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- For postgraduate students and teachersÂ
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Nov 27, 2013 at 1:06pm
Getting research questions wrong - then right
A nice simple explanation of how to come up with (and not come up with) research questions for a thesis. Distilled from Trowler's book (available cheaply at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctoral-Research-Higher-Education-ebook/dp/B007W57J5K )Tags (comma separated): research, question, thesis, graduate, PhD
Oct 4, 2013 at 6:24pm
Successfully managing the learning journey
Presentation by Gina Wisker on managing the doctoral or other research-oriented graduate/post-graduate learning journeyTags (comma separated): phd, thesis, dissertation, ma, msc, doctorate, doctoral, supervisor, student, learner, learning, process
Oct 4, 2012 at 2:33pm
Surviving a PhD – 10 Top Tips
A bunch of motivational tips by Alex Hope, with some useful advice for those struggling with the doctoral learning journey. Tip 10 (ignore tips 1-9) is particularly valuable: the take-home message is that every doctorate (or other large activity in which one learns to research) is different and e...Tags (comma separated): phd, research, journey, learning, thesis, dissertation
Oct 5, 2012 at 2:04pm
- Great article from the Times Higher Ed giving hints and tips on how not to write a PhD. Good stuff.
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Apr 11, 2013 at 6:35am
- A useful site that aggregates a lot of news and information about PhDs, the PhD process and related issues.
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Jun 20, 2013 at 6:52pm
MOOCs are so unambitious: introducing the MOOPhD
My article proposing (only very slightly tongue-in-cheek) a massive open online PhD. It goes into some detail about ways this could be done, and the issues that might prevent it from happening. I wrote the article as an exercise to see whether the idea actually makes sense, partly to explore some...Tags (comma separated): phd, moophd, research, mooc, course, graduate, postgraduate
Jun 20, 2013 at 7:03pm
- Getting publications from your PhD process and product, by Gina Wisker.
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Nov 20, 2013 at 10:26am
Selecting a (Dissertation) Chair and Committee
This is a useful article via Tomorrow's Professor for postgraduate students choosing their supervisory team, with a carefully thought-through set of criteria that includes expertise, accessibility, timeliness of feedback, previous success, personality and attitude to methodology. While ...Tags (comma separated): phd, doctorate, supervision, supervisor, committee, team
Jan 9, 2014 at 6:59pm