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how an examiner reads a thesis
About this time every year I post something about the reading habits of thesis examiners. At the risk of repeating myself – again – it is worth knowing what they/we examiners do when they/we receive that big fat tome the … Continue reading
Posted in examiner, thesis, thesis abstract, thesis warrant, Uncategorized
Tagged examiner, Pat Thomson, thesis, thesis examiner
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new series -#wakeupreader
When my son was about ten years old we went on holiday to Perth. We didn’t fly, as many people do. We drove from Adelaide where we lived. That’s a distance of 2691.44 km, about twenty-four hours driving time. It takes … Continue reading
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Tagged #wakeupreader, academic writing, Pat Thomson, revision, thesis
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what’s a #phd ‘contribution’?
You hear the term contribution almost as soon as you enrol in the PhD. It’s something you wrestle with as you write your research proposal – you need to convince your chosen institution that your research will make a contribution. … Continue reading
when is it too late to write from the PhD?
Do theses, and the research they report, have a ‘use by’ date? is there a time when, like old carrots at the back of the veggie crisper, a thesis and its research are just past it? Do we then just … Continue reading
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Tagged academic writing, aced, Pat Thomson, PhD, publication plan, publishing, thesis
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the business of self presentation
This is a follow on to a recent patter post about writing the self into the introduction to the thesis. It takes up the issue of how different disciplines frame the ways in which the self is presented in the text – or not. … Continue reading
