
coaching, resources and collective writing
For doctoral and early career researchers

Welcome new blog readers: Here’s what to expect
It's so good to have you here! I'm Eleanor, and I've worked with doctoral and early career researchers for over a decade. Along the way, I've learnt an enormous amount from my own experiences (including getting a PhD from Oxford, working part- and full-time while...

2021 Full-day Writing Retreats: #WriteForCara
Collective writing has been such a core part of The Thriving Researcher activities from its very beginning and in 2021, we'll be adding an additional strand to our writing programme: three stand-alone full-day writing retreats to raise funds and awareness for the...

The calming power of consistent highlighting (Working Smarter Series)
(Raises hand as a stationary obsessive) Who doesn't love a new set of highlighter pens, or the highlighter colour palette in any onscreen reviewing tool? Their inherent promise to bring order through use, to save us time, to bring us - cheerfully - to a better way of...