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In May 2023 I'll be running a workshop for supervisors of PhD researchers aimed in particular at the Director of Studies. First some headline statistics on PhDs in the UK and England in particular In England, a 3-year full-Time PhD research degree costs 4300 GBP approx. for each year, so that is 4900 EURO = 15000 EUROS in course fees alone. The UK produces 25000 doctoral completions every year. A large university in England might have 500 completions per year Grossing it about 2.4 million EUROS a year Source: Statista, 'The Countries with the most Doctoral Graduates' by Niall McCarthy, Dec 19, 2016.   Level 8 QAA Benchmark A key focus of my PhD Pack is the discipline of writing at doctoral level. I explore this through (i) criticality in writing, (ii) judging this criticality and (iii) raising the quality of the postgraduate's writing to Level 8. Level 8 is doctoral level work from The QAA Benchmark Guidelines (2016) Section 3.2 pp.8-9. Supervisors can u...

The article-length post from the Travel Writers Online magazine that has the highest number of reads is 'Across the Bay from Concarneau'. Is it possible to see why so many people enjoy it? Reasons for Viewing a Blog Post The first two reasons are often discussed by writers and bloggers in the tourism industry. First, the recounted story is on-topic for those who follow this online magazine. And, second, it is a full-length article. By that, I mean, it is the classic size of three A4 pages of handwritten text. When I count one side of my writing, it comes to 350 words so 3 of those makes 1050 words. When you transfer your handwritten text into to your digital workspace, for example, Google Keep, you usually edit and improve the readability. I also add my photo captions at that stage, too. These writerly processes increase the word count to 1250 words. This substantial text gives the Google search bots sufficient content to classify the page and add it to Google's database f...