Research update #60: Previously on Colin’s PhD
Looking back, it appears that it’s been 6 months since my last confession – um, post. A few things have happened since then, less tangible progress than I would’ve liked but at the same time […]
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Research update #59: I’m back – what did I miss?
I took a little time off – as it appears many of my fellow candidates are – due to the plague and the impact it is having on, well, everything. Work in the online education […]
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Research update #58: I’m ethical
There’s a lot about the PhD experience that I find quite daunting – I don’t think I’m alone in this – but the administration side seems particularly nerve-wracking. Getting accepted, getting my thesis proposal accepted, […]
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Research update #55: 10 months later
The cool thing about not blogging for a little while is that I get to do one of those cool narrative jumps that you get in your better TV shows* where a bunch of stuff […]
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#Research Update 54: No more excuses
(Caution – this is very rambly and introspective and I think I largely used this to tease out some ideas that seem quite obvious in hindsight. You can pretty safely skip this post, even if […]
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Research update #52: holy shit, I’m a researcher
I mean, I guess I am anyway. After a great deal of panic and uncertainty about my methodology (particularly), I flew through my thesis proposal review/confirmation thing a few weeks ago and it was signed […]
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Research update #50: Thesis proposal feedback day
I got some rich, detailed feedback on my thesis proposal from Peter. Given that this was firmly entrenched in my mind as a first draft, I was prepared for the worst – I think – […]
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Research update #36: Playing well with others
The nature of my research topic, with a focus on the status of professional staff in an academic world, feels risky at times. While I know that academic staff occupy edvisor roles as well, I […]
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Thoughts on: Agency and stewardship in academic development: the problem of speaking truth to power (Peseta, 2014)
In some ways this is a ‘thoughts on thoughts on’ as I’m writing about Tai Peseta’s summary reflection at the end of a special issue of the International Journal of Academic Development focusing on the […]
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Research update #34: Learning little things
It’s been way too long since I’ve posted about my research and that’s not great. I seem to be finding a lot of legitimate seeming reasons to do other things – also getting sick – […]