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Writing a doctoral dissertation and running a marathon: personal reflections on similar experiences PART II

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0 – 20 km: start slowly, find your pace. The first step of the writing process has been the preparation of the dissertation outline with number of chapters, an estimated number of pages, and the main references to be used in the different sections. I found this initial step easy since the articles and project […]

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Writing a doctoral dissertation and running a marathon: personal reflections on similar experiences PART I

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During ten months, from February to November 2006, I have been writing my doctoral dissertation at the University of Tampere. Simon Down, a lecturer from the University of Newcastle who gave a presentation in a two day seminar at the University of Vaasa in April 2006, described the PhD as the most intense period of

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