Getting Your PhD

A Practical Insider's Guide
Harriet Churchill
Teela Sanders
Getting Your PhD
August 2007 | 240 pages | Sage UK
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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.

Contents

PART 1: NEGOTIATING THE RESEARCH PROCESS

  • Motivations for Doing a PhD
  • Formulating a Research Question
  • Choosing and Changing Supervisor
  • Managing the Ethics of Academia
  • What to do With Your Data

PART 2: WRITING, PUBLISHING AND NETWORKING

  • Writing Up and Writers Block
  • Papers and Publishing
  • Networking
  • Missing the Deadline
  • The Viva & Beyond

PART 3: SHIFTING IDENTITIES AND INSTITUTIONS

  • Non Traditional Routes into the PhD
  • Undertaking a PhD Part-time
  • Combining Teaching and Doctoral Studies
  • Reconciling the Research Role with the Personal

PART 4: RELATIONSHIPS OF SUPPORT

  • What to Expect From Your Supervisor
  • Enabling Research Environments
  • Combining Family Commitments
  • Coping with Stress

Description

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.

Contents

PART 1: NEGOTIATING THE RESEARCH PROCESS

  • Motivations for Doing a PhD
  • Formulating a Research Question
  • Choosing and Changing Supervisor
  • Managing the Ethics of Academia
  • What to do With Your Data

PART 2: WRITING, PUBLISHING AND NETWORKING

  • Writing Up and Writers Block
  • Papers and Publishing
  • Networking
  • Missing the Deadline
  • The Viva & Beyond

PART 3: SHIFTING IDENTITIES AND INSTITUTIONS

  • Non Traditional Routes into the PhD
  • Undertaking a PhD Part-time
  • Combining Teaching and Doctoral Studies
  • Reconciling the Research Role with the Personal

PART 4: RELATIONSHIPS OF SUPPORT

  • What to Expect From Your Supervisor
  • Enabling Research Environments
  • Combining Family Commitments
  • Coping with Stress
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Getting Your PhD

A Practical Insider's Guide

Harriet Churchill , Teela Sanders
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August 2007 | 240 pages | Sage UK

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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.


Table Of Contents:

  • PART 1: NEGOTIATING THE RESEARCH PROCESS
  • Motivations for Doing a PhD
  • Formulating a Research Question
  • Choosing and Changing Supervisor
  • Managing the Ethics of Academia
  • What to do With Your Data
  • PART 2: WRITING, PUBLISHING AND NETWORKING
  • Writing Up and Writers Block
  • Papers and Publishing
  • Networking
  • Missing the Deadline
  • The Viva & Beyond
  • PART 3: SHIFTING IDENTITIES AND INSTITUTIONS
  • Non Traditional Routes into the PhD
  • Undertaking a PhD Part-time
  • Combining Teaching and Doctoral Studies
  • Reconciling the Research Role with the Personal
  • PART 4: RELATIONSHIPS OF SUPPORT
  • What to Expect From Your Supervisor
  • Enabling Research Environments
  • Combining Family Commitments
  • Coping with Stress

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Packed with practical advice on all aspects of the PhD process, new and continuing research students should find this book of great help. ?
Professor Malcolm Tight, Lancaster University
Getting your PhD will no doubt establish itself as a firm favourite.
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