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Nov 29, 20212 min read

Can you earn a PhD through dance?

The quick answer is, sadly, no! But today's question takes us through an interesting investigation of some of the different ways you can...

Nov 24, 20213 min read

How do you choose a thesis topic?

A thesis is a big commitment. It's understandable that you'd want to get it right by picking a topic you will care about and remain...

Nov 22, 20212 min read

How do you deal with conflicting advice from your supervisors?

Welcome to our first installment of 'Ask WOTS', a new blog segment where we answer reader questions and try to clarify some of those...

Nov 10, 20211 min read

The Horrors - But Also The Joy…

Jordan Peterson is so perplexed by how tertiary education has gone off the rails (he means the humanities, of course, always the...

Nov 10, 20211 min read

Making Yourself Wise

The getting of wisdom and the writing and speaking of wisdom are deeply interlinked. One of these does not necessarily come before the...

Nov 7, 20212 min read

How much skin do you have in the academic game?

Dr Christopher Hartney looks at a vitally important article in Harper's Magazine December 2020 by Avi Asher-Scapiro called "Skin in the...