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WEBINAR | Introduction to Historical Research In the early days of my postgraduate student journey, I was involved in two projects - one of them my own research; the other, being a research assistant for one of my supervisors, Gordon. My own research required me to work in unusual conditions, especially for a novice researcher. I was undertaking business-embedded research in Singapore, and because I had to explore corporate history, found myself in the archives of not only the National University of Singapore Library, but also deep in the archives of the Singapore National Archives. The NUS library was fantastic. A meticulous collection of texts, transcripts, manuscripts and working papers, along with a Newspaper Room - collating and curating newspaper clippings, but subject, by person, by company, from over half a century of publications. Armed with a discounted photocopy card, I spent days in the room, carefully filtering through the plethora of bound collections, identifying article...

Webinar Alert | PhD Pathway Series At The Third Degree, we are all about empowering research students and enhancing the student journey. We've been through it ourselves, and we know just how tough it is. We also know how rewarding it is too! Our mission is to share knowledge. Our specialty, research methodology . Whilst we are running pilot programmes with universities, and getting our platform up-and-running (watch this space over the coming months) during the remainder of 2020, we will also be running a weekly webinar series, the PhD Pathway Series.  Our Principal and invited specialists will offer insights into different aspects of the PhD journey, as well as discuss issues and challenges with select research methods. Whilst we encourage in-person online attendance (oxymoronic, almost), a recording of each webinar will be posted here on our blog. Our aim is to give a balance of interesting discussion topics, which will continue every Wednesday from 14 October onwards. If you hav...