Category Archives: Big Book

thesis to journal article -where’s the paper?

Posted on August 11, 2016 by pat thomson

The thesis is done. Now you are expected to write some papers from your PhD. You may of course be able to write a book from your PhD – but not everyone can or does. Everyone does however have some papers … Continue reading →

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the downside of having a Big Book thesis

Posted on April 25, 2013 by pat thomson

This is a guest post by Katie Wheat. Katie graduated with a PhD in Psychology from University of York and now works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience at Maastricht University. She is currently using brain … Continue reading →

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PhD by publication or PhD and publication – part two

Posted on April 22, 2013 by pat thomson

After my first post about the changing nature of the PhD and the move to PhD by publication I was contacted by a number of people who were doing the by-publication doctorate. They were enthusiastic about it. One group were … Continue reading →

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writing from the PhD thesis: letting go

Posted on September 3, 2012 by pat thomson

I often meet post PhD people who are stuck. Even though they are now doctored, they are not over the Big Book. Some of them are stuck in thinking how they might get something, anything, out of the thesis. A … Continue reading →