Category Archives: text

recycling your thesis text – is it self plagiarism?

Posted on September 13, 2021 by pat thomson

The term self-plagiarism is usually associated with re-using your own work, recycling slabs of material already published, cutting and pasting from one text to another, producing something which duplicates something that has already appeared elsewhere. Self-plagiarism is not the same … Continue reading →

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academic writing is visual

Posted on January 20, 2020 by pat thomson

Writing is a visual medium It may seem odd to say that writing is visual. Writing – and academic writing in particular – is about words and what they say isn’t it? Well of course it is. But the way … Continue reading →

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not letting go of the text

Posted on July 9, 2018 by pat thomson

A couple of weeks ago I was asked if I had any advice for someone who struggled to let go of their writing – they wrote but then it was really difficult to send the writing off to their supervisor. … Continue reading →

Posted in academic writing, critique, supervision, text, text work/identity work | Tagged letting go, Pat Thomson, supervision, supervision pedagogies, text | 12 Comments

what is an ‘academic profile’?

Posted on October 13, 2014 by pat thomson

Doctoral and early-career researchers are encouraged to sign up for courses that offer career development advice. Most of these workshops and courses focus on technicalities – this is how to construct your cv – or on strategies – get yourself … Continue reading →

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a metaphor for the thesis

Posted on January 7, 2013 by pat thomson

I like a good metaphor. I like thinking about the metaphors that we use to describe academic work too. I particularly like thinking about how changing metaphors can help re-orient the actual doing of academic work. We all know, I’m … Continue reading →

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what do words want?

Posted on November 5, 2012 by pat thomson

In writing workshops I often come across people with conference and nearly final draft papers that they do not seem able to finish. The prospect of sending them out for review and possible publication just seems too hard, perhaps it’s … Continue reading →