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020			_a9781845283926
082			_a001.42 _bMAR
100			_aMarshall, Stephen
245			_aYour PhD companion _bthe insider guide to mastering the practical realities of getting your PhD
250			_a3rd
260			_aOxford _bHow to Books _c2010
300			_axii,156,viip.
520			_aAcknowledgements ix Preface xi 1. Introduction 1 What is a PhD? 2 A brief history of the PhD 3 A PhD route map (and guide to this book) 4 2. Embarking on a PhD 7 Wanting to do a PhD 8 . Why another degree? 9 Possible reasons for doing a PhD 12 How long will it take? 13 The part-time option 14 Albert Einstein 15 What topic? 15 Some interesting PhD topics 16 The Grand Academy of Lagado 16 Funding 17 Where to do it? 19 Who to do it with? 19 Applying to do a PhD 22 Dragons' Den 24 Ten bits of advice before you start 25 3. You and Your Supervisor 26 Your relationship with your supervisor 27 How to address your supervisor 29 Expectations: you and your supervisor 29 Supervisors: the good, the bad and the ugly 30 Relating to your supervisor's research 31 Ten questions to ask a prospective supervisor 32 Supervisors: when things go wrong... 33 Loss of a supervisor 34 Disputes 35 Intellectual property issues 36 Cecilia Payne 38 4. Finding Your Feet (and a Desk to Put Them Under) 40 Your place in the department 4l The academic food chain 43 Your contribution 43 Your space 44 Office facilities 46 Health and safety 48 A fresh start 48 5. Doing the Research 49 Originality and what it means 50 Finding that someone else has 'done your thesis' 51 Searching the literature 51 Information overload 54 PhD as jigsaw 55 Methodology: research as an iterative process 56 Fieldwork and lab work 57 Marie Curie 58 Time management 59 The upgrade report 61 6. Life as a PhD Student 63 Long haul irritations 64 When you're down 65 PhD joys: being paid to do a hobby? 66 PhD progress 67 Meeting people 67 Surviving relationships 68 When will you finish? 69 Diminishing marginal overruns 72 Working while you study (or, in search of cash and kudos) 72 7. Academia 74 Academic research . 75 Conferences 76 Book reviews 77 Lab demonstrations 77 Lecturing and tutoring 78 Being a supervisor 78 Marking 78 Invigilation 79 Research employment 79 Ludwig Wittgenstein 80 8. Thesis Construction 83 The big one 84 What the thesis is 84 Narrative structure 85 Thesis components 86 Examples of PhD titles 87 Bibliographic by-ways 90 Language and writing style 92 Writing in English as a foreign language 92 Holding a whole thesis in your head 93 Writing processes 94 Frankenstein's thesis 96 Unwriting 96 The obese thesis 97 Dr Seuss 97 B. Survival 99 Climbing at altitude 100 PhD completion and attrition 101 Mission to Mars 102 Plotting your course in PhD-space 105 Working and writing up 106 Unravelling purposes 108 Unfinished business 108 Magnum opus 109 The Devil's bargain 111 Dr Johnson 113 10. The End Came 114 Entering the end game 115 Knowing the rules 115 Playing the game . 117 Preparing for submission: final content check 118 Formatting your thesis 118 Keep a back-up 120 Acknowledgements 120 Final printing 121 Now you see it! 123 ...... and then three come along 123 The person whose dinner guest spilled wine over the final printed version of the thesis 124 Finishing 124 11. The Examination 126 Outcomes of the viva voce 127 Choosing your examiners 127 About the examiner 129 How the examiner may see it 130 Averting corrections 131 Preparing for the exam 135 Defending your thesis 137 Enjoying the viva (it's possible) 139 The day of the viva 139 Heisenberg's viva 140 12. The Afterlife 142 Making corrections after the viva 143 Graduation 144 Isaac Asimov 144 Building on your doctoral research 145 Turning your thesis into a book 147 Top tips on doing a PhD 148 Further Reading 150 Index 151
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