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Category Archives: PhD
Ph.D. & Procrastination
Before anyone says anything I do get that it’s ironic writing about procrastination, rather than getting on with the task in hand. However, there is real value in understanding procrastination Earlier this summer my work went something like this: reading … Continue reading
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Tagged fear, Finishing a PhD, meditation, PhD, procrastination, writing, writing up
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Old books are nice
Part of the joy of being a researcher is being with books. Forget the kindle, give me a stack of books, a penguin donkey or a musty library room any day. I had this sent down from The British Library … Continue reading
Phd & Depression.
After a little procrastination and fashion chat here is the 1st of a series of the promised posts about making corrections to a thesis. As you can see I’ve begun with a cheery title: PhD & Depression. Please stick with … Continue reading
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Tagged Depression, Doing a PhD., Finishing a PhD, PhD, PhD & Depression, writing up
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Web Science at The Royal Academy
I was lucky that I signed up early and managed to get a seat at The Web Science event at The Royal Society this week. I’m really glad I was there, although there was a web cast, which will be … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing a PhD., power-point, presentations, Social Networking, social science, web science
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what a thesis looks like
Scenes from the hard work this week. Back in the game.
The will to blog
So I lost the will to blog. I’m sorry. I missed you too. The reason in part is that I received my first dose of heavy duty attack on my work at the beginning of the year. Right effort, right … Continue reading
A PhD on doing a PhD
At the end of January I came across a great project where the researcher is investigating the PhD process and I’ve been meaning to post a link for the corresponding blog for a while. There are useful links to some great … Continue reading
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Research practice
Hellooooo! OK, so as promised (I’m sorry that this post is so v.v. overdue), but here are some reflections on finishing a PhD and my views on how to approach research in general. I honestly don’t feel it’s too useful … Continue reading