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Author Archives: pat thomson
not all literature ‘reviews’ are the same
I was trying to explain to a doctoral researcher the other day that the literature work that you do at the beginning of the doctorate is not the same as the literature work for the actual, final thesis that is … Continue reading
seven reasons why journals reject papers
I’ve written about rejections several times, and most of this is scattered throughout the blog, so I thought it might be helpful to amalgamate the most important points together. All in one place. There are some very common reasons why … Continue reading
Posted in journal, premature publication, publishing, refereeing, rejection, writing, writing research
Tagged journals, Pat Thomson, reasons for rejection
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early onset satisfaction – a bad thing for writing and writers
(health warning – this post is a tiny rant) early onset satisfaction – this is a notion that I once heard Mem Fox talking about. She put EOS as the enemy of all writers. Feeling too happy with a piece … Continue reading
should you, could you, would you… co-write with your supervisor?
It’s not hard to find a horror story or two about the PhD researcher who wrote something with their supervisor only to find when it was published that they weren’t given credit for the work. The supervisor put their name … Continue reading
Posted in co-writing, journal, supervision, theft, writing, writing research
Tagged academic theft, co-writing, Pat Thomson, supervisor
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self packaging – when is enough already?
I’ve realized recently that I’m pretty half hearted about the idea of self packaging/self promotion. It’s not that I don’t do it. I do. Well you have to now in HE. CVs and bio notes and university home pages are … Continue reading
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Tagged Pat Thomson, self packaging, self promotion
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oh no, someone did the research before me…
I very frequently meet doctoral researchers who are worried about not being original enough. They are afraid that what they are doing has been ‘done before’ and they won’t therefore be making an ‘original contribution’ to knowledge. They also are … Continue reading
the big book thesis has some advantages
This final post in the series on publication in the PhD and as the PhD comes from Dr Greg Thompson, an Australian Research Council funded early career fellow at Murdoch University. Greg also blogs at Effects of Naplan and tweets … Continue reading
Posted in dissertation, doctoral education, expert, monograph, PhD, PhD by publication, thesis
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should a journal editor know if a paper is from a doctoral researcher?
One of the most obvious difficulties of a PhD which requires published, rather than publishable, papers is the dependence of the doctoral researcher on the reviewing process. At a very early stage they must brave what can be a lengthy … Continue reading
the downside of having a Big Book thesis
This is a guest post by Katie Wheat. Katie graduated with a PhD in Psychology from University of York and now works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience at Maastricht University. She is currently using brain … Continue reading
Posted in Big Book, doctoral research, early career researchers, Europe, PhD by publication, thesis
Tagged Big Book, dissertation, Katie Wheat, PhD by publication, thesis
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PhD by publication or PhD and publication – part two
After my first post about the changing nature of the PhD and the move to PhD by publication I was contacted by a number of people who were doing the by-publication doctorate. They were enthusiastic about it. One group were … Continue reading
