Part time EdD student:

so I haven't posted for a couple of weeks as I have just been up to my ears in deadlines for both work and study and in order to make these deadlines something had to be dropped and the blog got it. this morning I was reading through some blog posts on Pubs and Publications  and I came across a post that was focused on the journey of the PhD and that all-encompassing feeling of being overwhelmed and perhaps out of your depth? I signed up to my EdD  in 2018 and the initial feeling of excitement was quickly replaced with a feeling of inferiority, inexperience and incapability and I sat down one night to read and wondered whether I had made the right choice in actually going through with my plans to gain my doctorate. My free time was being taken up with reading papers that felt above my reading levels and the intellectual discussions that were taking place on various subject areas really just made me feel even more isolated from the doctoral journey. it was over coffe...

At the moment Covid 19 is spreading globally with many people working from home as countries go into lockdown. This pandemic is horrific and the news in the UK feels like its scaremongering rather than delivering facts. Many are feeling fed up, bored and pissed off with being housebound and unable to get on with their normal lives. I totally get all of these feelings. But at the same time, I am feeling more productive when it comes to my studies as there isn't much else to do.  Many TV channels have stopped filming new episodes of programmes and channels are either filled with repeats or news updates that are needed but also really depressing. So I have got myself into a really good routine that is helping distract my brain from this terrible pandemic but is also progressing my research and planning for my research project.  During the day I am working from home in the living room while my two-year-old is in the room watching tv, playing and enjoying taking ce...

Follow my blog with Bloglovin A massive part of being a doctoral student is independent study, research and the learning of study skills and tips to make things easier. It's not all handed to you on a plate.  Not to worry though as there are plenty of blogs, websites, twitter feeds etc to offer quick and easy solutions to make you feel like you're winning. One key tool you'll need is reference management software and there are a few different options to consider. Your university may recommend a particular software but it doesn't mean you have to use that or stick to that one. My university recommends  RefWorks , but I tried it for a few weeks and just couldn't get into using it successfully. So I googled and found other options   EndNote ,  Mendeley , and  Zotero . a lot of the information I was finding was leading me to believe that Zotero was probably going to be most suitable for me as its compatible with mac and I use apple products. I r...