How to Get a Research Degree: A survival guide

by Leonie Elphinstone and Robert Schweitzer

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A research masters or doctoral degree has long been the passport to the academic community. This is still true today, despite the many changes experienced by universities around the world. Yet it is often hard to find practical guidance for what it usually the most challenging project a student can tackle.

How to Get a Research Degree breaks down the mystique surrounding major academic research projects. It shows how to develop a topic, manage the research and writing process, balance personal and professional life, and use the degree to further a career. The book addresses the requirements of different disciplines and the needs of different groups of students.

How to Get a Research Degree provides the information you need to ensure they complete your research degree successfully.

'How to Get a Research Degree offers insight, instruction and inspiration, and it does so without minimising the rigours of graduate study. .[It] provides a great service to students.' Abigail Lipson, American University, Washington DC

'Commendable for its scope, clarity and brevity, it will repay in a single week the few hours it takes to read.' David Rabuenheimer, Oxford University
  • ISBN13 9781000253641
  • Publish Date 1 July 1998
  • Publish Status Permanently Withdrawn
  • Out of Print 29 April 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 144
  • Language English