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leave a good last impression – the thesis conclusion
Writing the conclusion to the thesis is hard. It’s often done badly. And it’s something that doctoral researchers often get asked to do more work on. Not at all what they/you need. Writing a conclusion is important. The conclusion is … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, authority in writing, conclusion, distance, thesis
Tagged authoritative writing, authority, conclusion, distance, Pat Thomson, thesis
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time – can you ever really manage it?
A little while back, patter and thesis whisperer, inger mewburn, co-wrote a post on writing which we wanted to ‘simulcast’ on each of our blogs. Writing this first post was surprisingly easy given all the technology at our disposal. We … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, distance, time, travel
Tagged academic work, distance, Pat Thomson, Thesis Whisperer, time
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