I’m working on the second edition of ‘How to fix your academic writing trouble’ with Katherine Firth at the moment. We’re doing a new chapter on writing process, specifically how to think...
https://thesiswhisperer.com/2024/04/07/using-obsidian-as-your-writing-work-bench/
In May 2023, Eirini Tzouma asked me participate in a panel on Neurodiversity at the Durham Centre for Academic Development post graduate research conference. Sadly, I had prior commitments, but w...
https://thesiswhisperer.com/2024/03/02/what-do-neurodivergent-phd-students-need/
Happy new year everyone! It’s summer here in Australia, where we take a long break. I want to talk about Tidying in this post, but first – some news: ‘How to fix your academic writing troub...
https://thesiswhisperer.com/2024/02/03/the-academic-tidy-up/
We have to talk about ChatGPT, or as my sister @anitranot styles it, ‘ChattieG.’ (which is both funnier and easier to say). The reaction to Chattie in academia seems to oscillate between mora...
https://thesiswhisperer.com/2023/12/06/my-favourite-chatgpt-chattieg-writing-prompts/
A couple of months ago I wrote a post called ‘The enshittification of academic social media’, riffing on ideas put in the world by Cory Doctorow. It’s fair to say, this post was a minor vir...
It is a truth almost never acknowledged, that university communities are absolutely, totally, tragically addicted to gossip. I was reminded of this truth when the identity of the new ANU VC was a...
https://thesiswhisperer.com/2023/10/03/academic-gossip-and-artisanal-bullshit/
If I started Thesis Whisperer today, 10th of July 2023, you would never hear about me. I built a readership in my little corner of academia, and some measure of influence, by sharing my work onli...
https://thesiswhisperer.com/2023/07/10/academicenshittification/
Hey, before I start this post, I’ve got a couple more events coming up at Cambridge if you are around: On 11 July we are holding a forum for ThinkLab at Cambridge for PhDs and PostDocs who are ...
https://thesiswhisperer.com/2023/07/05/when-your-research-is-upsetting/
Hey – Before I start, here are some upcoming events I’m doing at Cambridge University, which are open to the public: A lecture at Wolfson College, Cambridge on Tuesday 6 June at 5:30pm, which...
https://thesiswhisperer.com/2023/05/26/literaturereviewpain/
I’m on sabbatical for the next three months and have committed to doing a literature review on neurodiversity and PhD study. Ugh. I hate doing literature reviews. I’m just going to say it: mo...