I recently came across this article , written by Charlotte Wegener and Lene Tanggaard about the apprenticeship perspective in co-writing between supervisor and doctoral student.The article itself is very interesting, and I think it is useful for supervisors as well…
The day I received my dissertation as a printed and published document, I considered it a final, finished entity of writing. I thought of it as a milestone, or even a giant monument in my life.And for a few months,…
Before Arjenne's webinar, I wrote about her new course, which will start soon, "The Best Way to a Successful PhD"Do you want to finish your thesis successfully and in time? Make sure you join ‘The best way to a successful…
Today in the Writers' Lab (which has been rather vacant for a while) I have the pleasure of hosting William Delgado, a professional writer. Have you wondered how the people behind paid essay writing services feel about writing, and which…
Amber Davis is a political scientist and PhD coach, who studied at the London School of Economics and Leiden University, and holds a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence. She teaches stress-management and productivity seminars for PhD students…
For some time now, I've been using binaural beats to help me focus while I am writing. I am not convinced that the binaural beats themselves help me focus, but for some reason the ritual of putting a binaural track,…
This post is part of the series PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: posts written for the Dutch academic career network AcademicTransfer, your go-to resource for all research positions in the Netherlands. These posts are sponsored by AcademicTransfer, and tailored to those…
It's Q&A time! Recently, I received this mail from a reader:I'm an early-stage PhD student in humanities, and my question is whether or not it is advisable to write an abstract for a conference before doing much of the research…
Today in the Writers' Lab we are hosting a professional ghost writer, Jeffrey Peters. Jeffrey works as a chief editor for a college paper writing service based in the US. In this post, he gave us his best advice for…
Today, I have the pleasure of hosting Koen Van den Eeckhout for a guest post in the Writers' Lab. Koen has recently obtained his PhD in physics at Ghent University, on the subject of glow-in-the-dark materials. In the following years…
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