Demystifying postgraduate research : from MA to PhD / Jonathan Grix.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grix, Jonathan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--Great Britain--Graduate work.

Universities and colleges.

Humanities--Research--Great Britain.

Humanities.

Social sciences--Research--Great Britain.

Social sciences.

Doctor of philosophy degree--Great Britain.

Doctor of philosophy degree.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edgbaston : University of Birmingham Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first complete introduction to the new model of social science and humanities postgraduate research. Based on the leading current course of postgraduate research training, a programme that will become the norm for postgraduate research over the next two or three years. Designed as a set text for '3 plus 1' and similar programmes * The key tools and terminology of research * What to do before beginning the project * Funding * All about the student-supervisor relationship * The viva examination * The process of writing a thesis * Ethics and plagiarism in research, especially the use of the i

Contents:

Contents; List of figures; Preface; Introduction; 1 The nature of doctoral research; 2 The 'nuts and bolts' of research; 3 Getting started; 4 Methods, fieldwork and stages of research; 5 Supervision, the viva and other matters of importance; Appendix 1: Glossary of research terms; Appendix 2: Examples of reference systems; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-149) and index.

ISBN:

9786612709739

9781282709737

1282709739

9780567271051

0567271056

OCLC:

813220361