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Category Archives: Big Book
last-minute proofing – 12 things to look for
The last stages of handing in a thesis or book can be very trying. It’s taken you an age to get to the point where this big hefty manuscript is as ready as it’s going to be. Well just about. You … Continue reading
Posted in academic book, Big Book, proof-reading, proofreading, thesis
Tagged academic writing, book, Pat Thomson, proof reading, thesis
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thesis to journal article -where’s the paper?
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
Posted in Big Book, journal article, thesis to papers
Tagged journal article, Pat Thomson, revision, thesis to papers
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the downside of having a Big Book thesis
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
Posted in Big Book, doctoral research, early career researchers, Europe, PhD by publication, thesis
Tagged Big Book, dissertation, Katie Wheat, PhD by publication, thesis
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PhD by publication or PhD and publication – part two
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
writing from the PhD thesis: letting go
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
Posted in academic writing, argument, Big Book, Dr, publication plan, publishing
Tagged Pat Thomson, post PhD, publication planning, publishing, writing from the PhD
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