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Top 4 tips for surviving the first year of your PhD

May 13, 2019July 26, 2019Leave a comment

Every year of the PhD is hard. Year 2 is host to the dreaded ‘second year slump’, when you still have a long way to go, but the novelty and newness of doing your PhD is wearing off. Year 3 is full of the pressure of writing and editing, picking examiners and choosing when you … Continue reading Top 4 tips for surviving the first year of your PhD

Writing the literature review

September 19, 20172 Comments

There are few interesting pictures of literature review writing. So this article is accompanied by pictures from my recent trip to the Outer Hebrides instead! Writing a literature review is replete with challenges. How do you avoid writing something that simply restates what others have said? Sidestep that problem by arguing strongly for a particular … Continue reading Writing the literature review

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