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| The PhD application handbook | Peter J. Bentley | Maidenhead : Open University Press, [2012]. | PhDs, Academic careers, Postgraduate study, 14 | Acknowledgements -- 1. Before you start -- 2. What is a PhD -- 3. Funding -- 4. Finding the right university -- 5. Finding the right supervisor -- 6. Finding the right research project -- 7. Securing an offer -- 8. Accommodation -- Beginning your PhD -- resource guide: current funding opportunities -- Index | 2013-07-08 | ||
| The academic career handbook | Lorraine Blaxter | Buckingham : Open University Press, 1998. | Academic careers, PhDs, Research, Borrowable, 14 | "Reprinted 2001"--t.p. verso. 1. Introduction -- 2. Academic careers -- 3. Starting an academic career -- 4. Networking -- 5. Teaching -- 6. Researching -- 7. Writing -- 8. Managing -- 9. Developing an academic career -- Organizations and journals -- References -- Index |
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| The research student's guide to success | Pat Cryer | Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2006. | Research, PhDs, Academic careers, Skills and employability, 14 | List of figures -- Preface to the third edition -- 1. Why and how to use this book -- 2. Exploring routes, opportunities and funding -- 3. Making an application -- 4. Producing the research proposal -- 5. Settling in and taking stock -- 6. Interacting with supervisors -- 7. Reading round the subject: working procedures -- 8. Reading round the subject: evaluating quality -- 9. Handling ethical issues -- 10. Managing influences of personal circumstances -- 11. Succeeding in an 'overseas' research student -- 12. Managing your skills development -- 13. Planning out the work -- 14. Getting into a productive routine -- 15. Coopertating with others for mutual support -- 16. Producing progress reports -- 17. Giving presentations on your work -- 18. Transferring registration from MPhil to PhD -- 19. Coming to terms with originality in research -- 20. Developing ideas through creative thinking -- 21. Keeping going when you feel like giving up -- 22. Job seeking -- 23. Producing the thesis -- 24. Handling the oral/viva/thesis defence -- 25. Afterwards! -- Appendix: skills training requirements for research students: joint statement by the UK Research Councils -- References -- Index | 2013-07-08 | ||
| Your PhD companion : the insider guide to mastering the practical realities of getting your PhD | Stephen Marshall | Oxford : How To Books, 2010. | PhDs, 14 | Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Embarking on a PhD -- 3. You and your supervisor -- 4. Finding your feet (and a desk to put them under) -- 5. Doing the research -- 6. Life as a PhD student -- 7. Academia -- 8. Thesis construction -- 9. Survival -- 10. The end game -- 11. Examination -- 12. The afterlife -- Further reading -- Index | 2013-07-08 | ||
| Moving on in your career : a guide for academic researchers and postgraduates | Lynda Ali | London : RoutledgeFalmer, 2000. | PhDs, Academic careers, Postgraduate study, Research, Borrowable, 14 | List of exercises -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I Focus on higher education: 1. Understanding the context: academic staff in higher education -- Part II Focus on yourself: 2. Developing your career plan -- 3. Self assessment -- 4. Generating career ideas -- 5. Gathering information about careers -- 6. Decision making -- Part III Focus on career routes: 7. Routes to an academic career -- 8. Routes to other careers -- Part IV Focus on getting a job: 9. Finding vacancies -- 10. Presenting your case: CVs and covering letters -- 11. Presenting your case: application forms -- 12. Convincing selectors: interviews -- 13. Developing your career strategy -- Sources of information -- Notes and references -- Index | 2013-06-27 | ||
| How to get a PhD: a handbook for students and their supervisors | Estelle Phillips | Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2010. | PhDs, 14 | Preface to the fifth edition -- 1. On becoming a research student -- 2. Getting into the system -- 3. The nature of the PhD qualification -- 4. How not to get a PhD -- 5. How to do research -- 6. The form of a PhD thesis -- 7. Writing your PhD -- 8. The PhD process -- 9. How to manage your supervisor -- 10. Equal opportunities for non-traditional research students (i.e women - with some comments for men - international, mature and part-time students) -- 11. Equal opportunities for minority group research students (i.e, ethnic minority students, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students, students with chronic medical conditions and disabled students) -- 12. The examination system -- 13. How to get a professional doctorate (ProfD) -- 14. How to supervise and examine -- 15. Institutional responsibilities -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- References -- Index | 2013-06-27 | ||
