What makes a good introduction for a dissertation? Graduate students practice critiquing one another’s thesis chapters, but they rarely read the introductions — usually because those are written to ...

PhD theses usually come in two forms. Standard monographs, a comprehensive dissertation written by a single author, continue to be used, but theses based on collections of published articles are ...

From initial research and writing to revision, defence and award, the journey to completing a PhD is often described as a marathon. Here, academics offer their insight on each step towards producing ...

Completing your PhD thesis is the capstone of your PhD experience. While we hope your thesis-writing experience is creative and rewarding, there are several details to keep track of along the way.

Writing a PhD thesis is a personal and professional milestone for many researchers. But the process needs to change with the times. According to one of those often-quoted statistics that should be ...