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Category Archives: part time PhD
Starting a part-time doctorate? Three top tips
This is a guest post by Dr @jonrainford. Jon works on the margins between academic and professional services. He is currently a freelance researcher and part-time lecturer, working with academics to develop their use of digital pedagogy. Doing a doctorate later … Continue reading
the ‘later on’ PhD
It not unusual to think about the PhD as a seamless pathway from undergraduate to Grad School with maybe a Masters in between. But not all PhDers do go straight through. Many work, often for quite a long time, before they … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, later on PhD, mature age PhD, part time PhD
Tagged later on PhD, later stage PhD, mature age PhD, Pat Thomson, PhD
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are we all part time now?
Being a part-time doctoral researcher is hard. Part-timers are generally already in work, professionals, “mature”, doing the doctorate to upgrade quals and/or further an interest. There’s a lot of part-time in my field of education, and in other areas like … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, part time PhD, space
Tagged digital, isolation, part time doctorate, Pat Thomson, working at home
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a part-time and distance PhD
This is a guest post from Dr Justin Field. Well nearly Dr – just graduation to go and it’ll all be finalised. Justin shares his experience of doing a part-time and distance PhD. Earlier this month, I submitted my PhD in Organisational … Continue reading
Posted in part time PhD, PhD by distance
Tagged distance PhD, Justin Field, part time PhD, PhD
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professional doctorates – what are they good for?
People often ask me about the professional doctorate, what it’s about and whether it’s worth doing. Here’s the beginning of an answer to that very big question… I need to come clean about my own prejudice about professional doctorates first … Continue reading
the part time doctorate- no glory in the ph without the d
This is a guest post from Karen McAulay, Music and Academic Services Librarian and concurrently Postdoctoral Researcher at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Karen has worked in the Whittaker Library at RCS since 1988. She is a Fellow of the … Continue reading
Posted in Karen McAulay, part time PhD, PhD, second PhD
Tagged Karen McAuley, music, part time PhD, second PhD
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