101 Top Tips for PhD Students

By Dr Iain H Woodhouse

"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 EffectiveSelf ImprovementTime managementWorking on Your NetworkGoing to Conferences Oral PresentationConference Dinners Poster PresentationWriting your thesisGetting Started on the ThesisStructureThe BeginningMiddleEndThe Other BitsAbstractPrefaceAppendicesFootnotes and EndnotesPostscripts and AfterwordsGeneral CommentsSize Does MatterWriter's BlockDon't Write ForeverFiguresPeer Reviewed Journal ArticlesChecklistFinishing Up: The Viva VoceAfter: Getting a job.Afterword

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1520605374
• ISBN13: 9781520605371
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 85 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.2" x 5.1"