How to Obtain a Graduate Degree: A Graduate and Supervisor Guide: Third Edition

Author: Phillips
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: The book has a lively and bright style. The author has gained impressive information, helpful advice, and comments from years of systematic research and experience. This is not only a must-read for those preparing to pursue a Ph.D. but also for both new and experienced graduate supervisors. — Higher Education If you are planning to or have already started pursuing a Ph.D., this book is exactly what you need to read. It serves as both a manual and a guide to success, providing practical and actionable insights into the entire process of doctoral studies. Since its first publication in 1987, the latest edition has become a bestseller, helping thousands of graduate students and their supervisors across various institutions and disciplines.
Editor's Recommendation: The author of this book provides a comprehensive introduction, exploration, and research on the entire process of graduate training under the British education system. It offers thorough and vivid guidance for graduate students, supervisors, and departmental management. It addresses common issues in postgraduate education across all disciplines—literature, science, engineering, medicine, and agriculture—and primarily focuses on the process of obtaining a Ph.D. in the UK, but also covers the training of research master's students. It offers valuable insights for China's master's and doctoral education. The book presents unique and profound insights, concise and lively language, and typical examples, offering gentle guidance to students and sincere encouragement to supervisors. It particularly emphasizes the psychological interaction and adjustment between students and supervisors throughout the graduate education process. This is an exceptional textbook and action guide, suitable for a wide range of graduate students and supervisors. It can also serve as a teaching material for master's and doctoral entrance training programs and supervisor training sessions in universities. We highly recommend it. — Gu Su
This book is aimed at a broad audience of graduate students and supervisors, serving as both a guide and an action guide, vividly summarizing the British postgraduate training system. While primarily focused on the three-year Ph.D. programs in the UK across various disciplines—literature, science, engineering, medicine, and agriculture—it holds universal implications for contemporary postgraduate education worldwide. The book thoroughly discusses the significance and structure of graduate degrees, time management, communication challenges between students and supervisors and how to overcome them, special issues faced by groups such as women, working students, and international students, information and communication skills, and new experimental approaches to subject-based postgraduate teaching and collaborative research. This book has been reprinted multiple times in the English-speaking world and has remained a bestseller among graduate students and supervisors.