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My PhD Studies

My thesis: The viva version

27 February 201930 May 2021 Frances Ryan

It’s been a while since I wrote a post about my thesis. In fact, I haven’t done so since I submitted it last October. At the time, I expected that I would be blogging about my viva before the Christmas

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My PhD Studies

My thesis: Submitted!

1 November 201830 May 2021 Frances Ryan

And with that, I have submitted my PhD thesis for examination and thesis season is over! The last few days have been spent finishing up my thesis, all so that I could submit it on Halloween (success!). That included finishing

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My PhD Studies Writing

My thesis: The master document

8 September 201830 May 2021 Frances Ryan

As thesis season continues, my thesis is finally starting to fall into place. Yes, everything is starting to come together and I am quite excited about that. This post is about how I plan to pull the full document together

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Thesis season

1 July 201830 May 2021 Frances Ryan

Wow! It is the 1st of July already. And that means that my PhD thesis is due in just four months. Yikes! Of course, that means that the next four months will be all about my thesis. Thesis, thesis, thesis.

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My PhD Studies Teaching Training and Development

Teaching to learn; learning to teach

23 October 201729 May 2021 Frances Ryan

As my time as a PhD student (hopefully) winds to an end, I am beginning to look towards my career as an academic. I hope that part of that career includes teaching, which is why I eagerly accepted the opportunity

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2016 SoC postgraduate research conference

16 May 201630 May 2021 Frances Ryan

Last week was the annual Postgraduate Research Conference for the School of Computing at Edinburgh Napier University. The event was organised by a committee of students (Iris Buunk, Lyndsey Jenkins, Baraq Ghaleb, John McGowan, Andreas Steyven, and me) with oversight by Dr Kevin

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Planning the annual retreat

6 May 201628 May 2021 Frances Ryan

The annual School of Computing PhD Retreat took place earlier this week, and I am exhausted from all of the fun (and the planning!). Traditionally, the retreat is planned and organised by a member of staff, but due to other

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My PhD Studies Writing

How not to write a literature review: Part 2

20 June 201525 May 2021 Frances Ryan

As many PhD students will tell you, doing a literature review can be a daunting task. And for students in social sciences, that task begins when your studies begin… and it would seem that it never ends! Well, at least

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How not to write a literature review: Part 1

7 November 201425 May 2021 Frances Ryan

When I began my PhD studies nearly a year ago, I did so knowing that the first year would be, essentially, writing a literature review. I was told over and over again that it was all about reading, reading, reading,

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Defining and organising the Internet

8 October 201423 May 2021 Frances Ryan

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged here, in part because I still haven’t figured out how best to use this space and in part because I have too many muddled thoughts in my brain to know what to share.

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Meet Frances (She/Her)

I am Frances Ryan (She/Her), a university lecturer based in Central Scotland. My research focuses on information sharing and use in online environments, especially as it relates to everyday life and “lived” or real-world experiences.

This blog is about my academic life including research and teaching activities, conferences and events, publications, milestones of note, and more.

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