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PhD Survival Guide: How to write about a complicated theory/ idea
Posted On June 8, 2020

Break it up into small time periods- Reading about theories can be draining. I often break up my day so that I only work on this task for 30 minutes …

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PhD Survival Guide; Ways to plan your writing
February 2, 2020

Throughout high school and undergraduate university courses, we get told about the importance of planning before we start to write essays or reports. I used to think that we were …


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Operation GTFO how to start the discussion chapter.
July 15, 2019

I actually cannot believe that I have written a few paragraphs (very, very, very rough paragraphs) for my discussion chapter. The final chapter of the PhD thesis. The last frontier. …


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‘Operation GTFO’ How I found writing my introduction chapters.
May 28, 2019

The introduction chapters are a weird part of the thesis process. I thought I would write them throughout my three years – in between doing all the research for my …


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‘Operation GTFO’- Last minute edits.
April 9, 2019

Scrambling to finalise a draft to send out to your supervisor(s) can be hectic, as there are often so many minor details we forget to address until the very last …


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‘Operation GTFO’- Tips for finishing a discussion draft
March 8, 2019

Writing discussions is perhaps my least favourite part of the scientific writing process. Actually, it is probably a tie between the discussion and the abstract. I love reading discussions but …


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‘Operation GTFO’- Organise your files now.
February 28, 2019

We are all guilty of naming documents ‘chfbhfgb’ when we just want to get out the office after spending 12 hours straight there. Or just saving everything as ‘New’ ‘Newer’ …


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‘Operation GTFO’- How to write about a complicated theory/idea.
February 20, 2019

Part of operation GTFO is writing introductory chapters, and part of writing introductory chapters is writing about complicated theories and ideas, which can be a very tedious task. I have …


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‘Operation GTFO’ – How to condense information for introduction chapters
January 10, 2019

It is time for the next blog in the ‘operation gtfo’ series. When you are nearing the end of your thesis you need to start writing those pesky introduction chapters. We …


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‘Operation GTFO’- Tips to plan introduction chapters
November 26, 2018

While many PhD theses are different, depending on location and area of research, most require at least one introductory chapter. This introductory chapter sets the scene for the thesis by …