Phillips, Estelle M.

How to get a Phd a handbook for students and their supervisors / [electronic resource] : Estelle M. Phillips and Derek S. Pugh. - 5th ed., rev. and updated. - Berkshire, England : McGraw-Hill : Open University Press, 2010. - xvi, 258 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. On becoming a research student -- 2. Getting into the system -- 3. The nature of the PhD qualification -- 4. How not to get a PhD -- 5. How to do research -- 6. The form of a PhD thesis -- 7. Writing your PhD -- 8. The PhD process -- 9. How to manage your supervisors -- 10. Equal opportunities for non-traditional research students (i.e. women-- with some comments for men-- international, mature and part-time students) -- 11. Equal opportunities for minority group research students (i.e. ethnic minority students, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students, students with chronic medical conditions and disabled students) -- 12. The examination system -- 13. How to get a professional doctorate (PhD) -- 14. How to supervise and examine -- 15. Institutional responsibilities.


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Doctor of philosophy degree--Great Britain.
Universities and colleges--Graduate work.--Great Britain


Electronic books.

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