Delamont, Sara,  1947- <br/><br/>
Supervising the PhD :  a guide to success / 
Sara Delamont, Paul Atkinson, and Odette Parry. 
 - Buckingham [England] ;  Bristol, PA :  Society for Research into Higher Education :  Open University Press,  1997. 
 - x, 209 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-201) and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents: A most persuasive piece of argument -- Caught  and held by a cobweb: getting the student started -- The  balance between tradition and progress: designing and  planning a project -- Old manuscripts: the literature  review -- Heavy and thankless task: overseeing the data  collection -- Disagreeableness and danger: keeping up the  student's motivation -- Contorted corkscrew: the getting  and giving of judgement -- An emotional excitement:  writing up the thesis -- A lack of genuine interest:  choosing the right external and preparing the student for  the examination -- The brave pretence at confidence:  launching the student's career -- A rather unpromising  consignment: selecting unsuccessful students and building  a research culture -- Appendix: further reading --  References -- Index -- The society for research into  higher education,.        
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0335195164 (pb) 0335195172 (hb) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>97000569 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Doctor of philosophy degree--Great Britain.<br/>Faculty advisors--Great Britain.<br/>Universities and colleges--Graduate work.--Great Britain
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>378.2/4