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Tag Archives: supervision
what is “measured” writing?
I was recently part of a small discussion on another social media platform where someone reported that their supervisor had said their writing wasn’t sufficiently “measured’. Without seeing the actual work it was pretty hard to understand what the supervisor … Continue reading
not letting go of the text
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
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the viva and the supervisor
Last week I reached thirty two. Thirty two doctoral researchers who successfully defended their research. Thirty two Doctors let loose on the world. And two things are now on my mind. Not thirty two. Just two. The first thing I’m … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, PhD, phd defence, supervision, supervisor, viva
Tagged Pat Thomson, supervision, supervisor, viva
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that bleeding thesis…
No. I’m not cussing. Let me explain why. My colleague Brigitte Nerlich sent me an email the other day. She said: I was talking to a PhD student (not one of mine) and this student repeatedly used a metaphor which … Continue reading
Posted in Brigitte Nerlich, feedback, supervision, supervisor, thesis
Tagged Brigitte Nerlich, feedback, Pat Thomson, supervision, thesis
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co–writing with your supervisor – the authorship question
A doctoral researcher recently told me, and several others who were in the room at the same time, that he wanted to write a journal article. Good eh. No. Not really. The trouble was that his supervisor insisted on being … Continue reading
Posted in authorship, co-writing, supervisor, Uncategorized
Tagged academic writing, co-writing, Pat Thomson, supervision, writing with your supervisor
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supervision and feedback
So this week there’s a bit of tweet humour about how US grad students might interpret feedback from faculty trained in the UK. If you haven’t seen it here’s a taste. They say “With the greatest respect”, the grad student … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, doctoral pedagogies, feedback, supervision
Tagged feedback, Liz Lerman, Pat Thomson, supervision
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troubleshooting research supervision
This is a guest post by Catherine Flynn and Kerry Brydon, both social work academics at Monash University, Australia. We read with interest Rebecca Coles’ recent account of the challenges of research supervision, from the perspective of a PhD student. … Continue reading
Posted in Flynn and Brydon, Kardushin, social work, supervision
Tagged Catherine Flynn, Kardushin, Kerry Brydon, social work, supervision
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