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Pat Thomson is Professor of Education in the School of Education, The University of Nottingham, UK
April 6, 2026 pat thomson

in defence of procrastination

March 30, 2026 pat thomson

forwarding – writing with other people’s texts

March 22, 2026 pat thomson

the process of writing

March 15, 2026March 17, 2026 pat thomson

what’s Habermas got to do with academic writing?

March 8, 2026 pat thomson

getting comfortable with being uncomfortable 

March 2, 2026 pat thomson

not an echo chamber: abstract v. introduction 

February 21, 2026 pat thomson

riffing your way to meaning

February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 pat thomson

the cruel optimism of peer review

February 7, 2026 pat thomson

why go on a writing retreat 

January 30, 2026 pat thomson

should abstracts have citations?

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