Research Catalog

Title

Working for a doctorate : a guide for the humanities and social sciences / edited by Norman Graves and Ved Varma.

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

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Additional Authors

• Graves, Norman John.
• Varma, Ved P.

Description

x, 202 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

This text addresses the problems of the doctoral research process, of finance and time-management and offers practical guidance and specialist advice to both students and their supervisors. The authors also explore issues such as gender, culture and the fundamental nature of the PhD. The book should be of interest to anyone studying, supervising or contemplating a doctoral degree in the humanities or social sciences.

Subject

• Doctor of philosophy degree > Great Britain
• Humanities > Study and teaching (Graduate) > Great Britain
• Social sciences > Study and teaching (Graduate) > Great Britain
• Universities and colleges > Great Britain > Graduate work

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

How to succeed in postgraduate study / Denis Lawton -- The research process / Hazel Francis -- Financing a doctorate / Anne Sims -- Planning time / Derek May -- Problems of supervision / Norman Graves -- Writing the thesis / James Hartley -- Student experiences / H.W. Dickinson, Helen Connell and Jane Savage -- Intercultural issues and doctoral studies / Jagdish Gundara -- Gender issues in doctoral studies / Diana Leonard -- Comparative perspectives on the British PhD / Robert Cowen.

ISBN

• 0415147301 (hbk)
• 041514731X (pbk)

LCCN

^^^97224336^

OCLC

38132949

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library