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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Four Types of Scientists
16 personalities
According to Carl G. Jung's theory of psychological types , people can be characterized by…
Sex Transmutation for Academic Researchers
The meaning of the word "transmute" is, in simple language, "the changing, or transferring of one element, or form…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
Visualizing Research Problems
“The mere formulation of a problem is far more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of…
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…