This week, Resident Blogger Emma unpacks everything you need to know about academic publishing...
Tag: Academic writing
Back to Basics: How to Read Academic Papers
In this article, resident blogger Beth Price shares her top tips on how to read research papers effectively, prepare for your literature review, and not freak out. By the time you sign up for any post-graduate study, let alone a PhD, you will have read so many papers and cited so many books that you … Continue reading Back to Basics: How to Read Academic Papers
Why you should consider using a reference manager
In this post, SGSAH blogger Garry Mac discusses a controversial topic - reference management software! While everyone has their own thoughts on this, if you're drowning in a sea of sources, this article might just convince you to get a little software help. PhD research requires a lot of reading and citation of sources – … Continue reading Why you should consider using a reference manager
In Defense of Nice Stationary: Tips for Redrafting Your Thesis
In this guest post, University of Glasgow PhD researcher Shelby Judge discusses her experiences with redrafting her thesis chapters and offers some advice on how to make the most of a redraft. You can read more about Shelby in her '5 Minutes With' interview. In a fit of grandiosity, I have labelled my current stage … Continue reading In Defense of Nice Stationary: Tips for Redrafting Your Thesis
On questions and questioning
What do depression and the PhD process have in common? (This is not a setup for a joke. I’m sorry.) The answer, as I came to discover recently, is their tendency to force our attention towards new questions; questions that are unexpected, overdue, crucial for our development, and illuminating in their own way, even when … Continue reading On questions and questioning
Top 5 tips for writing your PhD
Being almost 3 years into my PhD, I’ve written my fair share of academic writing. This also means that I’ve had a huge amount of feedback from my supervisor on my writing style. There are some mistakes that I’ve made (and continue making), which I wish I had got out of the habit of doing … Continue reading Top 5 tips for writing your PhD
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