The power of rest
This time, I am writing to you a bit more personally. After a series of short camping holidays, I’m refreshed. Even brief trips away can bring you much more than…
Finding the right journal for your article
You might often feel intense pressure for your research to be published in high ranking journals. This is a quick summary of what you could keep in mind when approaching…
Planning for increased AI use
How can we use AI to best support us? This time, we focus on solutions to some of the problems posed in the debate about how AI can be used…
Assessing quality in qualitative studies
Last time we looked at evaluating quality in quantitative studies. This time the focus is on qualitative studies. Guides to assessing the quality of qualitative studies are available on the…
Assessing quality in quantitative studies
While it is easy to find guides for assessing the quality of research via the net or generated by AI, as we all know, we need to assess the appropriacy…
Systematic literature reviews
Are you getting distracted from your main aim during a literature review? Don’t worry, this is a common challenge, particularly for more extensive projects like a thesis. What strategies can…
Using AI for grammar
Many books have emerged about the virtues and vices of AI. One is The ChatGPT Revolution by Donna McGeorge. She used Chat GPT to write it and promotes it as…
Writing with AI
Have you tried using AI to improve how you write? This time, we focus on an experiment in editing a research article which was originally condensed from various parts of…
AI and how we work
AI has so many uses. We (and AI) will continue to invent more of these over time. It has been a while since I sent out a newsletter because after…
Top tips to stay motivated
Do you ever find it hard to get started on a new project, especially if it is something on top of what you are already doing? Do you wonder where…
Thesis to journal articles
Due to popular demand, I am again giving some advice on how to turn the research in your thesis into several journal articles. Some of you will already have several…
Editing for a group of collaborators
As most people come to me for proofreading and editing research articles or academic theses, you may not know about the other services I offer. There are three main kinds…
Covid and peer review
I have avoided writing about the pandemic in an effort to stay positive. As its effects linger, it is probably time to look at some of them. Covid has disrupted…
Authenticity in academic editing
This time I am taking a look at some issues surrounding integrity as an editor. Clients generally share my general expectations and attitudes around what an editor should and should…
Developing new paradigms together
As we move closer to the middle of our third year since the pandemic began, it’s worth thinking again about what’s changed and how we’ve adapted. Even more importantly, how…
The value of volunteering
When was the last time you considered the benefits of volunteering? Everyone is pressed for time. Deadlines, multiple projects, responsibilities at home and at work, when do you have a…
Top tips for teaching online
This is the second of two newsletters with practical advice on online education. The first concerned learning online and this one includes some hints for teaching online. University lecturers might…
Top tips on learning online
This is the first of two sets of practical advice on online education. Because of the pandemic, once they adjusted to teaching and learning online, some universities actually closed some…
Which to use: a small or a large editorial service?
There has been a constant push from some larger academic editing services to market themselves as the best to universities and research institutes. Let’s compare a small one or two…
Get your qualifications and experience recognised
Do you need help with getting overseas qualifications recognised in Australia? This is a quick guide to how this is done. It might also be helpful for other jurisdictions like…
Top tips on presenting at a conference
This is the last of a three part series on virtual conferences and how to make the most of them. The first session was on adapting your networking strategies for…
Top tips on proposals for conferences
This is the second of a three part series on conferences and how to make the most of them. The last session was on adapting your networking strategies for an…
Top tips on virtual networking at conferences
This is the first of a three part series on conferences and how to make the most of them.
Simple steps for a painless literature review
Where do you start? You can begin with finding one useful reference and then trace back from the references to research within it that you think will add something to…
