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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Other academic bloggers: where are you?!
I recently found a fascinating blog by someone in the US, Sterling Fluharty of New Mexico, who is a PhD historian writing his own blog about challenges faced in academic life and it got me thinking about blogging itself as … Read More
Exam revision season begins
For the next fortnight in my working life I have a very specific task to do: coaching my students through what is arguably still the most important part of their university lives: exams! As a lecturer I have never been … Read More
Desk-bound research: a good thing or not?
I am working on a small research project at the moment that requires me to make use of an electronic database held by my university. It’s called Early English Books Online and will be familiar to those of you who … Read More
Things your PhD tutors never told you!
My post a few weeks back on the failures of the UK university systems to support its students after they had completed their PhDs inspired a number of comments. This week I thought I’d look at a similar topic and … Read More


