The ink is not even dry on my PhD thesis – I’m still working on it and yet here I am in the second year of my PhD research project and I’m planning journal articles! I recently submitted an abstract for my first journal article and I’m waiting to hear, with some trepidation whether it [...]

An article in the Independent today reporting that black graduates are three times more likely to be unemployed than white graduates does not surprise me, though it saddens me. Contrary to popular belief, in the current climate a good education does not offer hardworking black graduates any indemnity against unemployment.

About a year ago a very good friend of mine who has since finished writing up his PhD thesis, excitedly told me one day how life-changing the process of undertaking a PhD was proving to be for him. At the time, as a fledgling doctoral researcher still in the throes of figuring out the full [...]

During the early stages of your PhD research project you will need to think about gaining ethical approval which is required before you can begin the actual research. All higher education institutions have their own specific requirements in relation to research activity and are required to demonstrate ethical compliance. Research methods that

The viva is widely recognised as the final stage in a doctoral study where candidates are required to defend their research. But doctoral students are assessed much earlier in a similar fashion through the interim assessment. In some cases students who apply to do a PhD may be asked to register on a master’s research [...]