Supervising the PhD: A Guide to Success (Society for Research into Higher Education) - Softcover

Delamont, Ms Sara; Etc.; Atkinson, Paul; Odette, Parry

9780335195169: Supervising the PhD: A Guide to Success (Society for Research into Higher Education)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335195164 ISBN 13: 9780335195169

Publisher: Open University Press, 1997

* How can I get my students to produce good PhD theses on time? * My last student failed: what could I have done to prevent it? * I am supposed to train the new supervisors in my faculty: where can I turn for help? Supervising the PhD: A Guide to Success provides 'everything you ever wanted to know about PhD supervision but were afraid to ask'! It is a practical, no-nonsense handbook for both the novice and the experienced higher degree supervisor. The novice will find a developmental sequence of advice, guiding them through all the stages of supervision from the first meeting to the viva and beyond. The experienced supervisor will find fresh ideas to improve practice and solve problems. Based both upon research amongst laboratory scientists and social scientists and on many years of experience, the book also draws upon humanities examples and so is invaluable to academics in all disciplines. At a time when there is increasing pressure to ensure 'quality' provision, to improve the PhD completion rate, and to turn out employable graduates, the need for this practical guide is obvious. Supervising the PhD is an essential item for the academic's bookshelves.

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About the Author:

Sara Delamont is Reader in Sociology, Paul Atkinson is Professor of Sociology, both at Cardiff, University of Wales, and Odette Parry is Senior Research Associate in the Research Unit in Health and Behavioural Change, Edinburgh University.

Synopsis:

This guide to supervising doctoral research is a practical handbook for both the novice and the experienced higher degree supervisor. It looks at how to get students to produce good PhD theses on time, and how to prevent failed theses.

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