Working for a Doctorate: A Guide for the

In stark contrast to undergraduates, new PhD students often find no framework for study, few deadlines and little peer support.Working for a Doctorateaddresses such problems, offering practical guidance and specialist advice to both students and their supervisors. Written by a team of experts who have had a long and successful experience of tutoring PhD students, the book will be a vital and invaluable guide and companion to anyone studying, supervising or contemplating a doctoral degree in the humanities or social sciences.

List of figures and boxes

vi

List of contributors

vii

Introduction

ix

How to succeed in postgraduate study

1

(17)

Denis Lawton

The research process

18

(17)

Hazel Francis

Financing a doctorate

35

(24)

Anne Sims

Planning time

59

(17)

Derek May

Problems of supervision

76

(20)

Norman Graves

Writing the thesis

96

(17)

James Hartley

Student experiences

113

(18)

H. W. Dickinson

Helen Connell

Jane Savage

Intercultural issues and doctoral studies

131

(21)

Jagdish Gundara

Gender issues in doctoral studies

152

(32)

Diana Leonard

Comparative perspectives on the British PhD

184

(16)

Robert Cowen

Index

200

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Working for a Doctorate: A Guide for the Humanities and Social Sciences

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