How Not to Write a PhD Thesis

Someone has recently sent me a link to an interesting article that appeared in a January 2010 edition of Times Higher Education which I thought was worth passing on to the other postgrad students out there.  In it, Tara Brabazon, Professor of Media Studies at the University of Brighton, discusses her role in preparing PhD students for submission of their thesis, and examining the work of other PhD candidates.  

My teaching break between Christmas and the university's snowy reopening in January followed in the footsteps of Goldilocks and the three bears.  I examined three PhDs: one was too big; one was too small; one was just right.  Put another way, one was as close to a fail as I have ever examined; one passed but required rewriting to strengthen the argument; and the last reminded me why it is such a pleasure to be an academic.

Read the full article: How Not to Write a PhD Thesis by Tara Brabazon

Comments

Elmer said…
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
Anonymous said…
Great article! Times Higher Education has also just posted a new piece by Tara Brabazon, titled '10 truths a supervisor will never tell you - important dos and don’ts to bear in mind when choosing someone to oversee your doctoral thesis'.

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/features/10-truths-a-supervisor-will-never-tell-you/2005513.article
Sally Miller said…
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
Anonymous said…
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
UK Thesis said…
Its been amazing..blog.Thanks for sharing..
Jacob martin said…
Thanks for sharing information about it.

Popular posts from this blog

Gathering historical research on William Clark's Nez Perce son

A Detailed Synopsis of James Welch’s Fools Crow

A Discussion of Sherman Alexie's novel, Indian Killer