How to Get a PhD: A Handbook for Students and Their Supervisors

192 pages. cover and text warped, text in good conditionThis text is a handbook for PhD students providing a practical, realistic und erstanding of the processes of doing research for a doctorate. It is an outcome of the authors' blending of systematic rigorous research into doctoral education and considerable practical experience of PhD supervision. It discusses many imp ortant issues such as the importance of time management and how to achieve it, a nd how to overcome the difficulties of communicating with supervisors. Considera tion is given to the particular problems of groups such as women, part-time and overseas students. The book also provides practical insights for supervisors, fo cusing on how to monitor and, if necessary, improve supervisory practice in orde r to provide a successful outcome of the process both for the supervisor and the student. It aims to assist senior academic administrators by examining the resp onsibilities that universities have for providing an adequate service for resear ch students. With the increased emphasis on the need for effective and efficient education at doctoral level, the book is particularly timely in offering realis tic ways of improving the success of PhD candidates. This is a revised and updat ed second edition.…