Tag Archives: supervisor

the viva and the supervisor

Posted on December 18, 2017 by pat thomson

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 →

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the PhD supervisor is a mentor

Posted on February 25, 2016 by pat thomson

This guest post is written by Raquel Da Silva. Raquel is a PhD student at the University of Birmingham at the Institute of Applied Social Sciences. Her research is about the life stories of former political violent activists in Portugal. She … Continue reading →

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should you, could you, would you… co-write with your supervisor?

Posted on May 13, 2013 by pat thomson

It’s not hard to find a horror story or two about the PhD researcher who wrote something with their supervisor only to find when it was published that they weren’t given credit for the work. The supervisor put their name … Continue reading →