A thought for the day… Have you considered the importance of personal learning environments and networks? What does yours look like? To maximise your current situation you need to consider your network of contacts and what you need to do to maintain and develop them. Do you need to make new contacts? I discovered this …
Something that I ask delegates to do in the study skills course I run is how to do a BOOK BLITZ which is also a great technique for anyone researching or studying. If you’re working on any piece of work that requires doing some research and reading, for example, preparing for a conference talk, carrying …
Carrying out a literature review? Here are some questions to ask, whilst reading. I wanted to share an idea with you today, that I’ve found useful as a research student. I’m a real bookworm, reading a few books each week. You’ll often find my head buried in a book! Something that I’ve always done ever …
Skills in diagnostic interviewing In my work as a Management Consultant, I’m often carrying out mini research projects. The balance of hard and soft data collection techniques varies in the generation of evidence to support conclusions of issue analysis; which often leads to a business case being developed for funding for the implementation of a …
Dictionaries relating to research methodology Jupp, V. (ed.) (2006) The Sage Dictionary of Social Research Methods, London, Sage. Miller, P. McC. and Wilson, M. J. (1983) A Dictionary of Social Science Methods, Chichester, John Wiley. Miller, R. L. and Brewer, J. D. (eds.) (2003) The A-Z of Social Research, London, Sage. Payne, G. and Payne, …