what's your argument – Dr Lizzy Tanguay

Someone’s already published on my topic – now what?

A worried PhD researcher with long dark hair reading on her phone

A new paper on your PhD topic doesn’t mean someone’s done your PhD. How to read it, find your difference and turn it into a contribution.

So what? How to make your argument visible in your thesis

Dr Lizzy Tanguay looking quizzical beside the words 'So what?'

My PhD supervisor wrote ‘so what?’ in the margins of almost every chapter. I hated it. Here’s what it really meant, and how to make your argument visible in your thesis.

Your thesis is a genre (and that’s good news)

Film still of the Eiffel Tower in the rain, with a red umbrella and the words 'Let's talk about genre'

Your thesis is a genre, with stages, a goal and expert readers. Once you can see the pattern in your field, you can write it.