| Description |
xiv, 121 pages : illustrations ; 11 x 14 cm |
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Pocket study skills |
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Pocket study skills.
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| Contents |
Contents note continued: Why are you researching this question? -- Workshop 5 Why are you researching this? -- Are you in the right place? -- Workshop 6 Find your research comfort zone -- Workshop 7 Sit your research interest within different theoretical models -- How will you do it? -- What is your argument? -- What will your contribution be? -- Workshop 8 What is your contribution? -- pt. 5 Writing research plans -- 17.How will your research plan be read? -- Workshop 9 Forward planning -- 18.What's in a research plan? -- 19.Writing your literature review -- 20.Writing your introduction -- Workshop 10 Your introduction in five moves -- pt. 6 Finding audiences for your research -- 21.Conferences -- 22.Publication |
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Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Deciding to do a PhD -- 1.You have an idea ... -- 2.What kind of PhD? -- 3.Full time or part time? -- 4.Funding it -- 5.Choosing your university -- 6.Making your application -- Before you take the plunge, pause a moment ... -- pt. 2 Getting started -- 7.Week 1 -- 8.What's in your handbook? -- 9.The researcher's toolkit -- 10.Who am I? What's expected of me? -- pt. 3 Becoming a researcher -- 11.Establishing a relationship with your supervisor(s) -- 12.The ethics of research -- 13.Finding and managing sources -- 14.What are you reading for? -- 15.Being a researcher in a multi-or interdisciplinary area -- 16.Writing up or writing down? -- pt. 4 The Workshop-Mapping your research process -- Mapping your journey -- Workshop 1 The road ahead -- What is your question? What are you trying to find out? -- Workshop 2 A brainstorm -- Workshop 3 What exactly are you trying to find out? -- Workshop 4 Look at the little words -- |
| Summary |
This text offers students specific, succinct guidance to the core process and major hurdles involved in undertaking a PhD. As well as offering practical advice, such as how to shape initial ideas, it also encourages students to find and value their own pathways and approaches within academia |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-119) and index |
| Subject |
Degrees, Academic -- Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Degrees, Academic -- Great Britain.
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Doctor of philosophy degree -- Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Doctor of philosophy degree -- Great Britain.
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Doctor of philosophy degree.
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Research -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Williams, Kate.
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| LC no. |
2010283480 |
| ISBN |
0230251935 (paperback) |
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9780230251939 (paperback) |
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