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• Title:Supervising the doctorate : a guide to success / Sara Delamont, Paul Atkinson, and Odette Parry.
  
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• Author/Creator:Delamont, Sara, 1947-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Atkinson, Paul, 1947-
  Parry, Odette, 1954-
  
• Published/Created:London : Society for Research into Higher Education : Open University Press, 2004.
  

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  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: LB2386 .D45 2004
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Doctor of philosophy degree--Great Britain.
  Faculty advisors--Great Britain.
  Universities and colleges--Great Britain--Graduate work.
  
• Medical Subjects: Education, Graduate--methods.
  Dissertations, Academic.
  Research.
  Educational Measurement--methods.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:x, 220 p. ; 23 cm.
  
• Summary:This text provides everything you ever wanted to know about PhD supervision but were afraid to ask. It is a practical no-nonsense handbook for both the novice and the experienced higher degree supervisor. This 2nd edition includes details on supervising professional doctoral theses.
  
• Notes:Previous ed.: Supervising the PhD.
  Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-211).
  
• ISBN:0335212638 (pbk.)
  0335212646
  
• Contents:1. most persuasive piece of argument : introduction
  2. Caught and held by a cobweb : getting the student started
  3. balance between tradition and progress : designing and planning a project
  4. Old manuscripts : the literature review
  5. Heavy and thankless task : overseeing the data collection
  6. Disagreeableness and danger : keeping up student motivation
  7. Contorted corkscrew : the getting and giving of judgment
  8. emotional excitement : writing up the thesis
  9. lack of genuine interest : choosing the right external and preparing the student for the examination
  10. brave pretence at confidence : launching the students' careers
  11. rather unpromising consignment : selecting successful students and building a research culture
  12. very loftiest motives : institutional frameworks and audit cultures.