Buch, Englisch
ISBN: 978-0-335-22766-2
Verlag: Open University Press
PhD student, UK
"If you are contemplating a PhD, buy the book and read it straight through to get the larger picture; then re-read each section in greater detail as you tackle each stage of your work.
I did the basic research for my PhD in about twelve months, then spent two years writing up the results - and producing possibly too much. It succeeded, but I think I might have made a better job of it if I had read a book like this first. But they didn't exist in those days." Mantex
This book looks at things the other books don’t tell you about doing a PhD - what it’s really like and how to come through it with a happy ending! It covers all the things you wish someone had told you before you started:
- What a PhD is really about, and how to do one well
- The "unwritten rules" of research and of academic writing
- What your supervisor actually means by terms like "good referencing" and "clean research question"
- How to write like a skilled researcher
- How academic careers really work
An ideal resource if someone you care about (including yourself!) is undergoing or considering a PhD. This book turns lost, clueless students back into people who know what they are doing, and who can enjoy life again.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface
A challenge!
About this book
Acknowledgements
1. So you want to do a PhD?
2. Procedures and milestones
3. The System
4. Supervision
5. Networks
6. Reading
7. Paper types
8. Writing
9. Writing structure
10. Writing style
11. The process of writing
12. Presentations
13. Research design
14. The viva
15. Conferences
16. What next?
Useful principles and the like
Useful terms
Some further reading