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November 12, 2015

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Scientist without a Lab

For many, especially given our science focus and expertise at Bradford, we are facing lab time vanishing. Thanks to Dr Zoe Ayres who has gotten us started with this resource,…

Thursday, March 19th, 2020 in RDF DOMAIN A1 KNOWLEDGE BASE, RDF DOMAIN A3 CREATIVITY, RDF DOMAIN B1 PERSONAL QUALITIES, RDF DOMAIN B2 SELF-MANAGEMENT, RDF DOMAIN C2 RESEARCH MANAGEMENT

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Doing Fieldwork in a Pandemic

Another highly useful resource, just read it this evening. It is a crowdsourced document and whilst I’ve provided a PDF, you should feel free to go and add to it…

Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 in RDF DOMAIN A1 KNOWLEDGE BASE, RDF DOMAIN A3 CREATIVITY, RDF DOMAIN C2 RESEARCH MANAGEMENT

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PhD in the Midst of Pandemic

Patterer, Prof Pat Thompson – excellent blog, do follow it – has posted some reflections on continuing your doctoral study at the current time. As an excerpt: Some PhDers may…

Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 in RDF DOMAIN B1 PERSONAL QUALITIES, RDF DOMAIN B2 SELF-MANAGEMENT, RDF DOMAIN C2 RESEARCH MANAGEMENT

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Framework for Developing Research Questions

I greatly value and esteem this colleague’s work, so it is really worth a look. Although this is primarily aimed at lecturers, it is true that as everything is online…

Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 in RDF DOMAIN A1 KNOWLEDGE BASE, RDF DOMAIN A2 COGNITIVE ABILITIES, RDF DOMAIN A3 CREATIVITY

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Understanding How Your Thesis is Examined

This is a useful framework but please note that the author is in Australia and this is a different doctoral system. Regardless, this is worth a look as you work…

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 in RDF DOMAIN B2 SELF-MANAGEMENT, RDF DOMAIN C1 PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, RDF DOMAIN D2 COMMUNICATION & DISSEMINATION

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Creativity in Research

Prof Pat Thompson, whilst having a rant (her words) over on her blog Patter, offers some excellent insights into the role of creativity withing the research process. This is well…

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 in RDF DOMAIN A2 COGNITIVE ABILITIES, RDF DOMAIN A3 CREATIVITY

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GROW for your doctoral viva

This is another post from the excellent work of Dr Nathan Ryder. He adapted a tool from the world of coaching (G.R.O.W.) as a way to plan your viva prep…

Thursday, December 12th, 2019 in RDF DOMAIN A3 CREATIVITY, RDF DOMAIN B2 SELF-MANAGEMENT, RDF DOMAIN D2 COMMUNICATION & DISSEMINATION

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Learning About Predatory Journals

Excellent reading identified by our Librarians here at Bradford from one of the world’s top journals. If you are planning to publish your thesis, please beware of these – I…

Thursday, December 12th, 2019 in RDF DOMAIN B3 PROFESSIONAL & CAREER DEVELOPMENT, RDF DOMAIN C1 PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, RDF DOMAIN D2 COMMUNICATION & DISSEMINATION

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Understanding PhD thesis examination expectations: A framework

This is extremely useful and our library has access – Helping doctoral students understand PhD thesis examination expectations: A framework and a tool for supervision David Hodgson (2017) –  https://doi.org/10.1177/146978741774202

Sunday, November 10th, 2019 in RDF DOMAIN A2 COGNITIVE ABILITIES, RDF DOMAIN B2 SELF-MANAGEMENT, RDF DOMAIN C1 PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

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Understanding Research Bibliographic Metrics

Claire Sewell Metrics video https://researchsupport.hcommons.org/metrics/ Andy Tattersall, ScHARR Citation Hacks videos https://digitalmedia.sheffield.ac.uk/channel/ScHARR+Research+Hacks/74835771 This is a wakelet of various resources on metrics that I produced to accompany a training session (for…

Saturday, October 26th, 2019 in RDF DOMAIN C3 FINANCE, FUNDING & RESOURCES, RDF DOMAIN D3 ENGAGEMENT & IMPACT

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