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Supervising the PhD : a guide to success / Sara Delamont, Paul Atkinson, and Odette Parry.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Buckingham [England] ; Bristol, PA : Society for Research into Higher Education : Open University Press, 1997.Description: x, 209 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0335195164 (pb)
  • 0335195172 (hb)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.2/4 21
Contents:
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,.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-201) and index.

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,.

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