In a previous article entitled “structuring your introduction”, we suggested that a good way of approaching your introductory chapter was to treat it like any other essay and begin with an introduction before moving on to the main body of the chapter and ending with a...
Lists and tips are two popular formats for web based articles. This article, by Dr Alex Hope, passed his PhD in November 2011 and published his list of tips shortly afterwards. As a list of tips providing pragmatic and positive advice, this particular article is...
The title of this article, written by Julie Gould and published in Nature, is a little misleading. This short essay is not really about the point of undertaking a PhD, but about how best it should be assessed. Despite this, and regardless of its use of vacuous...
…, but I’m being put under pressure to publish This is an anonymous opinion piece, published by the Guardian’s higher Education Network and based on the personal experience of the author following the completion of his or her PhD. It explains the...
Undertaking a PhD is a significant commitment, both in time and money. It is, therefore, only natural for a doctoral candidate to be concerned about the various hurdles that he or she must jump in completing a PhD. Following acceptance by the chosen university, the...
This is a blog article, published in 2013, by the then first year PhD student, Andy Greenspon. In the article he considers what he had learned since beginning his PhD, and on what he wished he had known before starting. If you are considering undertaking doctoral...
