Master & PhD

Topic Selection

How to Select a Research Topic

The ability to develop a good research topic is an important skill. An supervisor may assign you a specific topic,…

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Motivation

Four Types of Scientists

Contents1 16 personalities2 1. Scientists with ISTJ or ISTP Personality : The Data-Driven Nerd3 2. Scientists with INTJ or INTP Personality: The Theory-Driven Nerd4  3. Scientists…

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Researcher Life

Sex Transmutation for Academic Researchers

The meaning of the word “transmute” is, in simple language, “the changing, or transferring of one element, or form of…

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PhD & Masters

10 Truths a PhD Supervisor will never Tell You

There are some important dos and don’ts to bear in mind when choosing someone to oversee your doctoral thesis, advises…

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PhD & Masters

The Aims of PhD Candidate, Supervisor and Examiner.

In this article, we shall discuss the nature of a PhD program. We shall consider the inevitably different aims that…

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PhD & Masters

The Nature of the PhD Qualification

In this article we shall discuss the nature of a PhD. We shall consider the objectives of the process, the…

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Supervisors

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…

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Research Problem

Where to Go if You Lose Track During Thesis Writing?

The feelings of frustration and loss of direction, for many reasons, are often and inevitable during  thesis writing. These distracted periods have dramatic consequences on our academic…

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Research Problem

Visualizing Research Problems

“The mere formulation of a problem is far more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of…

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Writing Tips

A strategy to generate text in the early stages of PhD thesis writing

“To write a thesis in a second-language, it is very helpful to break a highly complex set of processes into a series…

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