1st Edition

Getting a PhD An Action Plan to Help Manage Your Research, Your Supervisor and Your Project

By John Finn Copyright 2005
208 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

This highly practical guide provides information that will help research students avoid needless mistakes. It informs and advises you about many of the important facets of postgraduate research, including: what it means to conduct research at doctoral level the requirements for independence, contribution to knowledge, originality and suitability for publication planning a... Read more

1. Introduction  2. The PhD Research Degree  3. You and Your Supervisor  4. Project Management  5. The Literature Review  6. Writing the Thesis  7. Publishing Your Research  8. Examining the PhD  9. References

Biography

John A.Finn is Research Officer at Teagasc, Ireland,where he manages and supervises PhD students. He is also Visiting Researcher at University College Dublin.