Using mind maps, memos, and abductive reasoning to help theorise your findings
This week’s blog is from Dr Susan Mowbray. Susan is the Academic Literacy Advisor in the Graduate Research School at …Continue reading →
View ArticleWriting the Doctoral Thesis Differently
Our guest blogger this week is Ruth Weatherall, a lecturer in Not-for-Profit and Social Enterprise Management at the University of Technology Sydney. Her research uses feminist, queer, and ethical...
View ArticleMatching Introductions and Conclusions
By Cally Guerin It might seem obvious, but it’s always worth reminding doctoral writers to make sure the Introduction and Conclusion to their thesis match. Sometimes, a lot of effort is spent writing...
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Writing a thesis by publication. Some reasons for and against
By Kalypso Filippou Kalypso Filippou is a post-doctoral researcher and part-time teacher at the Faculty of Education, University of Turku in Finland. Kalypso’s research interests mainly focus in the...
View ArticleIntroductions and conclusion: How same, how different?
By Susan Carter Introductions and conclusions bookend or mirror each other. But they also differ from each other in significant ways. Doctoral writers need to be aware of the generic expectations of...
View ArticleWriting oneself into the PhD oral defense: preparing a response to...
This blog comes from Dr Fae Heaselgrave, a Communications scholar and lecturer from the University of South Australia, who recently undertook an oral defense of her PhD. Here she explains how she used...
View ArticleWriting to your audience – consider the examiner
By Claire Aitchison The regular advice to doctoral candidates to write with their audience in mind usually refers to a generalised notion of who the examiner might be. We’ve long advocated that...
View ArticleWriting back to reviewers, assessors and examiners
By Claire Aitchison Writing a thesis is only one of numerous writing tasks in doctoral candidature. Writing for a reading audience across multiple forms (journal articles, social media, grant...
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Supporting candidates to write about the literature
By Claire Aitchison Recently I was chatting with a colleague who supports doctoral students at a large Australian university, and she confirmed the enduring challenge for candidates to understand both...
View ArticleResearch conceptualization in doctoral writing Part Two
We hope you enjoy Part 2 of this post from Cecile Badenhorst, Professor in the Adult Education/Post-Secondary program in the Faculty of Education at Memorial University, Canada. Cecile explains her...
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