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June 16, 2025June 16, 2025Students

Reading your own work

Students ask: How do you read your own work and criticize it? How can I read like an examiner?  People usually read […]

June 11, 2025June 11, 2025Students

Coping with rejection

I came across this blog post from the LSE the other evening discussing the shortcomings of the current financing structure for research […]

April 28, 2025August 19, 2025Students, Supervisors, Uncategorized

GenAI and doctoral research

Watch this space… Over the last few weeks and months I’ve been working with colleagues across my institute on drafting specific guidance […]

March 3, 2025March 3, 2025Students

Imposter syndrome

Students ask:  How can I deal with imposter syndrome?  There’s so much I don’t know; I feel like a fraud. Imposter syndrome – that […]

February 25, 2025February 25, 2025Students

Research hygiene

Students ask: What does it mean to keep good records? How can I maintain traceability between my writing and my notes? Research […]

November 18, 2024November 17, 2024Students

Academic interviews

My School has been going through a period of expansion, appointing candidates to a range of lectureships and senior lectureships. These interviews […]

November 13, 2024February 25, 2025Students, Supervisors

Thematic analysis – a practical guide

I’ve spent much of the week reading Braun and Clarke’s book – Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide. It was something of a […]

March 23, 2022September 11, 2023Students

Destructive behaviours (to avoid) 

Students ask:  What should I do when I haven’t made any progress? I don’t want to waste my supervisor’s time… There are few […]

November 15, 2021December 6, 2021Students

Navigating terminological confusion – the case of case studies

Students ask:  What is a case study?  One of the ironies of academia that, in a realm that strives for precision and rigour, […]

November 8, 2021September 11, 2023Students

Talk in 2 minutes

Students ask:  How can I explain all of my research in two minutes? Many conferences have two-minute slots for people to introduce their […]

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