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Blogging the PhD | PhD at Lancaster University

LRB Tutorial Prize

ByAdina May 13, 2019

As a “distance learner” in the PhD in Creative Writing program at Lancaster, I miss a lot of on-campus activities. Granted, I knew that when I signed on, but still, I can’t help but feel a little wistful when the announcements of postgraduate (PGR) events come in my inbox. Author visits. Coffee and thesis readings….

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PhD at Lancaster University | Research

The PhD and Ethics—results

ByAdina July 21, 2017

Since my PhD research will include interviews with living people, my application–all 18 pages of it–for the ethics review at the university (here’s my previous post about it) had to pass through three levels of approval: My supervisor The ethics committee, including a department reviewer The Ethics Officer, chair of the ethics committee The reviews…

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Blogging the PhD | PhD at Lancaster University

The PhD and Ethics

ByAdina July 3, 2017July 3, 2017

You know how we writers are. We need to know something? We look it up, we go to the library, we talk to other writers, we find an SME (subject matter expert). So in preparation for writing my thesis novel, I do what I’ve always done, which is line up people to interview who know about…

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Education | PhD at Lancaster University

Visit to Lancaster University

ByAdina June 14, 2017

If you’ve been following me on Facebook, you’ll know that I was recently in England doing some steampunk research (tidbits of which will appear on this blog, even though I’m the world’s worst blogger). Anyway, part of the trip was a visit to Lancaster University. You know me–all about the onsite research. I met my dissertation…

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Education | PhD at Lancaster University

Funding a PhD part 2

ByAdina February 12, 2017

I just spent five hours on the Grants.gov website, which involved filling out three forms, creating three documents, and logging in at least 20 times. And I thought the Copyright Office’s website was bad! At least you don’t have to re-login every time you hit a button. Whoever is doing the programming for the feds, they…

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    • Shelley Adina’s Steampunk
      • Magnificent Devices series
      • Mysterious Devices series
      • Lady Georgia Brunel Mysteries
      • The Regent’s Devices series
    • Adina Senft’s Amish & YA
      • Amish Kindred Spirits
      • Amish Cowboys of Montana series
      • The Whinburg Township Amish series
      • Breaking Faith series
      • Glory Prep series
    • Charlotte Henry’s Regency Romance
    • Shannon Hollis’s Contemporary Romance
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    • Audiobooks
    • Translations
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