Category: Thesis and Dissertation

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It’s Your PhD: How to Deal With Unhelpful Advice

This article explores how advice, whether solicited or unsolicited, can damage the morale and hope of those doing a PhD. The purpose of this article is to comment on the boundaries that researchers must put in place to avoid being negatively affected: we must be discerning as to whether advice is useful and pertinent, or whether it is not applicable to us. The main message is: don’t listen to everyone, and trust your own judgement!

PhD in Later Life: It’s Never Too Late To Be a Student

Mixed Methods PhDs: An Applied Guide

PhD Abroad: How to Navigate Intercultural Interactions

Finding the Right Supervisors: An Underrated Springboard to Enjoying the PhD Journey

Navigating Reflexivity: A Guided Example to Move Beyond Reflection

How I Developed My Dissertation Proposal in Two Years

It’s Your PhD: How to Deal With Unhelpful Advice

Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: Using Social Media

From Nerves to Triumph: Your Personal Guide to Dissertation Defense

The Importance of Mentorship in Academic Careers: Why University Professors Aren’t Enough

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Stuart Blaney

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Thesis and Dissertation

Data Collection In Sensitive Situations

The ethical implications of field research require careful consideration and reflexivity. Chukwudi Njoku offers some reflections of his PhD fieldwork on the pastoralists-farmers conflict in Benue and Taraba States, Nigeria.

First Year Student

To-Do: Write A Thesis – Reflecting On My PhD Experience So Far & Advice For New PhD Students

In this reflective article, Gemma Rides shares her PhD experience so far and provides advice for new PhD students. She discusses the importance of talking to supervisors and other students, getting into a routine, celebrating small achievements, and remembering that a PhD is more than just writing a thesis.

Dissertation Defence/ Viva

Navigating Reflexivity: A Guided Example to Move Beyond Reflection

Need guidance writing the reflexivity section of your thesis (or indeed writing reflexively throughout the thesis)? This article defines reflexivity as going beyond reflection to consider the influence of our positionality on our work. It covers three main types of reflexivity – personal reflexivity, methodological reflexivity and philosophical reflexivity – and includes some working examples to illustrate the thought processes and questions that facilitate transparency and rigor in research.

Dissertation Defence/ Viva

Preparing for the Transfer Viva. My Experience

Get insights into preparing for the transfer viva, an important step in your research journey, from someone who has gone through it. Learn how to focus on your contributions to knowledge, practice your presentation without overdoing it, and trust that you know your research better than anyone else.

Productivity

Why I Love Using Paperpile For Reference Management (Ad)

Discover how a PhD student turned to Paperpile to manage the chaos of storing and referencing papers, with the online tool helping them save, sort and access papers with ease.

Disability

Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: Using Social Media

This article explores the gap between research and practice and explores how we can bridge this and better emphasise the value of research-informed practice.

Career and Networking

Finding the Right Supervisors: An Underrated Springboard to Enjoying the PhD Journey

Mentors and supervisors are invaluable helpers on our PhD journey, yet this aspect of a PhD is often not considered enough to ensure they are the right fit for us. This article, from a Ghanian perspective, provides advice on finding and maintaining the right supervisors, who have the potential to completely transform one’s PhD journey into an enjoyable one. It reminds us that supervisors should be seen not as someone to try to replicate, but to springboard us into attaining our own personal goals.

Academic Careers

The Importance of Mentorship in Academic Careers: Why University Professors Aren’t Enough

Mentorship is key to success in non-academic careers. Matteo Tardelli shares how you can seek guidance from industry experts and alumni outside of academia. With dedication and persistence, anyone can find the right mentor to thrive in their chosen field.

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Category: Thesis and Dissertation

It’s Your PhD: How to Deal With Unhelpful Advice

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PhD in Later Life: It’s Never Too Late To Be a Student

Mixed Methods PhDs: An Applied Guide

PhD Abroad: How to Navigate Intercultural Interactions

Finding the Right Supervisors: An Underrated Springboard to Enjoying the PhD Journey

Navigating Reflexivity: A Guided Example to Move Beyond Reflection

How I Developed My Dissertation Proposal in Two Years

It’s Your PhD: How to Deal With Unhelpful Advice

Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: Using Social Media

From Nerves to Triumph: Your Personal Guide to Dissertation Defense

The Importance of Mentorship in Academic Careers: Why University Professors Aren’t Enough

Stuart Blaney

Data Collection In Sensitive Situations

To-Do: Write A Thesis – Reflecting On My PhD Experience So Far & Advice For New PhD Students

Navigating Reflexivity: A Guided Example to Move Beyond Reflection

Preparing for the Transfer Viva. My Experience

Why I Love Using Paperpile For Reference Management (Ad)

Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: Using Social Media

Finding the Right Supervisors: An Underrated Springboard to Enjoying the PhD Journey

The Importance of Mentorship in Academic Careers: Why University Professors Aren’t Enough

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