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"A breath of fresh air - I wish someone had told me this beforehand."PhD student, UK
"If you are contemplating a PhD, buy the book and read it straight through to get the larger picture; then re-read each section in greater detail as you tackle each stage of your work.
I did the basic research for my PhD in about twelve months, then spent two years writing up the results - and producing possibly too much. It succeeded, but I think I might have made a better job of it if I had read a book like this first. But they didn't exist in those days." Mantex
This book looks at things the other books don't tell you about doing a PhD - what it's really like and how to come through it with a happy ending! It covers all the things you wish someone had told you before you started:
- What a PhD is really about, and how to do one well
- The "unwritten rules" of research and of academic writing
- What your supervisor actually means by terms like "good referencing" and "clean research question"
- How to write like a skilled researcher
- How academic careers really work
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About the Author
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.
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- PublisherOpen University Press
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0335213448
- ISBN 13 9780335213443
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages240
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