Description
Book SynopsisReturning in its 3rd edition, this bestselling book on the process of PhD research provides friendly, engaging, and realistic advice on how to complete your doctorate.
Updated throughout, the book will guide you through the basics as well as covering aspects that other books don't usually mention, including:
â What a PhD is really about and how to do one well
â How to decipher what your supervisor actually means by terms like 'good referencing' and 'clean research question'
â How to design, report and defend your research
The authors offer an accessible, down-to-earth, and insightful account of the whole PhD process. Their advice addresses how to avoid some of the pitfalls en route to a successful submission.
Key features:
â Thinking about your career from the outset of your PhD (rather than at the end)
â Tips for âœsniffingâ a paper to make your reading quicker and more efficient
â Understanding cu
Table of Contents
1 So, what is a PhD?
2 The many shapes of the PhD
3 PhDs as master pieces
4 Supervision and project management
5 Networks and networking
6 Reading and sense-making
7 Paper types
8 Research design
9 Critical thinking
10 Writing structure and style
11 The process of writing
12 Writing for publication
13 Presentations
14 Conferences
15 The viva
16 Sabotage and salvation: Or, developing habits for success
17 What next?
18 Closing thoughts
