Oasis for Learning: Results for "thesis"

Results for "thesis"

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- Jon Dron@jondron
Noah Gray: Abstract Science
By Noah Gray, an excellent tutorial in writing scientific abstracts, applicable across social sciences as well as harder science disciplines. Simple, concise and memorable.
Tags (comma separated): abstract, paper, writing, thesis, dissertation, essay, paper, journal, write
Oct 4, 2012 at 2:28pm
- Jon Dron@jondron
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
- Jon Dron@jondron
How not to write a PhD thesis
Great article from the Times Higher Ed giving hints and tips on how not to write a PhD. Good stuff.
Tags (comma separated): phd, research, dissertation, thesis
Apr 11, 2013 at 6:35am
- Jon Dron@jondron
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

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