Tag Archives: doctoral education

have I got “advice” for you…

Posted on May 14, 2015 by pat thomson

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 →

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doctoral training and the messiness of research

Posted on July 9, 2012 by pat thomson

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 →

Posted in doctoral education, learning, mess, PhD, research methods, research project, scholarly identity | Tagged doctoral education, follow your nose, messy research, Simon Bailey | 1 Comment

some thoughts on learning, exploitation and that Birmingham ad

Posted on July 5, 2012 by pat thomson

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 →

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some musings on the time-limited PhD

Posted on June 6, 2012 by pat thomson

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 →