by Dr. Max Lempriere | Sep 15, 2020 | Improve Your Writing, Writing
If you’re anything like the PhD students we interact with on a day to day basis, you probably struggle to wrap your head around and write either your theory framework and lit review chapters. You may even struggle with both. You’re not alone. Around 80% of the...
by Dr. Max Lempriere | Jun 5, 2020 | ESL Resources, Improve Your Writing, Writing
Your PhD thesis is the culmination of years of coursework and research and it can seem pretty overwhelming. Once you complete a draft, your work is far from over. Editing and proofreading are a significant part of your work on your dissertation, but after drafting...
by Dr. Max Lempriere | Mar 17, 2020 | Improve Your Writing, Increase Your Productivity, Stay Motivated, Writing
This post has been published in direct response to recent calls by governments around the world to encourage more people to work from home and self-isolate as a result of coronavirus and COVID-19. We wanted to create a resource that talked specifically to PhD...
by Dr. Max Lempriere | Mar 16, 2020 | Improve Your Writing, Increase Your Productivity, Writing
Nothing can ever fully prepare you for the intellectual, physical and emotional assault that comes with doing a PhD. Everyone does a PhD for very personal reasons, and everyone finds them challenging in unique and varied ways. What for one person may seem like...
by Dr. Max Lempriere | Jun 7, 2019 | Improve Your Writing, Writing
Without discrediting the merit of academic investigation and the findings you’ve produced, at the heart of a PhD is a goal to make the examiner happy. Clear, concise writing is an important component of achieving that goal. Concise writing is easier to read and...
by Dr. Max Lempriere | Jun 7, 2019 | Improve Your Writing, Increase Your Productivity, Structure a PhD, Structuring a thesis
Many of the guides, templates and tips on The PhD Knowledge Base are oriented towards specific sections of the thesis. That’s because each section presents its own challenges and needs its own approach. However, there are five tips to bear in mind that apply...
