Friday 6 May 2011

Friday link: How Not to Write a PhD thesis

Some thoughts from the Times Higher:

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.

Full:
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=410208

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