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How not to fail a PhD

Brilliant article written by an Australian academic on what she looks for, or hopes she wont find, in the PhDs she examines :

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/how-not-to-write-a-phd-thesis/410208.article

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Reply 1

LifeOfDreams

Original post by returnmigrant

Brilliant article written by a British academic on what she looks for, or hopes she wont find, in the PhDs she examines :

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/how-not-to-write-a-phd-thesis/410208.article

Thanks for posting this. Well worth a read.

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The_Lonely_Goatherd

Thanks for linking that - a very interesting read, as I brace myself for potentially starting a PhD soon! I'd previously worried that perhaps my topic is too focused in on one thing but actually having read this now, I think the scope of my proposed thesis might be too wide :sigh:

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Jantaculum

That's a great article - bookmarked. Thank you.

(now going to go through my Master's dissertation, due to be submitted in less than 24 hours, and check all mentions of 'discourse' and Foucault…..)