Category Archives: doctoral pedagogies

my supervisor expects me to keep revising – why?

Posted on May 9, 2022 by pat thomson

I often hear doctoral researchers asking this question. They’ve sent their supervisor some writing. It’s come back with feedback and suggestions and maybe actual corrections. The doc. researcher has attended to all of these and sent the revised text back … Continue reading →

Posted in doctoral experience, doctoral pedagogies, revision, supervision, thesis revision | Tagged academic writing, conversation, multiple iterations, Pat Thomson, revision, supervision | 4 Comments

research as creative practice

Posted on March 9, 2020 by pat thomson

Health warning – this is a tiny rant about one of my pet peeves, research “training”. It also draws on my own research in creativity and education. My starting point – Research is a creative process. The connection between research … Continue reading →

Posted in academic writing, courses, creativity, doctoral education, doctoral pedagogies, doctoral research, methods, research methods, research training | Tagged creativity, doctoral researchers, Pat Thomson, research nethods, training | 12 Comments

are we heading for a DIY PhD?

Posted on June 16, 2014 by pat thomson

This is an op-ed piece I’ve recently written. It’s still in press but I thought I might give it a little pre-publication outing here. The DIY theme is one I’m doing more work on right now. In the humanities and … Continue reading →

Posted in advice, doctoral pedagogies, pedagogy, supervision | Tagged Australian Universities Review, DIY PhD, Pat Thomson, supervision pedagogies | 12 Comments

supervision and feedback

Posted on April 14, 2014 by pat thomson

So this week there’s a bit of tweet humour about how US grad students might interpret feedback from faculty trained in the UK. If you haven’t seen it here’s a taste. They say “With the greatest respect”, the grad student … Continue reading →

Posted in academic writing, doctoral pedagogies, feedback, supervision | Tagged feedback, Liz Lerman, Pat Thomson, supervision | 5 Comments

learning to supervise: from training to pedagogy

Posted on October 10, 2013 by pat thomson

This guest post is by Eva Bendix Petersen. Eva is senior lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Her research focusses on subject/identity formation in educational contexts, especially as they play out in Academia. Eva … Continue reading →

Posted in doctoral pedagogies, learning, pedagogy, PhD, supervision | Tagged doctoral pedagogies, Eva Petersen, supervision, training | 8 Comments

learning to supervise – what’s to know?

Posted on September 30, 2013 by pat thomson

Doctoral supervision is a particularly intense kind of relationship, unlike any other. It’s one to one for a start, and it goes on for at least three years. I ‘ve read papers that suggest that supervision is a form of … Continue reading →