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How to write to a prospective PhD (or Post-Doc) supervisor

Today’s post is from Prof Faye Hicks. Faye is a hydrotechincal (civil) engineer with 30+ years of experience and the Author of “The Art...

DEALING WITH STUDENT-SUPERVISOR PROBLEMS

INTRODUCTION Not all relationships work out as planned. Considering the stress graduate students experience and the amount of time it...

The Aims of PhD Candidate, Supervisor and Examiner: How to Avoid the Clash?

" In this article we shall discuss the nature of a PhD. We shall consider the inevitably different aims the students, the supervisors and...

What Editors Want: Paving the Way to Publication.

" Do… …examine the scope of the journal and description of its contents before submitting. You might be amazed at the number of...

How to Read and Review a Scientific Journal Article

" How to Read and Review a Scientific Journal Article: Writing Summaries and Critiques Definition of Genre Summaries and critiques are...

PhD vivas are unfair and I am paying the price

" I sent my thesis for examination with the approval of my supervisors, both of whom are professors in their disciplines. Since then, it...

Institutionalizing Doctoral Writing Practices: Introduction (1/5)

" It has been argued that research is writing, and that a focus on writing in supervision can support the co-construction of a scholarly...

Institutionalizing Doctoral Writing Practices: Writing-for-Publication Groups (2/5)

" Unfortunately, many doctoral students are left to their own devices to sort out how to publish out of their doctorate research (Dinham...

Institutionalizing Doctoral Writing Practices: Collaborative Work with Academic Support Services (3/

" Most universities offer a range of academic support services. These usually include undergraduate workshops and individual and group...

Institutionalizing Doctoral Writing Practices: Writing Courses (4/5)

While North American universities have a long tradition of offering compulsory composition classes for first-year undergraduates, there...