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Tag Archives: thesis
a thesis writing-feedback calendar
How does a thesis get written? What do I as a supervisor do to help? How does feedback work best? A set of inter-related questions that keep many of us mildly, or a lot, worried. Well, I have an ‘ideal … Continue reading
Posted in calendar, feedback, thesis, thesis abstract, thesis revision
Tagged calendar, feedback, Pat Thomson, thesis, thesis completion
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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
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Tagged Brigitte Nerlich, feedback, Pat Thomson, supervision, thesis
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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
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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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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
