I’ve stopped counting how many weeks I’m into Module One of my structured PhD programme, preferring to focus on how many weeks until my first research paper draft is due for peer review (5 weeks) and final submission (another 4 weeks after that). It’s not long really if the first half of the module isContinue reading “The first of many countdowns”
Category Archives: PD Typology
Settling into PhD life
Is this really week 7 of the first module of my structured Phd programme? I hadn’t been counting, instead focusing on the readings and online discussions over six whole weeks. I even managed a first draft of the research proposal for the assignment due at the end of the module (although not a very goodContinue reading “Settling into PhD life”
And so it begins…
PathwaytoPhD is back from sabbatical – where did those four months go? In truth, it was a sabbatical from this blog and during this time I still wrote a little (for my local Tidy Towns group), I read a little more (advance reading for my PhD ahead) and did a bit of organisation thanks toContinue reading “And so it begins…”
It’s been a funny old week
It’s Thursday and normally my fortnightly blog post is published at this stage but as the post title says, it’s been a funny old week. Not funny in the ha-ha sense and this post aims to explain my thinking about where I’m at right now and where I’m going (in the direction of a PhDContinue reading “It’s been a funny old week”
Building community… the question of reciprocity
In my last blog post I starting thinking about the concept of lurking in an online community and whether it is a good or bad thing. My instinct tells me that the term is a negative one, that lurking isn’t a good thing since it’s one-sided and no reciprocity exists. So, I did a littleContinue reading “Building community… the question of reciprocity”
Building community… a few more steps
Several months have passed since I wrote a blog post on the important topic of community, a full academic year has been completed and it’s probably time to apply some learnings for the upcoming semesters. Just like starting out as an undergrad student in a physical university environment it takes effort to get to knowContinue reading “Building community… a few more steps”
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