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#158 - How to Write a Thesis by Publication
Today I am walking you through that structure so you do not make the same mistake.
22 July 2026
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You can have three papers in top journals and still fail your thesis by publication.
Not on the research. Not on the quality of the papers.
On the one chapter most pe...
Jul 22, 2026
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#157 - "This Needs More Depth" What Your Supervisor Actually Means, And Why They Never Show You
Today, I am going to take the five most common supervision comments I hear and show you what they actually mean, what the fix looks like, and why your supervisor probably cannot show you themselves.
15 July 2026
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A mentee sent me her methodology chapter last year...
Jul 15, 2026
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#156 - The Part of a Doctorate Nobody Warns You About, And Why It Ends More PhDs Than the Research Does
Today, I am showing you why this happens, what is actually missing once the taught phase ends, and what I have been building to fix it.
8 July 2026
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Jul 08, 2026
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#153 - How to Use the PRISMA Flowchart for a Systematic Literature Review
Today, I am showing you how to use the PRISMA framework properly to develop a systematic Literature Review paper.
17 June 2026
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Jun 17, 2026
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#152 - How to Choose Your Literature Review Type
Today, I am showing you how to select the most appropriate Literature Review Type for your PhD, DBA or research.
10 June 2026
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Jun 10, 2026
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#151 - How to Know If You Have Read Enough for Your PhD, And Are Ready to Start Writing
Today I am giving you the three signals that tell you the reading has done its job, so you can stop waiting for a feeling of readiness that rarely arrives and start writing instead.
3 June 2026
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Jun 03, 2026
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#150 - How to Turn Your PhD Thesis into Research Papers: The 2+2 Publication Strategy
Today I am giving you the strategy a mentor showed me after my postdoc that changed everything.
27 May 2026
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May 27, 2026
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#149 - Which Doctorate Is Right for You? What Universities Will Not Tell You
Today I am laying out the four main doctoral pathways side by side, with an honest comparison of what each one actually involves, who it is for, and what it leads to.
20 May 2026
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May 20, 2026
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#148 - How to Design Your PhD Methodology: The 6-Step Methodology Compass Framework
Today I am walking you through the six steps in the right order, the same order I use with every mentee, so your methodology chapter holds together from top to bottom and your examiner cannot pull it apart.
13 May 2026
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May 13, 2026
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#147 - How to Verify AI Citations, Summaries and Statements: The TRACE 5-Check Framework
Today I am giving you the exact framework I now teach every mentee for checking anything that came through an AI tool before it goes anywhere near their thesis or paper.
6 May 2026
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May 06, 2026
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#146 - How to Choose Your Research Topic: The 6 Questions to Turn an Interest Into a Research Study
Today I am giving you the six questions that fix this. You can work through them before you read a single paper, and by the end you will have a research topic with real direction.
29 April 2026
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Apr 29, 2026
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#145 - How to Find and Write a Research Gap That Holds Up
Today I am giving you the complete process, from finding a genuine gap in the literature through to writing a statement that no panel or reviewer can push back on, with annotated examples showing exactly what passes and what fails.
22 April 2026
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Apr 22, 2026
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