How to Obtain a Graduate Degree (Graduate and Supervisor Guide, Third Edition)

Author: (British) Phillips et al., translated by Yu Fei
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Publishing Date: 2005-06-01
Features: The book has a lively and bright style. The author has gained impressive information, valuable advice, and comments from years of systematic research and experience. This is not only a must-read for those preparing to pursue a PhD but also for both new and experienced graduate supervisors. — Higher Education If you are planning to or have already started pursuing a PhD, this book is exactly what you need to read. It serves as both a manual and a guide to success, providing practical and practical understanding of the entire process of PhD studies. Since the first edition was published in 1987, this new 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, offering comprehensive and vivid guidance for graduate students, supervisors, and departmental management. It addresses common issues in graduate education across all disciplines—literature, science, engineering, medicine, and agriculture—and primarily focuses on the process of obtaining a PhD degree in the UK, but also covers the training of research master's degree students. It offers valuable insights for China's master's and PhD graduate education. The book presents unique and profound insights, concise and lively language, vivid and typical examples, and provides gentle guidance to graduate students and sincere advice to supervisors, especially emphasizing the psychological interaction and adjustment between teachers and students throughout the graduate education process. It is a rare and excellent textbook and action guide, suitable for a wide range of graduate students and supervisors. It can also serve as a textbook for master's and PhD entrance training and supervisor training at 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 graduate training system. Although it primarily focuses on the three-year PhD programs in the UK across various disciplines—literature, science, engineering, medicine, and agriculture—it holds universal inspirational significance for contemporary graduate education in various countries. The book discusses in detail the meaning and structure of graduate degrees, time management, communication difficulties between students and supervisors and how to overcome them, special issues for groups such as women, working students, and international students, information and communication skills, and new experimental approaches to subject-based graduate teaching and collaborative research. This book has been reprinted multiple times in the English-speaking world and has always been a bestseller among graduate students and supervisors.