The Unwritten Rules of PhD Research

2 ed
ISBN: 978-0-335-23702-9
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 423 g

Reihe: UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Study Skills

"I feel grateful to have found this book only a year into my PhD. It has opened my eyes to the world of academia. There is more to a PhD than just research in the sense of working on a problem, getting some results and publishing your findings. This book has allowed me to open my eyes and see all the other things I should be doing to fully succeed at my endeavour of becoming a researcher myself."
Dominic Hosler, University of SheffieldThis bestselling book on the process of PhD research provides readers with engaging discussion and comprehensive guidance on aspects that other books don't usually mention.Covering all the key topics of the previous edition, including what a PhD is really about, how to do one well, how to decipher what your supervisor actually means by terms like 'good referencing' and 'clean research question', and how to design, report and defend your research,the authors continue to offer an accessible, down-to-earth, and insightful account of the whole PhD process. Their advice addresses how to avoid some of the pitfalls en route to a successful submission.Updated throughout, the new edition includes new material on: - Critical thinking - Research skills - The route to research independence - Different models of studyThe Unwritten Rules of PhD Research is essential reading for anyone considering a PhD or embarking on one. It will tell you the things many students wish someone had told them before they started.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Petre, Marian

Rugg, Gordon

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
About this book
Acknowledgements So you want to do a PhD?
The many shapes of the PhD
The route to research independence
Supervision
Networks
Reading
Paper types
Research design
Critical thinking
Writing
Writing structure and style
The process of writing
Presentations
Conferences
The viva
Sabotage and salvation
What next?
Closing thoughtsSome useful terms
Some further reading
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Rugg, Gordon
Gordon Rugg is a former timberyard worker and field archaeologist who is now a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at Keele University, where he is head of the Knowledge Modelling Group. He is also a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Open University.

Dr Marian Petre is Professor of Computing at the Open University, UK, and a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award Holder. Her experience includes establishing a PhD programme, running doctoral consortia at international conferences, giving tutorials on research methods in the UK, US and Europe, and presenting research workshops for PhD students as well as supervising and examining doctoral students. Dr Gordon Rugg is a former field archaeologist and English lecturer turned computer scientist, who is now head of the Knowledge Modelling Group at Keele University. He is the author of Using Statistics (Open University Press, 2007).Gordon and Marian are also the authors of A Gentle Guide to Research Methods (Open University Press, 2006).