How to read more effectively
Engage with your reading more deeply by using this 40-minute read-think-write method. It will save you time too.
Can you see your research in three dimensions?
Getting off-screen and looking at your research in two and three dimensions can help you see the ‘big picture’ more clearly.
Get started with your essay
If you’re a procrastinator, it's important to make a start – any start – but begin early. And write actual sentences on the page.
How to turn your Arts or Humanities thesis into journal articles
Whatever the format of your PhD, you can adapt your work to publish it in academic journals.
Successful endings
It's useful to think of endings as looking in one of three different directions: look back; look forwards; look beyond.
Teaching critical thinking
Tutors can teach critical thinking to all students, and it is best to introduce it from the start of their university journey. Offering skills training at the beginning of the course provides a framework for students who are new to critical thinking and helps more experienced students to achieve highly.
Keeping up the momentum
Break down the job into a numbered list of tasks. Crossing off the items as you complete them will give you a feeling of achievement.
Thinking about the active and passive voices
Even if you feel safer with the passive voice, consider how you might use the occasional active sentence to liven up your writing.
Keeping motivated
You may want to launch into your most difficult task first. But if this feels intimidating, start with the quick, simple jobs.
Getting writing done
Ten-minute bursts aren’t miracle cures for writing challenges, but they are powerful, uncomplicated tools in the writer’s armoury.