Completing Your PhD [Paperback]

This friendly guide is packed with practical, succinct advice on the core processes involved in making the final push to successfully finishing a thesis and preparing for life after submission. It contains comprehensive guidance on writing for others, presenting research, networking and preparing for the viva. Hands-on workshop activities keep students engaged and help them to develop a positive approach to overcoming hurdles.

This is an indispensable guide for PhD students of all disciplines. It is also an ideal companion to Planning Your PhD.

About the Authors.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- PART I: THE ROAD TO COMPLETION.- The Shape of the Ph.D. Project.- Managing the Ph.D.- Looking Ahead to Completion.- Making a Contribution.- PART II: WRITING AND PUBLICATION.- Why Write?.- Writing for Others.- Writing to Publish.- PART III: WRITING YOUR THESIS.- The Examiner and the Exam Document.- Planning Your Chapters.- Writing for the Examiners.- The Introduction and Conclusion.- Become an Editor!.- Final Stages.- PART IV: TALKING AND PRESENTING.- Talking about Your Research.- Conferences.- Presenting a Conference Paper.- Presenting a Poster.- PART V: THE ORAL EXAMINATION: THE VIVA.- The Examiner and the Examiner's Report.- Preparing for the Viva.- The Viva Performance.-Viva Outcomes.- PART VI: LIFE AFTER YOUR PH.D.- References.- Useful Sources.

KATE WILLIAMS manages Upgrade, the Study Advice Service at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has worked with students from Foundation to Ph.D. level and has written a range of books and materials on study skills. She is?the Pocket?Study Skills series editor.

EMILY BETHELL completed her interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Biology, Anthropology and Psychology in 2009 and now works as a Senior Lecturer in Primatology and Animal Behaviour at Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

JUDITH LAWTON?works as?an l³°