08/05/2023
My highly-rated Udemy course on How to Get a PhD is now available with this time-limited discount code: DFB459F842DB871DA41A
Feedback and reviews would be most welcome. I will be adding a new module on the writing process and the PhD.
How to Get a PhD
Finding the Right Research Topic, Advisor, University, and Funding Options for Your PhD
05/05/2023
My new Udemy online course on St Patrick's Ireland: An Introduction to Celtic Christianity is now live. The time-limited discount code is: A3B706B3AAA0F5CD23C9
Link to course:
St Patrick's Ireland: An Introduction to Celtic Christianity
Early Christian Ireland, 400 to 650 AD
21/04/2023
Download the PhD Model Canvas to get a one page overview of your PhD project
The PhD Model Canvas - Page X Page
The PhD Model Canvas. Not knowing where or how to start your PhD can be daunting but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
16/06/2022
Delighted to share that I now have 147 students from 38 countries taking my Udemy course on How to Get a PhD: Finding the Right Research Topic, Advisor, University, and Funding Options for Your PhD:
https://www.udemy.com/course/master-your-phd/
16/06/2022
This is an overview video of the research software I developed for PhD research students:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNTK_O3c-wk&t=1s
31/03/2021
This is a walkthrough and onboarding of the new PhD Web App we are proud to launch today.
My team and I have been working on this steadily during lockdown over the past months getting feedback from PhD students and getting ready to release the beta version. I want to acknowledge the work of my team mates, UX Designer and project impresario Roman Gordeyev who is doing a PhD himself in Cultural Studies and tech maestro, Semjon Bystrov, software developer, for the fantastic work they have done on this project which has gone above and beyond the brief. I couldn't have asked for a better team in bringing this long-term vision and project to this first release stage.
Thanks also to business mentors Declan Droney and Alan Carey for their advice and guidance at various stages and to LEO Galway and Údarás na Gaeltachta for supporting this project.
The way we develop and train the next generation of scholars and scientists needs to change. The future of science depends on it. I hope this software will go some small way in helping current PhD students to surmount what can often seem the daunting prospect of finishing their PhD thesis.
This is a beta version of the Web App so accessible on laptops or desktops only. A mobile version will be released at a later date. It is recommended to use with Google Chrome browser.
To access Web App go to: app.pagexpage.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNTK_O3c-wk
Onboarding and Walkthrough of new PhD Web App for Research Students
Walkthrough and set up for PhD Web App: https://app.pagexpage.com/authUse Google Chrome browser. Laptop/ Desktop only. Mobile version will be released at a l...
20/01/2021
A Better Way to Do Research: Adapting Lean Principles to PhD Research
Research is by its nature unpredictable. Given that research is the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions this is to be expected.
11/01/2021
Stimulating lecture on the modern university and its mission by Jonathan Haidt
"Two incompatible sacred values in American universities" Jon Haidt, Hayek Lecture Series
On October 6, 2016, Professor Jonathan Haidt gave a Hayek Lecture at Duke. The event was co-sponsored by the programs in the History of Political Economy (HO...
01/01/2021
Happy New Year!
Designing the rest of your life | Dave Evans | TEDxSanFranciscoSalon
How can design can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or ...
01/01/2021
4 x 4 grid for assessing what projects to work on
A simple 4 x 4 for choices
Our life is filled with projects. We invest time, effort or money, and perhaps we get a result. It’s useful to have a portfolio of projects, because not all of them are going to work. The 4 x…