Growing the next generation of researchers : a handbook for emerging researchers and their mentors / Lyn Holness.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holness, Lyn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research--Planning.

Research.

Mentoring in education.

Academic writing.

Dissertations, Academic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

Claremont : UCT Press, 2015.

Summary:

This book arises out of the University of Cape Town's Emerging Researcher Programme. It identifies and promotes awareness of contemporary challenges in the local and global higher education context; explains the intrinsic nature of academia worldwide; and provides strategies for individual growth that result in sustained, high-quality research output. It also addresses institutional leadership whose responsibility is to create an environment conducive to the flourishing of research and researchers.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Introduction and Background; Part 1: Welcome to Academia; Chapter 1: Understanding the terrain; Chapter 2: The research landscape: Internationlisation, quality assurance and benchmarking; Chapter 3: Crossing research boundaries; Part 2: Developing a research profile: The art and craft of research; Chapter 4: Research information and its management; Chapter 5: Research integrity; Chapter 6: Planning your research

Chapter 7: Optimising research opportunities: Sabbaticals, conferences and research visitsChapter 8: Securing and managing research grants; Part 3: Getting research into the public sphere; Chapter 9: Scholarly publishing: From motivation to publication; Chapter 10: Scholarly publishing: Writing a book; Chapter 11: Research impact; Part 4: Doing and supervising a PhD; Chapter 12: Embarking on a PhD: Supervisor and student perspectives; Chapter 13: Writing a thesis: The preparatory stages; Chapter 14: The writing process: Submission and examination; Excursus: Complementary models of supervision

Conclusion: Growing the next generation of researchersAppendix A: Memorandum of understanding; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 20, 2016).

ISBN:

1-77582-087-4

1-77582-197-8