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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459280703321

Autore

Grix Jonathan

Titolo

Demystifying postgraduate research [[electronic resource] ] : from MA to PhD / / Jonathan Grix

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edgbaston, : University of Birmingham Press, c2001

ISBN

1-282-70973-9

9786612709739

0-567-27105-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (168 p.)

Disciplina

300.72041

Soggetti

Universities and colleges - Great Britain - Graduate work

Humanities - Research - Great Britain

Social sciences - Research - Great Britain

Doctor of philosophy degree - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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