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Category: scholarly identity

August 21, 2025 pat thomson

I’ve just been published and I feel…

July 30, 2025 pat thomson

writer identity and voice

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 pat thomson

unlearning who you are and what you know? starting the doctorate

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 pat thomson

after the viva/defence – then what?

February 26, 2018March 4, 2018 pat thomson

threshold concepts in academic writing

September 14, 2012September 14, 2012 pat thomson

how to be a scholar

July 9, 2012July 8, 2012 pat thomson

doctoral training and the messiness of research

March 18, 2012 pat thomson

what’s at stake for an early career researcher in going for publication in a top ranked journal ?

December 22, 2011 pat thomson

a convert to the european phd defence

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