How to get a PhD : A Handbook for students and their supervisors /

This is a handbook and survival manual for PhD students providing a practical, realistic understanding of the processes of doing research for a doctrate. Full description

Main Author: Phillips, Estelle M.
Other Authors: Pugh, Derek S.
Published: Maidenhead : McGraw Hill, 2010
Edition: 5th edition
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. On becoming a research student
  • 2. Getting into the system
  • 3. The nature of the PhD qualification
  • 4. How not to get a PhD
  • 5. How to do research
  • 6. The form of a PhD thesis
  • 7. Writing your PhD
  • 8. The PhD process
  • 9. How to manage your supervisors
  • 10. Equal opportunities for non-traditional research students (i.e. women
  • with some comments for men
  • international, mature and part-time students)
  • 11. Equal opportunities for minority group research students (i.e. ethnic minority students, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students, students with chronic medical conditions and disabled students)
  • 12. The examination system
  • 13. How to get a professional doctorate (PhD)
  • 14. How to supervise and examine
  • 15. Institutional responsibilities.