Reflections on Galvanising for Publication
I’ve been thinking a bit recently about that hackneyed adage about waiting for a bus, waiting, waiting…and then two (or three?) come at once. My year feels a little like…
Posts Categorized: Writing and Drafting Outputs
Criteria for Qualitative Research in Psychology
Ever since the early days of my PhD research I’ve found Ian Parker’s work to be a consistently thought-provoking read. Long before I made the move into research Parker had…
REF 2021 – Guidance for Qualitative Psychologists
A colleague of mine has been involved in the production of a document aimed at supporting qual psychologists in considering their engagement in REF through the quality of their outputs…
Researching and Writing about Male Eating Disorders
Fear. That’s the only word for it. Abject, unadulterated fear. And yet, I feel as if I’m making too big a deal of it. Although it has taken me until…
Publication and Research Progress – Reflections and Plans
What a deliciously verbose title. All it really means is that I wanted to capture where I’m at 8 months post-PhD. Part of both research reflexivity and Vitae RDF (C2…
Writing for Publication – Strategies
I met with a colleague and friend whom I peer-to-peer mentor with (unofficially). It’s a fruitful relationship, where I feel listened to but also, at times, challenged – to think…
The end is nigh – 1st round-up of my project
The other day, as part of an expo by our faculty to the vice-chancellor of the university, I put together a tentative first shot at summing up the research –…
Drafting a thesis
At least everything exists in a rough draft form by now but just when the end looks ever closer re-reading a chapter immediately prior to sending it to my supervisors…
Structuring the Thesis 2
I’ve uploaded a revised form for the way my thesis might be structured following taking feedback from my advisers. I have to say, that I felt quite relieved as one…
Journal entries
Appearing very shortly will be a series of posts which are summarised entries of my research journal so you can glean an idea of what’s going been going through my…
MGEDT conference (in the ‘aftermath’) and writing.
Last week I spoke at the conference held by Men Get Eating Disorders Too. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience but felt slightly disappointed at the low turnout of something which…
Help! A serious case of writer’s block…
It is now official – i am well and truly stuck. I am living in some sort of semi-permanent fear of committing fingers to keys. I spent most of the…