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Tag Archives: doctoral education
have I got “advice” for you…
I want you to imagine that you are going to build a fence. You have a wide choice of potential materials and style. Well and good. But you haven’t build a fence before, so where do you go for some … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, advice, crap detection
Tagged academic writing, advice, crap detection, doctoral education, Pat Thomson
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doctoral training and the messiness of research
This post is written by Simon Bailey, a Research Fellow in the Business School at the University of Manchester. As a unique contribution to knowledge, doctorates are by definition very individual things. Though planning is very important, plans must be … Continue reading
some thoughts on learning, exploitation and that Birmingham ad
There’s been quite a bit of talk this week about the ad run by The University of Birmingham for an honorary two day a week research fellow. It was taken down relatively quickly after a tweet and facebook flurry. Birmingham … Continue reading
Posted in Birmingham, doctoral education, equity, exploitation, learning
Tagged Birmingham, doctoral education, exploitation, learning entitlement, Pat Thomson
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some musings on the time-limited PhD
We have so many time-related expressions – we spend time, we take time, we do things just in time, we write something that is timely, we are out of time, time flies, we are racing against the clock… I recently … Continue reading
