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June 2012

It’s not fair! The Literature Review penalty shootout

Are you gambling with the success of your literature review? Are you leaving things to chance? Are you letting fate decide what will happen in the end? Are you letting control slip away, week after week without you even realising it? Is your literature review like a game of football ...

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Episode 5: Did you know you’re a professional writer? Expert Interview with Pat Thomson

If I’d have read Pat Thomson just over a year ago, this blog may not exist Pat Thomson is an amazing writer. The way she communicates to students via her blog and makes so much sense, and yet it is different from anything else I have read. Talking to Pat ...

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You wouldn’t give directions like this, so why do it in your literature review?

Hey, can you tell me where the town centre is please? Sure, Traffic lights, Queens Road, Hospital, Henry St, Big grey building with lots of broken windows and a revolving door, corner shop, bus stop, car park, pedestrian crossing and you’re there. Helpful? No. Coherent? Definitely not. Did I used ...

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Some targets ARE bad for my productivity, what about yours?

This is a reaction to a very interesting question raised by James at 3 Month Thesis. His question was, are targets bad for your productivity? It’s interesting because it questions the conventional wisdom (always a good thing!) that setting goals and targets automatically help you be more productive and achieve ...

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