The postgraduate's companion / edited by Gerard Hall and Jo Longman.
Material type: TextPublisher: Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2008Description: xviii, 500 pages ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1412930251
- 9781412930253
- 141293026X
- 9781412930260
- 378.155 22
- LB2371 .P678 2008
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Book | North Campus North Campus Main Collection | 378.155 POS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A476305B |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Dr Janet Metcalfe and Ellen Pearce -- 1. Introduction and How to Use This Book / Dr Ged Hall and Dr Jo Longman -- 2. What is a Postgraduate Research Degree? / Professor Stuart Powell and Professor Howard Green -- Section I. Considering Becoming a Postgraduate Research Student in the UK and Securing an Offer -- 3. Why Do a Postgraduate Research Degree? / Simon P. Felton -- 4. How Much Will It Cost? / Dr Ged Hall and Dr Jo Longman -- 5. Where Can I Get Funding? / Professor Mary Bownes and Robert Lawrie -- 6. Sources of Information about Where to Do a Postgraduate Research Degree and How to Choose the Best Institution / Simon P. Felton -- 7. Writing a Research Proposal, Securing an Offer and Applying for Funding / Professor Sharon Monteith and Helen Foster -- Section II. Getting Your Research Degree -- 8. The Supervision Process and the Nature of the Research Degree / Professor Pam Denicolo and Dr Lucinda Becker -- 9. Managing the Research Process and the Supervisory Relationship / Dr Lucinda Becker and Professor Pam Denicolo -- 10. Searching and Reviewing the Literature and Information Skills / Dr Chris Hart -- 11. Research Ethics / Dr John R. Gibbins -- 12. Getting Started with Writing / Dr Rowena Murray -- 13. Plagiarism, Intellectual Property Rights and Copyright / Jude Carroll, Chris Luton and Laurence Bebbington -- 14. Transferable Skills Training and Assessing Your Training Needs / Ellen Pearce -- 15. Presentation Skills / Dr Helen Lawrence -- 16. Academic Conferences / Dr Martyn Kingsbury and Dr Roberto Di Napoli -- 17. Teaching as Part of Your Professional Development / Dr Kate Exley -- 18. Beating the Research Blues / Dr Steve Hutchinson -- 19. Writing Your Thesis / Dr Joanna Channell -- 20. Submission and Completion / Dr Fiona Denney -- 21. The Viva / Dr Penny Tinkler and Dr Carolyn Jackson -- Section III. Moving on from Your Research Degree -- 22. What Can Research Students Do? / Dr Sara Shinton -- 23. Identifying and Valuing Your Transferable Skills / Clare Jones -- 24. Staying in Academia / Professor Wyn Grant -- 25. Research outside Academia / Dr Seema Sharma -- 26. Leaving Academia and Research / Sarah Musson -- 27. Entrepreneurship / Dr Richard Lilley -- Appendix 1. Code of Practice for the Assurance of Academic Quality and Standards in Higher Education - Postgraduate Research Programmes -- Appendix 2. Skills Training Requirements for Research Students - Joint Statement by the Research Councils/AHRB (Issued in 2001).
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