How to Write Minutes of Meetings (Plus Sample Minutes Template)
When you are a PhD student, you are expected to have numerous meetings in the course of your PhD programme. Most of these meetings will be with your supervisor, and some with committee members and...
The Fieldwork Process in Qualitative Research (Do’s and Don’t’s)
Qualitative research involves primary data collection hence adequate planning of the fieldwork both before and during the data collection stage is critical. This post highlights some of the...
There are many sampling strategies that can be used when conducting research. The sampling strategies vary depending on whether the study is qualitative or quantitative. This post discusses the...
Qualitative research has gained recognition in the last few years and researchers have come to acknowledge that it is in no way inferior to quantitative research but rather that each of these...
This past two weeks I attended a number of proposal defense of PhD students at my University. In this post, I discuss the general format of a proposal defense as well as discuss the most common...
Humans are social creatures. However, networking may not come naturally for most people. Nevertheless, we all need a social support system. As a PhD student, effective networking should be part...
