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	Your PhD Companion - Stephen Marshall, Nick Green This book guides you through doctoral study from the student's point of view: the challenges, the pitfalls, the ups and downs that you're likely to encounter in the course of doing your PhD. It not only explains what a PhD involves, and how to tackle one, but also offers insights into the actual experience of life as a PhD student. It tells you what to expect, and what not to expect of university departments. It tells you about the messy reality of doing a PhD, and it tells you in bite-sized chunks that you can chew over on your way to college. Over and above what your supervisors and university may have to offer, Your PhD Companion will help explain all kinds of things that no one ever seems to tell you, and you don't necessarily know to ask. Publisher: How To Books ISBN: 1857039483 Published: 2004 Paperback: 176 pages Price: £9.99


	How to Get a PhD - Estelle Phillips, Derek S. Pugh Since the first edition of this innovative book appeared in 1987 it has become a worldwide bestseller. Through it many thousands of students in all faculties and disciplines have been helped to gain their PhDs. Practical and clear, this book examines everything students need to know about getting a PhD through research in any subject. It also helps supervisors and examiners to better understand their role in the process. - Section on increasingly popular professional doctorates such as EdD, DBA and D.Eng - Material for overseas, part-time and mature students, and their supervisors - Diagnostic questionnaire for students to self-monitor progress Includes stories of other PhD students, problems they encountered and how they dealt with them. Publisher: Open University Press ISBN: 0335216846 Published: 2005, 4th edition Paperback: 240 pages Price: £18.99


	Succeeding With Your Doctorate Whether you are undertaking a taught doctorate, Masters degree, or a course of study leading to a PhD, this book offers complete, up-to-date guidance and discussion on all aspects of successful doctoral work. The five experienced authors give advice on every stage in the process of completing a doctorate, from helping you to engage in critical reflection to better understand your own research biases, to useful guidelines on preparing for, and surviving, the viva. Combining general discussion with practical advice, this book is an essential companion to your research. Topics include: - Preparing for a doctorate - Embarking on your Research - Adapting to life as a student - Working with a supervisor - Reading critically - Conceptualising your research - Thinking about methodologies and approaches - Producing a thesis - Preparing for and taking the viva - Disseminating your research Publisher: Sage Publications ISBN: 1412901162 Published: 2005 Paperback: 240 pages Price: £17.99


	A Woman's Guide to Doctoral Studies - Diana Leonard This guide is designed to help women - since we are less likely than men to be encouraged to do doctorates, are slower to put ourselves forward, and tend to operate on the belief that (in academia at least) we will be judged solely on the quality of our work. This book will help women undertake and enjoy serious scholarly work whilst recognizing the wider 'rules' of the academic game. The author compares the situation in the UK with that of North America and Australia, and discusses the pros and cons of PhDs and new professional doctorates. Thought provoking case studies of the diverse experiences of home and international, young and older, heterosexual and lesbian students across the disciplines make illuminating reading. This book is an essential read for women (and men) starting, midway through or finishing their doctorates. Publisher: Open University Press ISBN: 0335202527 Published: 2001 Paperback: 304 pages Price: £18.99


	Getting a PhD - John Finn This book provides information that will help research students avoid needless mistakes. It informs and advises you about many of the important facets of postgraduate research, including: - What it means to conduct research at doctoral level; - The requirements for independence, contribution to knowledge, originality and suitability for publication; - Planning a research project over a period of time; - Responsible research practice; - Criteria used in the examination of a PhD. Contents: 1. Introduction 2. The PhD research degree 3. You and your supervisor 4. Project management 5. The literature review 6. Writing the thesis 7. Publishing your research 8. Examining the PhD 9. References Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 0415344980 Published: 2005 Paperback: 160 pages Price: £13.99


	The Unwritten Rules of PhD Research - Gordon Rugg, Marian Petre 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. Publisher: Open University Press ISBN: 0335213448 Published: 2004, 1st edition Paperback: 240 pages Price: £17.99


	Authoring a PhD - Patrick Dunleavy Authoring a PhD involves having creative ideas, working out how to organize them, writing up from your plans, upgrading your text, and finishing it speedily and to a good standard. It also includes being examined and getting your work published. This book provides a huge range of ideas and suggestions to help you cope with both the intellectual issues involved and the practical difficulties of organizing your work effectively. It is an indispensable and time-saving aid for doctoral students and their supervisors, and will also interest anyone writing creative non-fiction. Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan ISBN: 1403905843 Published: 2003 Paperback: 312 pages Price: £17.99

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