Continuing connections
I’ve been following Catherine Cronin and Lisa Hammershaimb closely these past days as they approach their dissertation defence. I’ve noticed others who are also at that phase or completing their dissertations, particularly some that are in my particular institution.
Catherine shared some valuable resources
- PhD Viva Guide from NUI Galway
- Inge de Waard blog post Tips for a PhD defense or viva
Lisa has been blogging about her preparation for her dissertation defence and I’ve been adding comments to her blog posts. This week she shared a preparatory recording of her defence presentation [Countdown to convocation: day 21]. What a great idea!
From there I came across a new connection – linked from Catherine’s twitter stream.
warm congrats, Dr. @LucyJCA! ? https://t.co/np0JKHcUs1
— Dr. Catherine Cronin (@catherinecronin) March 21, 2018
Lucy Atkins is a UK ed tech researcher who has just received her PhD. Her tweet caught my attention because of the digital literacy connection.
Today is a very good day ? #digilitPhD pic.twitter.com/CFIu3xDeGx
— Dr Lucy Atkins (@LucyJCA) January 19, 2018
This led to the #digilitphd stream where I found her blog link.
*New Blog Post* On submitting an imperfect thesis https://t.co/JHe6AXvsGH #digilitPhD #mentalhealth #perfectionism #wellbeing #HigherEd
— Dr Lucy Atkins (@LucyJCA) January 24, 2018
Her blog reveals the process and work in the area of professional development strategies on the development of digital literacies [About my thesis]. After reading her post about Social Media and the PhD, I’ve received a gift of more connections.
And finally, I came across this article Constellations of Practice through a tweet from Frances Bell. This particularly caught my attention because of the rhizome reference.
So many opportunities in serendipity explorations today.
MORE CONNECTIONS TO EXPLORE – from Lucy Atkin’s blog post mentioned above
- @thesiswhisperer – Dr Inger Mewburn
- Thesis Whisperer blog, a highly useful collection of blog posts about every conceivable PhD concern.
- @ThomsonPat – Professor at University of Nottingham, author of
- patter blog, another brilliant PhD/academia guidance blog
- @Acwri/#Acrwri – Discussion and support group for academic writing.
- @SUWTUK/#shutupandwrite – Online shut up and write group. 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month, 10am BST.
- @ECRchat/#ECRchat – Early Career Researcher network, great for making connections.
- @PhDForum – Discussion and support group for PhD students.
- @PhD2Published – home of #Acwrimo (academic writing month – every November)