Phdchat

Ways to visualise data...all very creative

A very useful guide which answers the difficult questions, like where to put a fullstop in relation to inverted commas following a quotation.

Useful information and diagnostic tools for issues around copyright and intellectual property rights. All the more important now most theses are digitised!

report on doctoral learning journeys (2010) from HEFC, UK. Looking for the final report!

blog post on writing up that sounds like voice of experience - think might come in handy over the coming months

Useful reassurance that doing the lit review after the research is appropriate in GT methods

RT @4KM: Call for papers: organizational change for sustainable development http://bit.ly/dZ5TXl #C4P #phdchat #ashridge

Bex Hewett posted a link from this journal earlier on blog diaries. This is the home page. I've just got some useful information about using a case study from here (vol 3, issue 4). Useful journal! Thought it was worth posting again :-)

Online QDA is a set of learning materials which address common issues of undertaking qualitative data analysis (QDA) and beginning to use Computer Assisted Qualitative Data AnalysiS (CAQDAS) packages. We aim to complement courses run by, for example, the CAQDAS Networking project, many independent trainers and the large number of undergraduate and postgraduate social sciences research methods training courses.

Some really useful powerpoint slides designed to accompany Zina O'Leary's "Doing Your Research Project" - covering everything included in the general research process

Move away from descriptive levels and get the concept ...

"As a time management life coach, I've found that many of my clients have a dread of finishing that they keep hidden away-hoping that no one will ever notice that they get a lot of little things done while never quite completing the really important stuff. Whether it's due to a rabid perfectionism, an aversion to criticism, or just an inability to maintain enthusiasm for the long haul, we all have challenges and fears we must overcome to produce work that matters. But pretending they don't exist won't get us anywhere. Here's a guide to diagnosing and treating what I've found to be four of the most common barriers to completion:"

Ph.D. students are particularly prone to some of these behaviours, I think, so perhaps this will help someone.

From bedfordresearcher.com

Website with sources of funding

Always worth a read to cheer you up!

Phdchat archive 24th November 2010

"So, my lessons for the year: You can't read everything You already know a lot Your ideas are interesting Research is fun Collaboration is a very, very good thing. Not bad for one year."

Lessons a Ph.D. student learned in their first year. Good read and good advice too.