Getting Your PhD: A Practical Insider′s GuideSAGE, 8 aug. 2007 - 240 pagini How to get your Ph.D is an original study guide aimed at prospective and current postgraduate students, covering the process of accessing, undertaking and completing doctoral research in the social sciences and the humanities. The content is unique in incorporating discussion of the less recognised personal, emotional and organisational demands of independent study. Drawing on a variety of student experiences, the authors apply a case study approach to examine the dilemmas and complexities of postgraduate study. The book is organised into four parts covering the research process; writing, publishing and networking; shifting identities and institutions and relationships of support. Each chapter includes an easy to use format including real-life accounts, tips and strategies for problem solving and guidance for additional resources. The guide includes accessible advice and guidance across a spectrum of methodological, personal, emotional, practical and institutional issues. SAGE Study Skills are essential study guides for students of all levels. From how to write great essays and succeeding at university, to writing your undergraduate dissertation and doing postgraduate research, SAGE Study Skills help you get the best from your time at university. Visit the SAGE Study Skills hub for tips, resources and videos on study success!
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... wider dissatisfaction or a desire for another challenge can prompt enrolment onto a PhD programme. Lack of job satisfaction While taking on board a PhD can be born out of developing a career path, at the same time a lack of job ...
... wider interest in political controversies shaped his motivations and ideas for a PhD: I had always been interested in controversy and argumentation since it seems to me that they are fairly fundamental to the way in which we relate to ...
... wider research project. Here, you may have less autonomy in devising your focal research questions and be accountable to an external funder as well as your university.You may also be undertaking doctoral research that involves venturing ...
... wider academic significance or placing of your research. • Generating data that is too general or vague and therefore difficult to draw conclusions from. • • Research questions do not often appear in a sudden brain-wave! Rather, they ...
... wider picture of academic knowledge – then you will need to continue with the process of turning your 'general enthusiasm' for a subject into a 'clearly defined research project' guided by clearly formulated questions.The emphasis here ...
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4 Managing the Ethics of Academia | 45 |
5 What to do With your Data | 58 |
Part II Writing Publishing and Networking | 71 |
12 Undertaking a PhD Parttime | 140 |
13 Combining Teaching and Doctoral Studies | 150 |
14 Reconciling the Research Role with the Personal | 163 |
Part IV Relationships of Support | 173 |
15 What to Expect from Your Supervisor | 175 |
16 Enabling Research Environments | 185 |
17 Combining Family Commitments and Doctoral Studies | 194 |
18 Coping with Stress | 203 |
6 Writing Up and Writers Block | 73 |
7 Papers and Publishing | 83 |
8 Networking | 95 |
9 Missing the Deadline | 105 |
10 The Viva and Beyond | 115 |
Part III Shifting Identities and Institutions | 127 |
11 Nontraditional Routes into the PhD | 129 |
Final Thoughts | 213 |
References | 216 |
Appendix 1 Example of an Informed Consent Form | 219 |
Appendix 2 Example of an Information Sheet | 220 |
Index | 221 |
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