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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781976003321

Autore

Wellington J. J (Jerry J.)

Titolo

Making supervision work for you [[electronic resource] ] : a student's guide / / Jerry Wellington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, 2010

ISBN

1-4462-5161-6

1-283-28926-1

9786613289261

1-4462-4793-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 164 p.)

Collana

SAGE study skills

Disciplina

378.1794

Soggetti

Graduate students - Supervision of

Faculty advisors

Dissertations, Academic

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; About the author; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Opening up the supervision process; 2 The changing context for postgraduate supervision ... and why it matters; 3 Getting started and setting the ground rules; 4 Dealing with the complexity of the supervision process: striking the right balance; 5 What could possibly go wrong?; 6 The ultimate goal: achieving a doctorate; 7 Getting the thesis written; 8 Choosing your examiners; 9 Submitting your dissertation and preparing for assessment; 10 Preparing for the live event - the viva voce

11 After the viva: recovering, publishing and disseminatingReferences and further reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Discusses the entire supervision process from the student's perspective, as well as considering the supervisor's viewpoint and constraints. The author covers all phases of the student's `journey', from induction through to final completion and examination of the thesis and the viva voce.