Skip to content

The Pragmatic PhD

Craft skills for students and supervisors

  • Home
  • About
  • PhD Proverbs
  • Resources
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
Search

The Pragmatic PhD

Craft skills for students and supervisors

Close menu
  • Home
  • About
  • PhD Proverbs
  • Resources
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy

The Pragmatic PhD

Craft skills for students and supervisors

Search Toggle menu
April 2, 2021July 1, 2021Supervisors

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 […]

February 5, 2021July 1, 2021Supervisors

Regulations are tools

Academics tend to dislike rules set by other people, and they tend to loathe bureaucracy (even while inventing it).  But regulations are unavoidable.   […]

January 28, 2021December 20, 2025Students

The power of ‘because’

Students ask:  Why won’t my supervisors listen to me? One of the most useful words in the supervisory dialogue (and indeed more […]

Posts pagination

< 1 2 3

Recent Posts

  • A catalogue of obstacles, and how to overcome them
  • Managing your workload (i.e., your life)
  • Project Management Essentials
  • Reading your own work
  • Coping with rejection

Categories

  • Students
  • Supervisors
  • Uncategorized
© 2026 The Pragmatic PhD. Proudly powered by Sydney