I’m re-reading (or properly reading) a paper by Boud and Brew that I’ve previously skim-read but now that more pieces are falling into place in my research, I’m realising its true value. The main problem […]
Maybe it’s just a happy coincidence but I picked up a paper that I’d made a note to read in full after skimming it a while back and I don’t think I could’ve found something that […]
Looking over the suggestions for the types of sub-questions I might consider, I noticed that in one of them that it was unclear whether it referred to value (in terms of worth) to the institution […]
Just a quick note this time about the rather helpful feedback that I got from my supervisors about my evolved research question. I was considering something like: How do and should edvisors in H.E. ensure […]
Here’s this week’s Pat Thomson inspired PhD journal topic: I have learnt since starting the PhD that… I need to rethink my approach and be a little more realistic in my planning. This is the […]
L. Herckis, personal communication, July 10, 2017 I’ve been banging on about this a bit here recently but that’s only because I’m enjoying the new perspective on this issue, which is kind of at the […]
Drawing once more from the Pat Thomson well – “the key thing I have to remember is” that perfect is the enemy of the good I really enjoy preparing things, getting all my ducks lined […]
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