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Pat Thomson is Professor of Education in the School of Education, The University of Nottingham, UK
October 16, 2023October 16, 2023 pat thomson

finding your favorite writers

October 9, 2023October 9, 2023 pat thomson

Help! Someone’s working on my topic

October 2, 2023October 2, 2023 pat thomson

keeping up with the literatures

September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 pat thomson

Why write?

September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 pat thomson

Saving words – check your citations

September 11, 2023September 11, 2023 pat thomson

can you write too much about literatures?

September 5, 2023 pat thomson

can you have too much signposting?

August 28, 2023August 27, 2023 pat thomson

too many words for my reader

August 21, 2023August 21, 2023 pat thomson

patter is 1000

August 14, 2023 pat thomson

how many words in a chapter – convention and purpose

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