Additions to my PhD toolbox (for writing and planning) #phdchat
(Melvin the dog, my faithful research assistant) Self imposed deadlines are fun. I’ve got one at the end of the month for the first proper chapter of my PhD thesis (between 15,000-20,000 words – but...
View Article#PhDChat – thoughts on twitter methodologies (& an experiment in open,...
This post carries over from Martin Eve’s and Andy Coverdale’s initial posts about the process of writing a joint paper about the phenomena of #phdchat; a weekly twitter chat for PhD students, which has...
View ArticleVitae’s Digital Researcher 2011 #dr11
Tomorrow I will be attending the Vitae Digital Researcher 2011 event (follow virtually on twitter: #dr11) at the British Library. The event is designed to introduce a range of web 2.0 technologies and...
View ArticlePhD – it’s the half-way point. Start the clock! #phdchat
Martin Eve’s post about being at the half way point of his PhD caught my eye yesterday afternoon, but also made me realise that without even noticing, I am at the 18 month point of my PhD as well. I...
View ArticleCamscanner: Helping use your time in the library a little bit better. #phdchat
Just a quick one… Over the past 2 years, I’ve managed to get away with spending quite a lot of time working on my PhD from home. It is quite possible to access the bulk of the literature that you need...
View ArticleWriting Retreats; or how a trip to the mountains helped me restart my PhD.
Inspired by this call to action from Jessica on collecting the stories of mental health and PhD students, and the fact I am looking forward to working on ‘it’ through the enforced Christmas annual...
View ArticleWhat I need to write about during January 2014
First post of 2014, a particularly important year for me as I’m working full time on a project with “Glasgow 2014″ in the job description. Eek. Secondly, 4 years after I initially collected my data...
View ArticlePhD Update: Enter the warpzone…
Reading through my research diary and blog posts at the time, I realise it’s been exactly five years since I was in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. In all honesty, back then I would have...
View ArticleUsing NaNoWriMo for generative PhD writing
This is the academic year that I complete my PhD. I am very fortunate to attend writing retreats almost monthly now. I’m at one in Dumfries just now writing this in my final session – I was at Gartmore...
View Article#NaNoWriMo (& other things) for generative (& progressive) PhD writing – an...
Just under a month ago I wrote a blog post about how I aspired to be a #NanoRebel and aim to write over 50k additional words to my PhD as part of the annual writing flurry of #NaNoWriMo. With only 1.5...
View ArticleSome thoughts from Picturing the Social Conference – June 2016 #VSMLconf
I’m on my way to Sheffield to deliver a workshop on Social Media for Early Career Researchers at the first student-lead Sheffield University Doctoral Student Conference tomorrow. I was lucky enough to...
View ArticlePhD to completion – The final 6 months
TL;DR: I quit my associate lecturer job so I can finish my PhD full time before December. I am still available for freelance and project based work. This is a post about my boundaries. This has been...
View Article10 things I know now about completing a PhD [12 weeks to go]
I’ve just got home from a long (but fab) day on Paisley campus of UWS. Something I’ve not done since I stopped working there in July to finish the PhD. I feel compelled to blog – all the best blogs...
View ArticleFrom PhD student to PhDone: Writing up that thesis
25 days ago, I submitted my PhD thesis. I am relieved that it is now, finally, done. However, you have to forgive me for not writing elsewhere for a while. I’ve not been able to stomach writing...
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