Alternative Format

Jun 21 2023 30 mins 1

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In this podcast, researchers Anuja Pradhan (University of Southern Denmark) and Scott Jones (University of Birmingham) share their first hand insights on the increasingly common, if still atypical, option of pursuing a PhD by alternative format. They share advice, personal stories, and critically examine the PhD by alternative format. This podcast is aimed at current and potential PhD students as well as supervisors in the social sciences and humanities.

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Defend, But Don't Get Defensive

Jun 21 2023 32 mins

Scott and Anuja share their PhD viva (or defence) experiences and how they went about selecting their examiners along with their supervisors. They offer practical advice for preparing for and undertaking a viva and how this might be different for the PhD by alternative format. Finally, they discuss some of the opportunities that the alternative format might offer after the PhD jour

Are You Being Institutionalized?

Jun 14 2023 26 mins

For this episode, Anuja and Scott are joined by Professor Maria Piacentini and Professor Emerita Margaret Hogg of Lancaster University, UK, and Professor Finola Kerrigan of Birmingham University, UK. The Professors share their experiences as supervisors and examiners of alternative format PhDs. They discuss how a supervisor-supervisee relationship might look different for this form

From Kill Your Darlings to Mass Murder

Jun 07 2023 31 mins

In this episode, Scott and Anuja discuss the format and writing process of the alternative format thesis. They talk about the advantages and challenges of writing journal style articles as well as what goes into the ‘wrap around’ document. They discuss the process of ‘writing with’ their supervisors and offer advice on balancing writing papers alongside revising papers. Anu

Moving beyond Monographs

May 31 2023 33 mins

Anuja and Scott introduce the PhD by alternative format and discuss how and why they made the decision to do their PhDs this way. They talk about the role of the supervisors as well as mentors in making this decision. They share our thoughts on the advantages as well as challenges of this alternative format. Finally, They speculate as to who might be suited to this type of PhD and