Handy hints for PhD students
This resource uses some of the theory that I already teach from Boice’s work. It’s definitely worth a read as it is about a little-and-often approach to successful scientific writing…
This workshop was delivered as part of the Doctoral Student induction week. All of the materials can be found here, Including the slides and the original article in its full…
Often it’s the shortest, neatest resources that are the best. novelty-handout This excellent 2-page handout from Carnegie Mellon University is both handy and informative. I strongly recommend using it.
This is a useful guide to publishing in top journals. The main ingredients that seem to be needed are persistence and hard-work.
I find this guide incredibly useful. Of course, its intended audience is nurses but, frankly, anyone could get a lot from reading it. The guide is to the point, quick and…
This nifty website has some home truths about what it takes to engage with the literature as well as giving some tips and advice on how to proceed and what…
Crawford offer some useful support on getting academic writing right for PhD students. Be sure to take a look.
Noordam & Gosling’s article has some useful tips if you’re a PhD student attending your first disciplinary conference.
Training from Bob Green of EndNote Bob will be coming to the University for the morning of Friday 27th May to show us the latest tips and techniques for: EndNote…
Our supervisory relationship is our first experience of preparing for a professional life in academia or industry – relationships have to be forged and managed, not simply ‘expected’. this is…