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The research student's guide to success / Pat Cryer.
By: Cryer, Pat
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BookPublisher: Buckingham [England]. Philadelphia, PA : Open University Press, 2000Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xii, 276 p. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0335206867.Subject(s): Doctor of philosophy degree -- Great Britain | Study skills -- Great Britain | Report writing -- Great Britain | Dissertations, Academic -- Great Britain | Graduate students -- Great Britain | Research -- Great BritainDDC classification: 370.7
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This edition is aimed at postgraduate research students wherever the language of instruction is English. Irrespective of their field of study, it will make their research programmes and day-to-day lives more productive and enjoyable. The book is easy to dip into and is in conversational style. Interest and realism are added through anecdotes, extracts from the literature and pithy quotations.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Exploring the opportunities for postgraduate study and research
- Liaising with an institution
- Setting yourself up in a way of supportive way of life the pervasive influence of personal circumstances
- Settling in as a new student Towards recognizing quality in research
- Interacting with your supervisor(s)
- Keeping records Planning ahead Managing yourself and your time
- Taking responsibility for your own progress
- Co-operating with others for mutual help and support
- Producing reports
- Giving presentations on your work
- Using the research programme as preparation for employment
- Progress checks and hurdles and the transfer from MPhil to PhD
- Coming to terms with originality in research
- Developing skills for creative thinking
- Dealing with flagging
- Producing your thesis
- Preparing for the examination and conducting yourself in the oral/viva Afterwards!
- Useful websites
- Further reading
- Bibliography
- References
- Index