Everything you need to know to not just survive but thrive during your part-time doctorate
Taryn Tavener-Smith is a full-time Lecturer at Buckinghamshire New University. She is in the fourth year of a part-time practice-based PhD in English Studies with the University of Stirling. Taryn’s research explores the portrayal of liminal identities in non-fiction life writing. Finding the time and space to write as a part-time doctoral researcher can feel…
Beverley Jennings is doing a part-time PhD with the Institute of Education at the University of Reading whilst also working part-time as a secondary school English teacher. She can be found on twitter @bjm_teacher A common metaphor for PhD study is that it is a journey and for a long time this felt true for…
Katherine Langford is a part-time PhD student at the Open University. She is in her 4th year of researching how students develop an understanding of tricky Physics concepts. I came down with ME when I was 13 and I have effectively been studying part-time ever since. For a while, I was barely well enough to…
Victoria Pendry (@VictoriaPendry1) is a freelance education consultant based in York specialising in Education and International Development. Most of her work is as the CEO of the The Curriculum Foundation (CF), a not-for-profit, internationally orientated social enterprise working with Governments in Low- and Middle-Income Countries to improve access to, and the quality of education. She…
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We are Dr Jon Rainford and Dr Kay Guccione, academics and researchers, currently writing a book called Thriving in Part-Time Doctoral Study for Routledge Education’s Insider Guides to Success in Academia series. Series Editors: Prof Pat Thomson and Dr Helen Kara.
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Thriving Part-Time