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| Stephen Potter |
| Description |
| Research students today
need a wide range of high-level skills in order to accomplish
the substantial task of carrying out an extended research
project and successfully writing up a thesis for examination.
This thoroughly revised second edition of Doing Postgraduate
Research covers the core skills required by a student
in the twenty-first century, drawing on the skills statement
published by the Higher Education Funding Council in 2002.
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| The book with integrated training
activities, together with its DVD and this associated
website, provides a core resource which will enable the
research student to acquire research skills as they proceed
through their Masters or PhD programme. A key feature
of this book is that it is designed to integrate with
a university’s training scheme to help departments
rapidly develop training programmes that fulfil research
council and QAA requirements. Key topics covered include: |
- Designing and organising a research project
- Understanding alternative research perspectives
- Doing a literature review
- Academic writing
- IPR and Ethics in research
- Research presentations
- Preparing for a viva
- Career development
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| Each chapter focuses on core components
of doing a research project as a research student, taking
the student through the activities and polishing their
skills in ways which that will enhance their programme
of study. |
| The book is written for both full
and part-time research students and postgraduate research
students, covering PhD and MPhil degrees. It covers all
stages of their work but with particular emphasis on the
student just starting. |
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