Statement of purpose (SOP) is known as a long essay that includes your research interest, academic background, career goals, and what makes you the right candidate for a particular PhD programme. The main aim of the SOP is to evaluate whether or not you are eligible for conducting research on the selected topic. SOP is extremely crucial for admission. There are many aspects considered for inspecting the suitability of a candidate and therefore it is essential that you carefully prepare it and include all necessary elements. You often find it difficult to write it in a concise and impressive wa ..read more

“In academia, we are always learning. The one hard lesson I took away from my experience is this: it’s better to be properly part-time than full-time temporary. ” – excerpt from The Guardian. A recent article in The Guardian spoke about the predicaments of the full-time temporary professors and how they were ranked even lower than part-time professors in the academic hierarchy. This brings quite an interesting topic to the core. What exactly happens behind the scenes in the world of academia? A prestigious tenure track position (full-time permanent position as a professor) which comes with its ..read more

You may be able to write a decent first draft ,but this draft will not be as good as the second draft,and your second draft won’t be as good as your third draft.I usually write many drafts of my thesis because I am not satisfied with what I have written only 1 and 2.I write my first drafts as quickly as possible, to get my ideas down.But these first drafts ,I’ve found always need substantial revision .I want to change the language here and there, find the “right” word in certain cases, or change the organisation.I have the most fun making revision for I’m making revision , I feel that I am fun ..read more

Selecting a topic area for your systematic review is the first step towards undertaking the review. The specific topic you select may arise from a number of different triggers. Once you have selected your research topic, the next step is to narrow this down to a specific research question. There are two main types of questions: background questions which are general nursing questions and foreground questions which answer specific questions about a specific topic. Foreground questions and sources can be divided into primary such as original research and secondary sources such as systematic rev ..read more

Your dissertation holds a very important place in your life as a doctoral candidate but it doesn’t need to be the only important thing. I know it took you years to complete and come up with this dissertation to present it to your chair, but a rejected dissertation doesn’t mean your life or academic career is at stake. Being a researcher, even I got it rejected in the first attempt but came back with a bang to the committee and won my Ph.D in the second go. Like me, here’s how you can know the possible reasons for your rejected dissertation and come back with a bang to your chair : 1. First and ..read more

Research requires several ingredients; some difficult to manage, while others are difficult to arrange. It is done by a single individual, but requires the acceptance/approval of several others; guides, supervisors, defense committee members, interviewees, focus group members, etc. In developing nations, research is in its incessant stage. Researchers face challenges in choosing a research topic, statement etc. In addition, researchers are faced with challenges associated with growth, infrastructural deficiencies, financial crunches, etc. Here’s a list of top 10 challenges that we found intimi ..read more

Every academic document needs to be edited for clarity, whether it is your research paper, thesis or dissertation. The process of editing involves detecting and correcting the errata in your dissertation such as grammatical errors, inconsistency and the discontinued flow of ideas in the dissertation. The editor can edit and proofread your dissertation while rectifying all the errors in it but on most counts will not be able to map the knowledge inadequacy in your dissertation. Your editor would be an expert in language editing but may have a deficient knowledge of the subject of your dissertat ..read more

So you have completed writing your dissertation? Congratulations! Sit back and relax for a while before you analyze and revise your dissertation to present it your supervisor. While you take a break from it, why not think of the ways to analyze and improve its overall quality. Isn’t it necessary that you pay minute attention to every little aspect of your dissertation now since the big picture of your PhD research is already created? Be the voice of your dissertation You are the author of your dissertation. You do realize the responsibility of being an author, right? As you read and analyze wh ..read more

When you are given the task of doing a dissertation, you are also handed a list of things that you need to keep in mind while doing the final dissertation submission. The list of points may seem ordinary and even irritating to you, but the truth is that the evaluators treat it like the dissertation bible and closely check whether you have toed the line or simply flung the list in the litter bin when you started the dissertation. Some of those rules may look like this: 1) Formatting: The evaluation authority will prescribe a style of formatting, which means that they will decide how you create ..read more

We have all been at a point in life when we have needed the advice of an expert. It could have been for anything big or small, but it always makes a trouble seem more tolerable if someone helps you in handling it. This is the truest when it comes to revising a dissertation. You are faced with the task of doing a dissertation and are doing it for the first time. There is an obvious excitement of doing it but also an apprehension about getting it right. Your best bet is to catch hold of someone who can help you in the process and guide you if you are going wrong, showing you the right way to do ..read more