Welcome to the Degree Doctor blog – where we keep it real about PhD life.
If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, behind, or like everyone else has it figured out but you – you’re in the right place.
Here you'll find honest advice, practical tips, and a whole lot of reassurance to help you stay calm, focused, and on track.
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Let’s make this PhD journey a bit less stressful (and a lot more doable).
PhD literature review structure, how to tidy it up!
Can’t bear to look at your literature review because it’s such a mess?! You’re in the right place, keep reading…
Thematic literature reviews and chronological literature reviews. What’s the difference? Which one should you choose for your PhD literature review?
Thematic or chronological? Are you considering one of these structures for your literature review? Learn a bit more about them in this blogpost ..
How to start your literature review - a guide for PhD students who are STUCK!
Struggling to get your PhD literature review off the ground? Here are some simple steps to get you started and generate some momentum!
How to do a PhD literature review properly? Be intentional and critical! Steal my strategy and templates!
Up-level your literature review with my 5 top tips!
Crafting a Focused PhD or Masters Degree Literature Review: How many headings?
How many headings should you have in your literature review? Keep reading to find out!
Why your PhD literature review feels like a mess (and what to do about it)
Before you do anything else on your PhD literature review, read this!
PhD Literature Review - If you’re not doing this, why not?!
If you’re writing up your dissertation literature review in full paragraphs and spending hours crafting perfect sentences, before you’ve even collected your data, then you need to STOP THAT RIGHT NOW!