The ‘ivory tower’ One of the commonest misconceptions about research is that it is an ‘ivory tower’ activity, far removed…
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Introduction There are some subjects where mature students (i.e. those in their thirties and over) are the norm rather than…
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The patron saint of PhD writing is the Victorian novelist, Anthony Trollope. He wrote many novels, including some of the…
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In this Article we shall examine the task of writing your PhD. First, note that we do not say ‘writing…
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If writing leads to discovery and not, as is generally supposed, discoveries merely need to be put into writing, then…
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As part of your development into a fully professional researcher, there are two important pieces of writing that PhD student…
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The words used to describe the outcome of a PhD project – ‘an original contribution to knowledge’ – may sound…
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In this article, we shall discuss the nature of a PhD program. We shall consider the inevitably different aims that…
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In this article we shall discuss the nature of a PhD. We shall consider the objectives of the process, the…
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