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Mature Doctorate Students !

There are some subjects where mature students (i.e. those in their thirties and over) are the norm rather than the exception. In...

Thesis-As-Artifact: Your Thesis, Your Product

What you say and how you say it are interrelated, and come together in your final written product. From this perspective, it can be...

Review of 'the Literature' or Literatures?

" Keep in mind that the aim of it all is to have a thesis: a position or argument you wish to establish—a major claim you want to...

Quoting, Paraphrasing & Summarising

Academic writing is predominantly research based and therefore includes credible authors’ research and writing. This is incorporated...

When to Write Your PhD Thesis

The patron saint of PhD writing is the Victorian novelist, Anthony Trollope. He wrote many novels, including some of the famous...

Why Styles are Your New Best Friend?

Many of the automated features in Word require that you use styles. For example, the Table of Contents can only be generated...

Nasty PhD Viva Questions (Extract)

A PhD candidate needs to anticipate the questions that are likely to be asked in the viva - the "horrible ordeal where you have to defend...