The early years
Should I start a PhD? Am I going in the right direction? A section on the most common questions before and during the first year of your PhD.
Top Ten PhD Worries
Kevin O’Gorman trained in Glasgow, Salamanca and Rome as a philosopher, theologian and historian. His research interests...
Top 10 Hints For Understanding Your Ontology, Epistemology and Methodology
Are you struggling with your ontology, epistemology and methodology? Professors Kevin O’Gorman and Robert Macintosh provide their top then hints to get some clarity on your ologies.
[INFOGRAPHIC] Top Ten Hints On How To Manage Your PhD Supervisor
Top Ten Things That Every PhD Student Should Do At Least Once During Their Degree
Not everything in your PhD is about your contribution to theory, context and practice. We compiled 10 things every PhD student should try at least once during their journey.
10 things PhD students wish they had known before they started!
We spoke to over 30 current and recently graduated PhD students and asked them what two things they wished they had known before they started their PhD that they know now. Unsurprisingly there was a great deal of overlap, so we anonymised and offer a summary of what they told us.
10 hints to undertake a mixed-methods research approach
Are you at that stage in your dissertation or research project where you are considering using mixed-methods? Here are ten hints on how to conduct mixed methods research.
How to start a PhD proposal
Whenever I have any kind of essay or assessment that needs doing, I always find that the best place to start is to break down everything that you need to do in easy to manage sections. No doubt that by this stage in your education this will have been very much drilled into your mind by now but always plan! It is so important, planning helps you organise your thoughts and manage what seems like a huge undertaking into no more than a sequence of very different/smaller sections which come together to make up a larger whole.
Top 10 Reasons to Consider Doing a PhD in Higher Education
During my undergraduate degree, in International Business, I was obsessed with airlines and my dream job was to work as an operational manager at British Airways. I did not have even the slightest interest in Higher Education until I became a Class Rep during my final year. At Class Rep training I was elected as Faculty Rep and from there I began to attend committee meetings and university workshops. This was a whole new world for me, and I left the majority of meetings enthused to learn more about the intricacies of universities, as well as work to enhance the experiences of my fellow students. Five years later, I am now at the early stages of my PhD researching the experiences of transnational students and working with Academic Registry to put in place initiatives to help support the sense of community and belonging within this Global University.
Top Ten Hints on Building Your Academic Reputation
By about the mid-point of your PhD journey, it becomes apparent that getting a successful completion signals not the end per se, but the end of the beginning. For some, the PhD is the summation of their academic endeavours, allowing you to retire undefeated from the world of education bearing its highest accolade. For others, especially those aspiring to an academic career, PhDs are the entry ticket to a world where reputation is all. So how do you build your academic reputation?
Getting a PhD while working full time – Top 10 questions to ask yourself before starting a PhD
Some other elements to consider before embarking in the PhD journey.