Completing Your PhD: Pocket Study Skills

Author: Williams, Kate,Bethell, Emily,Judith Lawton,Clare Parfitt-Brown
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Category: Education, Special Education
Book Format: Paperback

This friendly guide is packed with practical, succinct advice on the core processes involved in making the final push to successfully finishing a thesis and preparing for life after submission. It contains comprehensive guidance on writing for others, presenting research, networking and preparing for the viva. Hands-on workshop activities keep students engaged and help them to develop a positive approach to overcoming hurdles.

This is an indispensable guide for PhD students of all disciplines. It is also an ideal companion to Planning Your PhD.

Kate Williams, Emily Bethell, Judith Lawton, Clare Parfitt-Brown, Mary Richardson and Victoria Rowe

Table Of Contents
About the Authors.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- PART I: THE ROAD TO COMPLETION.- The Shape of the Ph.D. Project.- Managing the Ph.D.- Looking Ahead to Completion.- Making a Contribution.- PART II: WRITING AND PUBLICATION.- Why Write?.- Writing for Others.- Writing to Publish.- PART III: WRITING YOUR THESIS.- The Examiner and the Exam Document.- Planning Your Chapters.- Writing for the Examiners.- The Introduction and Conclusion.- Become an Editor!.- Final Stages.- PART IV: TALKING AND PRESENTING.- Talking about Your Research.- Conferences.- Presenting a Conference Paper.- Presenting a Poster.- PART V: THE ORAL EXAMINATION: THE VIVA.- The Examiner and the Examiner's Report.- Preparing for the Viva.- The Viva Performance.-Viva Outcomes.- PART VI: LIFE AFTER YOUR PH.D.- References.- Useful Sources.
About Kate Williams
KATE WILLIAMS manages Upgrade, the Study Advice Service at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has worked with students from Foundation to Ph.D. level and has written a range of books and materials on study skills. She is the Pocket Study Skills series editor.
EMILY BETHELL completed her interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Biology, Anthropology and Psychology in 2009 and now works as a Senior Lecturer in Primatology and Animal Behaviour at Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
JUDITH LAWTON works as an English and Additional Language Adviser and is former Deputy Head of Hounslow EAL Service, UK. She has undertaken doctoral research in bilingual learner education and has 40 years of experience in teaching and teacher training.
CLARE PARFITT-BROWN is a Senior Lecturer in Dance at the University of Chichester, UK. Her Ph.D. focused on the history of the can-can and led to ongoing research into the cultural histories of popular dance practices.
MARY RICHARDSON completed an ESRC-funded Ph.D. investigating the assessment of Citizenship Education in 2008. She is now a Senior Lecturer in Education at Froebel College, Roehampton University, UK and continues to develop research in the areas of both assessment and citizenship education.
VICTORIA ROWE worked as a piano teacher for many years prior to completing her Ph.D. in 2008. She is currently a Teaching Associate at the University of Sheffield, UK and also works as a freelance researcher.

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Barcode # 9780230292819
Brand Palgrave Macmillan
Artist / Author Williams, Kate, Bethell, Emily, Judith Lawton, Clare Parfitt-Brown
Shipping Weight 0.1000kg
Shipping Width 0.108m
Shipping Height 0.013m
Shipping Length 0.140m
Assembled Length 14.000m
Assembled Height 10.800m
Assembled Width 1.300m
Type Paperback

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