Obstacles 3
Obstacle: The appearance of progress instead of real progress “…I have often been in the uncomfortable position of having to be SEEN to […]
Category: Supervisors
Obstacles 2
Obstacle: How to evaluate my work’s originality? “Most of the times when I believe I have found an original idea to develop, I […]
A catalogue of obstacles, and how to overcome them
“Prevention is better than cure.” “I think the bottom line is students are incredibly dependent on their supervisors…” A PhD is hard […]
Project Management Essentials
Written in collaboration with David Bowers. One of the most important – and most overlooked – factors in timely submission is project […]
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 […]
Contradictory reviews
I recently received the most contradictory reviews I have ever seen. My co-authors and I had submitted a significant journal article to […]
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 […]
The audit trail
Record keeping is fundamental to research – and to research supervision. Supervisors often resist student-record-keeping as mindless bureaucracy, but a clear audit trail […]
Walk-and-talk
Taking an awkward or difficult conversation with a student out of the office and walking around outside while you talk – the […]
Tough love
‘Tough love’ is concept borrowed from parenting. In the context of supervision, it’s the notion that part of caring about and supporting students […]