| "So what are you going to do with that?" : finding careers outside academia | Susan Basalla | Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2007. | PhDs, Borrowable, 14 | "This book was first published in 2001 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux under the title "So what are you going to do with that?": a guide to career-changing for M.A.'s and PhD's"--t.p. verso. Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Will I have to wear a suit?: rethinking life after graduate school -- 2. How to I figure out what else to do?: soul-searching before job searching -- 3. Testing the waters: networking and transitional experience -- 4. This might hurt a bit: turning a CV into a resume -- 5. Sweaty palms, warm heart: how to turn an interview into a job -- Conclusion |
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| Cracking the academia nut : a guide to preparing for your academic career | Margaret Newhouse | Cambridge, Mass. : Office of Career Services, Harvard University, c1997. | Academic careers, PhDs, 14 | Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Professional development as a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow: 1. Professional development and strategic planning in graduate school -- 2. Postdoctoral fellowships -- Part II The academic job search: 3. Preliminaries of fundamental importance -- 4. Application materials -- 5. The interview process -- Part III The job offer and beyond -- 6. The job offer -- 7. Afterword: getting off to a good start -- Appendix one. professional associations -- Appendix two. the real world (professional psychology seminar) -- Appendix three. some tips for approaching the job search in dual-career families -- Bibliography. additional reading and on-line resources | 2011-06-08 | ||
| Working for a doctorate : a guide for the humanities and social sciences | Norman Graves | London : Routledge, 1997. | PhDs, Research, 14 | "Reprinted 1998, 1999"--t.p. verso. List of figures and boxes -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- 1. How to succeed in postgraduate study -- 2. The research process -- 3. Financing a doctorate -- 4. Planning time -- 5. Problems of supervision -- 6. Writing the thesis -- 7. Student experiences -- 8. Intercultural issues and doctoral studies -- 9. Gender issues in doctoral studies -- 10. Comparative perspectives on the British PhD -- Index |
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| The academic job search handbook | Julia Miller Vick | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008. | Academic careers, PhDs, Borrowable, 14 | Acknowledgements -- Introduction to the fourth edition -- I. What you should know before you start: 1. The structure of academic careers -- 2. Hiring fron the institution's point of view -- II. Planning and timing your search: 3. Becoming a job candidate: the timetable for your search -- 4. Deciding where and when to apply -- 5. The importance of advisors and professional networks -- 6. Conference presentations and networking -- 7. Letters of reccommendation -- 8. Learning about openings -- III. Written materials for the search: suggestions and samples: 9. Responding to position announcements -- 10. Vitas -- 11. Additional application materials -- 12. Web sites -- 13. Job hunting correspondence -- IV. Conducting the search: 14. Interviewing -- 15. Off-site interviews: conference/convention and telephone interviews -- 16. Campus interviews -- 17. Job offers, negotiations, acceptances and rejections -- V. After you take the job: 18. Starting the job -- 19. Knowing about and getting tenure -- 20. Changing jobs -- VI. Additional considerations: 21. Dual career couples, pregnant on the job market, and related concerns -- 22. International scholars, older candidates, gaps in your vita -- 23. Thinking about the expanded job market -- Appendices: Appendix 1: national job listing sources and scholarly and professional associations -- Appendix 2: additional reading -- Index | 2011-06-08 | ||
| What else you can do with a Ph.D. : a career guide for scholars | Jan Secrist | Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : Sage, c2001. | PhDs, Academic careers, 14 | Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1 1. Assessing your academic powers: the gifts of knowledge -- 2. Taking a closer look-personality profiles: filling in the fuzzy parts -- 3. Identifying interactive skills: wjat's mine is mine, and what's yours may be mine, too -- Part II 4. Applying your skills to the job market: roads not yet taken -- 5. Investigating popular paths: the profit and nonprofit worlds -- 6. Exploring entrepreneurial options: this may be your golden opportunity -- Part III 7. Recognizing gender and cultural issues: the more things change, the more they stay the same -- 8. Networking: it's not only what you know, but whom you know -- 9. Writing effective resumes and cover letters: why bother with a resume? Just let me talk to them, they'll love me -- Part IV 10. Perfecting interview skills: I know you believe you understand what you think I asked, but i'm not sure you realize what you said is not what I asked for -- 11. Sharpening negotiation skills: give me the strength to negotiate the things I can, the patience to accept the things I cannot negotiate, and the chance to learn, grow, and earn good money to make it all worthwhile -- 12. Evaluating job offers: take this job and love it -- Appendix A: suggested readings -- Appendix B: salary comparisons of women and men -- Appendix C: internet resources -- Index -- About the authors | 2011-06-08 |
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