patter

research education, academic writing, public engagement, funding, other eccentricities.

Menu Skip to content
  • Home
  • about me
  • my research
  • my books
  • about this blog

Category: argument

January 13, 2026 pat thomson

ending well

November 8, 2025 pat thomson

three ways to link paragraphs 

September 12, 2025 pat thomson

what is criticality?

March 11, 2024March 11, 2024 pat thomson

Key word – claim

February 20, 2024February 20, 2024 pat thomson

a thesis is not just a display

January 22, 2024 pat thomson

the IMRaD structure is rarely enough

October 23, 2023October 22, 2023 pat thomson

Writing a journal article – 8 steps to So What and Now What

July 31, 2023July 31, 2023 pat thomson

the wheel approach to literatures work

April 18, 2022April 18, 2022 pat thomson

why journal articles are rejected  #2

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 pat thomson

understanding academic writing – starting the PhD

Posts navigation

Older posts

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 13.7K other subscribers

academic blogging academic writing argument blogging book writing conclusion conference conference papers introduction journal journal article literature review literature reviews PhD publishing reader reading research research methods revision revision strategy supervision Tate Summer School thesis time

Top Posts & Pages

  • should abstracts have citations?
  • what’s with the name doctoral ‘student’?
  • don't send your PhD examiner to sleep
  • avoiding the laundry list literature review
  • writing from the PhD thesis: letting go
  • academic writing - from Tiny Text to road map
  • aims and objectives - what's the difference?
  • is the PhD a 'journey'?
  • methodology v. methods
  • research aims vs. objectives - what's the difference?

RSS Feed RSS - Posts

Meta

  • Create account
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com
Blog at WordPress.com.
patter
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • patter
    • Join 10,283 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • patter
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...