Category: PhD life
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The Way Through the Woods
Yesterday I met my supervisors to Discuss the Chapter. I took a list of questions and comments, a piece of work on some manuscript miscellanies that I’ve been studying and some examples of ballads that fitted some of the categories I’d been working on. Between us, I think we’ve managed to find an approach that…
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The Bog – Part 2
You may have noticed that there wasn’t a blog post on Friday evening. Nor was there one the Friday before. There reason was that I didn’t feel like it; I didn’t want to acknowledge in public that I’m still stuck in the bog, probably waist rather than ankle-deep now. In fact, if truth be told,…
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The Common Weal
This is the first time since I started back at work that I’ve really felt like I’m back at work. I’ve begun work on my fifth chapter, ballads and the common weal. But it’s been a funny sort of week. I spent Monday with my head stuck in my source material, trying to find the…
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Summer goals: the final score
The results of my summer goals: • Definition of ‘ballad’ for introduction. I’m part way through this, although it needs a LOT more work. I’m discussing it with friends that I met at the Psalm Culture conference in London in July and I’ve given it a lot of thought, but so far, there’s only a…
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End of the Summer Holidays
So far, so good. I’ve managed to successfully avoid doing any work on my PhD for two weeks. This may not seem like a cause for celebration (indeed, bits of me are itching to open a book or rifle through a few ballads or even do some filing) but I am extremely poor at doing…
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Fun in the Cotswolds
Generally speaking, I’m useless at doing nothing. Even if I’m watching television I am usually doing something else at the same time. However, on Monday evening I found myself doing just that – staring out the front of the tent into space and doing absolutely nothing. It didn’t last long, but I think it showed…
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10 truths a PhD supervisor will never tell you | Features | Times Higher Education
10 truths a PhD supervisor will never tell you | Features | Times Higher Education. Interesting article. I’m not sure I agree with them all, but certainly they are food for thought.
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