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How to get a Ph.D. : a handbook for students and their supervisors / Estelle M. Phillips and D.S. Pu...

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How to get a Ph.D. : a handbook for students and their supervisors / Estelle M. Phillips and D.S. Pu...

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How to get a Ph.D. : a handbook for students and their supervisors / Estelle M. Phillips and D.S. Pugh.

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Full title

How to get a Ph.D. : a handbook for students and their supervisors / Estelle M. Phillips and D.S. Pugh.

Publisher

Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1994.

Date

1994.

Call Numbers

N378.240941/2

Record Identifier

74Vvr5jGawpb

MMS ID

991011500479702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xiv, 203 p. ; 22 cm.

Contents

1. Becoming a postgraduate -- 2. Getting into the system -- 3. The nature of the PhD qualification -- 4. How not to get a PhD -- 5. How to do research -- 6. The form of a PhD thesis -- 7. The PhD process -- 8. How to manage your supervisor -- 9. How to survive in a predominantly British, white, male...

Publication information

Publisher

Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1994.

Edition

2nd. ed., rev. and updated.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1994.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

This is a handbook and survival manual for PhD students, providing a practical, realistic understanding of the processes of doing research for a doctorate. It discusses many important issues often left unconsidered, such as the importance of time management and how to achieve it, and how to overcome the difficulties of communicating with supervisor...

Alternative Titles

Full title

How to get a Ph.D. : a handbook for students and their supervisors / Estelle M. Phillips and D.S. Pugh.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Artists

Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-196) and index.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N378.240941/2

Record Identifier

74Vvr5jGawpb

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvr5jGawpb

Other Identifiers

ISBN

0335192149 (pbk.)

9780335192144

0335192149

9780335192144 (pbk.)

DDC

378.240941

MMS ID

991011500479702626

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