Whether you are doing a traditional PhD or a PhD by publication, ‘writing up’ should never be something left to the end of your research. Instead, writing should be a continuous process, learning from your supervisor, your peers and your own mistakes. I examine how this writing up can be accomplished efficiently if rarely painlessly.

This masterclass is taught via lectures, small group workshops followed by feedback sessions and one-to-ones with all participants. Whether you are just starting a research degree or in your final year, this is the course for you.

Among the topics covered are:

* The PhD as an apprenticeship. What ‘originality’ means.
* Learning from your supervisor and your peer groups
* The need for consistency. Fitting your research question and methodology to your research model.
* Reassurance strategies when difficulties arise: the low bar in qualitative research.
* Designing a methodology that allows for rapid data gathering and early data analysis.
* Practical suggestions about when to write a literature review and what it should contain.
* How to avoid dull methodology chapters. Keeping a research diary.
* How to write credible and interesting data chapters. What to include and what to omit.
* Concluding chapters that are not summaries but which stretch the imagination.
* Writing publishable journal articles

This master-class offers lectures and data workshops covering the latest approaches to key areas of qualitative research:
• Do’s and don’ts in writing a qualitative PhD
• Reader-friendly literature reviews, methodology sections and conclusions. What counts as originality.
• Persuasive data chapters
• Publishing journal articles: a novice’s guide