Five alternative things successful PhD students would never do, is in part a response to Five things successful PhD students refuse to do. Written by Dean Burnett, this is a tongue-in-cheek, humorous account of the PhD experience, with a single, but important, serious...
In Five things successful PhD students refuse to do, Isaiah Hankel – a PhD graduate – uses his personal experience to advise a strategic, instrumentalist approach to being a PhD student. He makes some good points and you may find some of his advice...
In Introducing the Introduction I explained that a PhD introduction has two primary roles: research context and thesis map or guide. This article focuses on the first of those two roles, which is to provide sufficient background information so that the reader can...
The PhD upgrade is the first significant assessment of your research and so can loom large as a daunting hurdle to be jumped. However, if you are adequately prepared it should prove to be straightforward, and an excellent opportunity for constructive feedback. As an...
In the previous article, Ten tips for PhD students: Part one, I set out the first five of top ten tips for PhD students. In this second piece, I will complete the list with five more tips that should help you deal with the demands of researching, writing and defending...
