How Do Doctoral Students Experience Writing and Thesis production?: Qualitative Analysis of the Irish National Survey of Postgraduate Students.

This study analyses free-text responses to Ireland’s 2019 postgraduate research student survey to explore doctoral writing and thesis production. Its themes concern uncertainty, the role of supervisors and institutional responsibilities. The findings identify unmet writing-support needs and discuss physical writing space, collaborative practices and stronger connections between doctoral students, supervisors and specialist writing support.