101 Top Tips for PhD Students

Download or read book 101 Top Tips for PhD Students written by Iain Woodhouse and published by . This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I wrote the book I wish I'd had when I started my PhD." Professor Woodhouse knows a thing or two about PhDs. In December 1994 he submitted his PhD after 3 years, 1 month, and it won the Best PhD thesis award from the Remote Sensing Society. As a Professor at The University of Edinburgh he has supervised more than 50 MSc and 16 PhD students to a successful thesis submission. He has also acted as external examiner for a number of PhD students, both from UK universities and world wide, including PhD candidates at universities in Finland, Australia, Canada, South Africa and the Netherlands. He has even failed a first submission at a Viva Voce as an internal examiner! Drawing on these experiences, as both a graduate student and as a supervisor, Prof Woodhouse provides a straightforward checklist of 101 key bits of advice, from how to choose a PhD in the first place, through writing the thesis, to finally getting your first job. The advice is non-disciplinary-specific, so applies to students conducting research in any field. Contents:Before you startGetting The Right MindsetBeing Effective Self Improvement Time management Working on Your NetworkGoing to Conferences Oral Presentation Conference Dinners Poster PresentationWriting your thesisGetting Started on the Thesis Structure The Beginning Middle End The Other Bits Abstract Preface Appendices Footnotes and Endnotes Postscripts and Afterwords General Comments Size Does Matter Writer's Block Don't Write Forever Figures Peer Reviewed Journal Articles ChecklistFinishing Up: The Viva VoceAfter: Getting a job.Afterword