Phdchat

Thanks Liz, very helpful guide to getting over that 'blank page' intertia.

Blog by a PhD student (not me).

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

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

Ways to visualise data...all very creative

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

"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.

"Editors of journals suggest that one of the major problems they see in submitted articles is a lack of focus. They observe that too many writers try to say 'everything', and this means that they end up saying 'nothing'." Common problems with journal papers related to lack of focus are described. How many are you guilty of?

"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.

Useful and challenging overview from David Mellor. Interesting points on critical theory.

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

Tech Learning TL Advisor Blog and Ed Tech Ticker Blogs from TL Blog Staff - TechLearning.com Some alternative options to wordle

Online survey tool (similar to surveymonkey) but allowing for 200 participants in the free package!

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 :-)

Website with sources of funding

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