How to Obtain a Graduate Degree: A Guide for Graduate Students and Supervisors (Third Edition)

Author: Esther Phillips et al. (English)
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Publish 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 Ph.D. but also for both new and experienced graduate supervisors. — Higher Education If you are planning to or have already started a Ph.D. program, 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 doctoral studies. Since the first edition was published in 1987, the current 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—humanities, sciences, engineering, medicine, and agriculture—and primarily focuses on the process of obtaining a Ph.D. degree in the UK, but also covers the training of research master's students. It offers valuable insights for China's master's and doctoral graduate education. The book presents unique and profound insights, concise and lively language, vivid and typical examples, and provides gentle guidance for graduate students while being sincere and enthusiastic towards supervisors. It particularly emphasizes the psychological interaction and adjustment between teachers and students 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 student orientation 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 Ph.D. programs in the UK across humanities, sciences, engineering, medicine, and agriculture, it holds universal inspirational significance for contemporary graduate education worldwide. The book provides detailed discussions on the meaning and structure of graduate degrees, time management, communication challenges between students and supervisors and their solutions, 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. The book has been reprinted multiple times in the English-speaking world and has always been a bestseller among graduate students and supervisors.