by Dr. Max Lempriere | Sep 11, 2023 | Improve Your Writing, Structure a PhD
Your PhD discussion chapter is your thesis’s intellectual epicenter. Think of it as the scholarly equivalent of a courtroom closing argument, where you summarise the evidence and make your case. Perhaps that’s why it’s so tricky – the skills you... 
by Dr. Max Lempriere | Sep 1, 2023 | Improve Your Writing
In this post, I’m going to give you what I think is the easiest win when it comes to improving your writing: using thesis statements to tell the reader what the destination is right at the outset of your writing. PhD thesis statements will be a useful tool in... 
by Dr. Max Lempriere | Feb 23, 2021 | Improve Your Writing
Have you checked out the rest of The PhD Knowledge Base? It’s home to hundreds more free resources and guides, written especially for PhD students. A style guide? No, not a guide to the latest fashions. Not even a hairstyle guide, in case you’re under the... 
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... 
by Dr. Max Lempriere | Apr 24, 2019 | ESL Resources, Improve Your Writing, Writing
The hardest thing about doing a PhD isn’t the research, the literature review, the research design. They’re all hard, sure, but the hardest thing about doing a PhD is the constant worry about whether what you’re doing is ‘good enough’. The trouble is, we only have so... 
