Category Archives: quotations

thesis know-how – let participants ‘speak for themselves’?

Posted on March 2, 2015 by pat thomson

I was watching a long interview with Kazuo Ishiguro the other night – as you do if you live in the UK and still have some good (high) cultural television – and something he said leapt out at me. I … Continue reading →

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academic writing and quotations

Posted on October 23, 2014 by pat thomson

A guest post from Helen Colley from The University of Huddersfield. I just got an enquiry from a colleague about whether the university has guidelines for research theses in relation to formatting quotations, whether from the literature or primary data … Continue reading →

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quotations – handle with care

Posted on November 11, 2013 by pat thomson

Quotations are dangerous. The way that you use quotations can give away whether you think you are still writing as a student, or writing as an expert scholar in your own right. Student assignments are often heavily strewn with quotations. … Continue reading →