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Monthly Archives: September 2012
academic travel diary: a narrative to find the way
Another conference season is just about over. This year I wasn’t very adventurous and just went to one. It was in Spain. A long while before the event my friend Jill and I decided to rent a house and stay … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, Anthony Paré, narrative, writing, writing as heuristic
Tagged Anthony Paré, narrative, Pat Thomson, travel, writing as heuristic
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why read about writing?
Academics are very concerned with getting the writing done and getting the stuff out there. After all, it’s the out there that counts for jobs, careers, bids and for audit purposes. Writing advice therefore often focuses on how to get … Continue reading
a literature review as collective and inner library
I recently mentioned in passing in this blog, in relation to writing book reviews in fact, the book by Pierre Bayard provocatively entitled How to talk about books you haven’t read (2007). I want to suggest now that this is … Continue reading
Posted in academic book, Bayard, books, literature review
Tagged books, collective library, inner library, Pat Thomson, Pierre Bayard, reading
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picking up the pieces (of writing)
Most of us find that we don’t have the time to complete a piece of writing in one sitting. In fact a blog is probably about the only thing that you can finish in only one go. Retracing thinking steps … Continue reading
Posted in abstracts, academic writing, structure, thesis, time
Tagged abstract, Jon McGregor, Pat Thomson, picking up, Will Self
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how to be a scholar
As a much younger woman I considered the possibility of an academic career, but in the end I didn’t do it. One of the major reasons was that, at the time and where I was, a lot of academic life … Continue reading
Posted in academic life, Alison Lee, feminist critique, scholarly identity, scholarship
Tagged academic identity, Alison Lee, scholar
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who is the public in public engagement?
One evening, a long time ago, I opened my front door to find a teacher from the school in which I ‘d just enrolled my son. After an initial introduction she launched into a spiel about the English classes that … Continue reading
Posted in audience, dissemination, knowledge exchange, knowledge mobilisation, public engagement, theory, writing
Tagged Pat Thomson, public engagement, theory, writing
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writing from the PhD thesis – the publishing plan
I’m assuming that if you’re reading this post you have a publishing agenda – that is a list of potential articles from the PhD arranged in priority order. I’m also assuming that this might include a book – but I’m … Continue reading
writing from the PhD thesis: letting go
I often meet post PhD people who are stuck. Even though they are now doctored, they are not over the Big Book. Some of them are stuck in thinking how they might get something, anything, out of the thesis. A … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, argument, Big Book, Dr, publication plan, publishing
Tagged Pat Thomson, post PhD, publication planning, publishing, writing from the PhD
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