Tag: research
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A PhD food journal – What I eat in a month
“Please eat a lot so you have the strength to get on.” It’s how our Vietnamese peeps usually show support and care to the young people having to work hard for their studies and career. Yet I have long realised that when I eat a lot, my body has to work harder to digest all…
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How I got over 2 failed pregnancies during my PhD
2024 has got a tough start: I just lost my first pregnancy by the end of 2023, tried again and lost another one shortly after that, right in the middle of Jan 2024. But all the losses have not been in vein, I guess, because in weathering through it all, both my life and my…
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What does it take to complete a PhD?
I had my annual progression review on 20th September 2024. The results were satisfactory. Yet, I was suggested to take a step back. I need to redo part of my literature review before getting on with data collection. It seemed alright, from the outsider’s perspectives. But for me who has spent the greater part of…
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Frequently asked questions/ Giải đáp thắc mắc
If you’re here, it’s probably because you’ve known about my research and are considering whether you can and should take part or not. Therefore, I have put together some of the questions that I usually encounter in the recruitment of research participants. Hopefully it helps clear up some of your doubts. Nếu bạn đang đọc…
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Kêu gọi tham gia nghiên cứu – Luận án Tiến sĩ tại Đại học Brunel Luân Đôn
For English, please click here. Xem Các câu hỏi thường gặp tại đây. Tiêu đề nghiên cứu: Tìm hiểu cách người bán cá nhân đánh giá tính chính đáng của các cơ chế nền tảng: Một góc nhìn từ logic thể chế Nghiên cứu sinh: Tracey Quach Nghiên cứu này đã được Hội đồng Đạo đức trong…
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Call for participants: Doctoral Research in Brunel University London
Để đọc tiếng Việt, vui lòng bấm vào đây. Frequently Asked Questions can be found here. Study title: Understanding individual sellers’ legitimacy evaluations of platform mechanisms: An institutional logic perspective Researcher: Tracey Quach Research ethics approval has been granted for this study to be carried out between 01/08/2024 and 31/12/2025 You are being invited to take part…
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How a non-academic get a funded PhD offer – Your application (Part 2)
In the earlier post, I have gone through the hard components of the application. By “hard”, I meant the things that you have little or no control over, because they are in the past, and they are hard measures of your capability to conduct a PhD. If you don’t have such a flashy record, it…
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How a non-academic get a funded PhD offer – Your application (Part 1)
It took me a year and a half to finish this piece of writing because it’s not a straightforward topic and my capacity to gather objective evidence is limited. Although I have to admit it is tempting to make overgeneralised or oversimplified statements, I’m only writing now what I believe is right from my experience…
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I lost 2 pregnancies during the first year of my PhD
It’s been a week since I lost my second child, and here I am sitting in my PhD computer lab with my head in the clouds and my body floating around like it’s not attached to the ground, deciding to write down my stories as a way of piecing the past few months of my…
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