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My questions now: preparing a thesis conclusion

By Cally Guerin Conclusions continue to be a challenge for thesis writers, not least because they need to bring together …Continue reading →

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5 myths about doctoral writing

By Cally Guerin Over the years I’ve noticed that doctoral writers sometimes come to their work with unhelpful ideas about …Continue reading →

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Doctoral writing: How good is good enough?

By Susan Carter Commonly there is some uncertainty about when a doctorate is ready for submission. The criteria for a …Continue reading →

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Internal alignment in doctoral writing: questions, methods, theory….

By Susan Carter I’m writing this as I prepare a two-hour workshop for a group of doctoral students who mostly …Continue reading →

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Questions to get started on refining the research question

By Cally Guerin It’s the start of the new academic year in Australia, and my thoughts have turned to those …Continue reading →

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Story-telling devices: Connecting chapters

By Claire Aitchison Over the summer break I pack in as much reading for pleasure as I possibly can. This …Continue reading →

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Why is it so hard to write the methodology section of a PhD thesis?

By Claire Aitchison I have worked with many students, particularly humanities and social science scholars, who have found writing the …Continue reading →

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Acknowledgements in a doctoral thesis: Humanising the examination process?

By Dr Vijay Kumar University of Otago, New Zealand. Dr Vijay Kumar is a leading figure in the research field …Continue reading →

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Some misconceptions about Literature Reviews

By Cally Guerin We’ve written about literature reviews before: see, for example, Trust yourself, Demonstrating criticality, and Writing while still …Continue reading →

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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 →

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Writing 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...

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Matching 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...

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Introductions 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...

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Writing 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...

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Writing 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...

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Writing 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...

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Research 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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