How to Get a PhD, A Handbook for Students and Their Supervisors (Phillips Estelle)(Paperback / softback)

“A fresh update to a true classic. This is one of the most reassuring and useful books you will ever read about doing your PhD, no matter your topic - or where you are enrolled.”Professor Inger Mewburn, Director of Researcher Development, Office of the Dean of Higher Degree by Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia“How to get a PhD is both honest and thorough and thus immensely helpful, for supervisors as much as for students.”Professor Paul Allain, Dean of the Graduate and Researcher College, University of Kent, UK“The 7th edition! ‘How to get a PhD’ is proving its status as a must read for PhDs and supervisors.”Dr Hans Sonneveld, Founder and Board member, Netherlands Centre of Expertise for Doctoral EducationHow to Get a PhD 7e provides a practical and realistic approach for all students who are embarking on a PhD. In addition, supervisors will find invaluable tips on their role in the process, good supervisory practices and how to support students to work effectively. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, the seventh edition provides an overview of what it means to undertake a PhD within a modern university, exploring both the challenges and rewards of a doctoral degree, including:• Contemporary challenges for students including transgender issues, sexual harassment, and exploitation within the academic environment• Time demands, the balance of academia and paid work, and the unce
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