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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 Read time: 3 minutes Offers and opportunities: Supporting our sponsors directly helps me co...
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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 Read time: 4 minutes Offers and opportunities: Supporting our sponsors directly helps me continue delivering valuable content for FREE to you each week. Your clicks make a diffe...
May 27, 2026 dissertation doctorate journal papers phd professionals doctorate publication thesis
#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 Read time: 3 minutes   P.S. I'm live in the comments under every Lin...
May 13, 2026 dba doctorate journal methodology methods phd thesis
#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 Read time: 3 minutes Offers and opportunities: Supporting our sponsors directly helps me continue delive...
May 06, 2026 ai ai in research citations dba doctorate journal phd publication thesis
#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 Read time: 3 minutes Offers and opportunities: Supporting our sponsors directly helps me co...
Apr 29, 2026 dba doctorate phd phd proposal research gap research topic thesis
#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 Read time: 4 minutes Offers and opportunitie...
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#144 - What Happens in a PhD Viva: From the Examiner's Side of the Table
Today I am giving you the full timeline, from the conversation we have before you walk in to the moment we tell you the outcome, along with exactly what to prepare for each stage so nothing catches you off guard. 15 April 2026 Read time: 3 minutes Offers and opportunities: Supporting ...
Apr 15, 2026 defense dissertation doctorate phd thesis viva
#143 - Where to Draw the AI Line in Your Research and Doctoral Research
Today I am sharing exactly where that line sits, based on real cases I have examined and the three uses that will always result in a fail. 8 April 2026 Read time: 4 minutes Offers and opportunities: Supporting our sponsors directly helps me continue delivering valuable content for FRE...
Apr 08, 2026 academic writing ai ai tools dissertation doctorate phd thesis
#142 - How I Mark a Doctoral Thesis: The Chapter-by-Chapter Blueprint
Today I am taking you inside my process. I am going to walk you through exactly what I look for, what I write in my notes, and the moments where I decide if a thesis is heading for minor corrections or major ones. 1 April 2026 Read time: 4 minutes Offers and opportunities: Supporting ...
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The Research Insider

One insider strategy per week to complete your PhD or DBA on time, use AI responsibly, and navigate the academic system with confidence. 230,000+ researchers follow my work on LinkedIn. 10,000+ subscribe to this newsletter. Here's why. Whether you're a full-time researcher or a working professional doing a doctorate alongside your career, the system wasn't built for you. Universities teach methodology. They don't teach you how to actually finish. Every Wednesday, I share one technique from the examiner's side of the table. The things I've learned from examining 45+ PhD theses, supervising 30+ researchers to completion, and mentoring working professionals through doctorates they were told they couldn't do while working. All in under 3 minutes. AI is changing research fast. I've tested 12+ tools with doctoral students and I train universities on responsible AI use. I'll show you what works, what makes things up, and how to use these tools without putting your integrity at risk. My followers call me their virtual mentor. This newsletter is where that mentoring goes deeper. No fluff. No jargon. Just the strategies I use with my own mentees, in your inbox every Wednesday.
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