Stuck in the middle with you
Thesis WhispererInger reflects on the muddle of the middle in research and explores boredom, AI debates, and finding focus during long stretches of academic work.
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Why you need a Nobot
Discover how Professor Inger Mewburn uses AI to boost productivity, overcome writer’s block, and redefine academic work-life balance.
Using ChatGPT (ChattieG) to write good
Thesis Whisperer provides a hot take on ChatGPT: Academics have a responsibility to show others, how to use these tools responsibly, creatively and ethically
Why are we all so tired?
Professor Mewburn is tired, can you realte? In this very honest blog for Thesis Whisperer, she talks about depression, anxiety & what might work to help recover
How to finish that big writing project (and move on)
Only 20% of PhD students finish ‘on time’. Most people finish between 4/5 years after starting, his blog from Prof Inger Mewburn will help you buck the trend
Perfectionism, Failure and Finding My Worth in a PhD Mess
Gabriella Wilson explores perfectionism, fear of failure, and finding worth beyond a PhD in this raw, relatable post for The Thesis Whisperer.
How to approach an inter-disciplinary thesis
Universities are often very well set up for individual disciplines, but if you don’t fit firmly into one of these, you can easily find yourself marginalised. How should you go about doing interdisciplinary research?
Thesis Whisperer – Some New Books on Writing
There’s a LOT of books out there on how to do a thesis/dissertation. In this article from the Thesis Whisperer website, they have ploughed through a couple of new books on the subject, and provided a compilation of reviews. Would a new guide help inspire and organise your time?
The #PhDweekend
This post is by Laura Wynne, a PhD student at the University of Tasmania. She just submitted her PhD – only 10 days after her scholarship ran out. How did she keep to time so well and keep her weekends free?
A big list of academic job interview questions (and how to answer them)
Preparing for job interview questions in advance can help calm your nerves, so what are you likely to be asked in an interview for an academic job? This blog shared from the Thesis Whisperer has a few suggestions..
Passionate PhDs Podcast
New podcast from Elizabeth Lam, for and about PhD graduates finding employment outside academia.
A voice from the precariat
Thesis Whisperer post by Dr Pippa Yeoman who has started what is beginning to be called the ‘post-post-post doc’ stage of the academic career
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