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Monthly Archives: May 2012
travel diary: what academics do in hotel rooms
Academics get to travel a lot. Its one of the perks of the job I guess, but it only becomes a perk if you actually work at it. A lot of the time we collectively don’t. In fact we travel … Continue reading
Posted in app, marking, pdf, thesis, travel, work
Tagged academic work, app, making, Pat Thomson, pdf, thesis, travel
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anyone for a theor-orgasm? academic work in practice and with a practice partner
So what’s a theor-orgasm? Well it’s a term that one of my friends used to use and I suspect she invented it, although I’m not sure. I couldn’t find it when I googled it so I think that she must … Continue reading
some forms of public engagement are more equal than others
A long time ago, when I was still living in Australia, I wrote a conference paper* about a dispute between researchers; I’d read about it in the news and heard it on the radio. One was a university based poverty … Continue reading
Posted in media, public engagement, radio
Tagged academic disputes, Harry Ferguson, Pat Thomson, public engagement, radio, sound byte
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research track record – how do you get it?
One of the things that can count for or against you when bidding for research project money is track record. All funders would like to give their money to someone who they are pretty confident can produce the goods. So … Continue reading
time – can you ever really manage it?
A little while back, patter and thesis whisperer, inger mewburn, co-wrote a post on writing which we wanted to ‘simulcast’ on each of our blogs. Writing this first post was surprisingly easy given all the technology at our disposal. We … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, distance, time, travel
Tagged academic work, distance, Pat Thomson, Thesis Whisperer, time
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be conference savvy and land a book contract
Most big conferences are attended by major publishers. They offer their books at discount so it’s a a good place to stock up. Most publishers will also ship books so you don’t have to cart them home in your luggage. … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, book proposal, books, coherence, unique selling point
Tagged book contract, book display, Pat Thomson, pitch, pubishing
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planning and managing multiple writing tasks
Henry Miller’s first writing commandment was “Work on one thing at a time until finished”. I find this almost impossible to do. It’s so impossible that much of the time I think that it’s not a sensible rule – well … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, Henry Miller, publication plan, publishing
Tagged blog, Henry Miller, Pat Thomson, publication planning
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