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I'm a PhD candidate at The University of Manchester. My research focuses on the experiences of visible ethnic minorities who are native English speaking teachers (VEM-NESTs for short). I mostly blog about the messy process of 'doing' research in my field. I also write about other aspects of being a doctoral student, such as teaching university level courses or learning how to use social networking tools. All views expressed are my own.
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Recent Blog Posts
- Day 45: Mom makes things ok (usually) 06/12/2013
- Day 59: The UK Student Visa Maze 05/29/2013
- Day 68: Trying out 2 different writing activities 05/20/2013
- On making writing progress: Day 81 05/07/2013
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Tag Archives: interview data
Transcribing for 30 days, everyday (almost but not quite)!
On the 1st of March, 2012 I started on a new 30 day challenge to kick start my data preparation process into high gear by setting what I thought was an attainable goal: transcribe for 15 minutes a day, for … Continue reading
“I swear I pressed record…”
Last week I reached a milestone in my data generation part of my PhD: I finished conducting all Stage Two interviews with each of my participants! (yeah) This was a hell of a journey and a learning curve, and not … Continue reading
On purpose and progress
Why am I collecting data in this way during stage 1? What is the purpose of stage 1? And of stage 2? How about stage 3? During my supervision meeting I was asked these seemingly simple questions as a way … Continue reading
