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Your unfair advantage when it comes to the literature review

The term unfair advantage was coined (I think) by businessman Robert Kiyosaki. In a competitive environment (like business), you can have an unfair advantage over your competitors by recognising your own innate qualities and leveraging them in the competition. In other words, you do whatever it is you are naturally ...

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Academic Writing: Editing for Style by Damian Finnegan

I stumbled across this video while doing a bit of research for some LRHQ projects I’ve got cooking for the near future. I though it was so good it deserved it’s own post. Since finding the video I’ve actually been in touch with Damian (the star of the show) and ...

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Grammar not your strong point? Have you tried this?

I’m always a bit sceptical about new software. I didn’t want to mention Grammarly on here until I’d had a really good look and I could do a proper review. However… I’ve been so impressed with what I’ve seen that I had to share it straight away. Grammarly is your ...

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Why you should aim to create “something” useful EVERY day

A few years ago I made this promise to myself. It’s no exaggeration to say that it changed my life. It’s a philosophy that has lead me to be super productive, creative and organised all at the same time. I vowed that I would strive to CREATE something USEFUL every ...

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Podcast Episode 11: Linda Bergmann from the Purdue OWL talks Rhetoric and Writing Resources

Have I got a treat for you today. In episode 11 of The Literature Review Podcast I’m talking to the Director of the famous Purdue OWL about the best writing resource on the internet. We discuss lots of things, including how to implement rhetoric into your literature review that dramatically ...

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Behind the scenes of the greatest writing resource on the web

Have I got a treat for you. Next Tuesday on the literature review podcast I’ll be talking to Linda Bergmann who is the director of the world famous Purdue Online Writing Lab. You are invited to listen in live and ask your own questions (registration below). I’m really interested to ...

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Literature review drift: How can you avoid this deadly trap?

Strong currents are very dangerous, especially for swimmers. You expect to swim in one direct before a current takes you and drags you helplessly somewhere completely different. If you’ve experienced literature review drift before then you won’t need any more explanation to know what I’m talking about. You set off ...

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Is it really that important?

Nearly everyone I speak to who’s doing the literature review seems to have a lot on their plate. They have so much to do that they are rarely every doing one thing at a time. Let’s face it, the literature review on its own is quite has lots of different ...

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Get it out of your head!

This post is a bit of a plea to people to stop burdening their poor overworked brains with stacks and stacks of information. In an age of boundless info at our fingertips, we can use our brains as dumping grounds for facts that quickly clog our grey matter and prevent ...

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