My thesis is complete. It is done. It is submitted! After 4 years of reading, learning, writing, revising, critiquing and wanting to throw in the towel, it’s written. It may need refinement and editing but all of the sections are now on a page and the whole thing has...
I was aiming for December but it may be more like May!!! Yesterday I wrote the conclusion of the conclusion. The very last page. It did feel very strange yet incredibly positive. My supervisor said he thought I could submit in May rather than December, and who am I to...
A change is coming and the world of work and study will change to something we could not have imagined 6 months ago COVID-19 is going to change our use of technology, our access to learning and interaction with our work colleagues What we considered to be effective...
The festive break is over and it's back to work we go. But it's been an excellent chance to get some serious study time in. With my husband working days, evenings and weekends, I've ignored the washing up, the hoovering and the laundry and spent days and days pouring...
Today has been quite a revelation! I've spent the last few weekends transcribing my interviews. Today I started analysing them. Even though I conducted the interviews and transcribed them, i hadn't really fully understood what each of my interviewees had been saying....
Today I’ve spent some time re-reading my research methodology chapter, moving things around and changing bits about. And I had a lightbulb moment. I discovered a new article about my research philosophy, unconnected to ontology...
Today I tried something different. I went for a guided mindfulness walk at the nearby Wetlands led by the lovely Liz Keats. The reason I thought I'd share this with you is that I think mindfulness is intrinsically linked to self awareness. You'll already know that my...
2019 has brought lots of changes, hence my lack of blog posts since the end of 2018. In January I took redundancy, in March I moved to London and in April I took up my new job in central London Yes. It's been a rollercoaster! But now it's September, which means the...
When I designed my questionnaire I was adamant that it would be quantitative only with no opportunity to add in unruly free text! But my supervisor suggested I should add a comments box at the end because you often get very interesting feedback and views shared. And...
Well there are 9 days left until my questionnaire closes. Responses are slow. I'm beginning to panic. I'm really looking forward to getting hold of my data and working on it in SPSS but I may have to plough in with data collection in the new year, with a more direct...