Completing Your PhD

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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.

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'Excellent concept and rationale that fits perfectly with Planning your PhD.' - Jeanne Godfrey, University of Westminster, UK 'I think it will work well, for the reasons given in the proposal. It is aimed at the motivated, research-led student who needs a nudge in the right direction. This reader is likely to be able to recognise his/her need for the book.' - Lucinda Becker, University of Reading, UK 'I would consider this as an essential text on reading lists, as there is nothing I have found out there which meets students' needs in such a friendly, concise manner.' - Ian Taylor, Senior Lecturer, University of Brighton, UK

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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 isthe PocketStudy 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 LAWTONworks asan Englishand Additional Language Adviser and is former Deputy Head of Hounslow EAL Service, UK.She has undertakendoctoral research in bilingual learner education and has 40 years of experience in teaching and teacher training. CLARE PARFITT-BROWN is a Senior Lecturer in Dance at the University of Chichester, UK.Her Ph.D. focused on the history of the can-can and led to ongoing research into the cultural histories of popular dance practices. MARY RICHARDSON completed an ESRC-funded Ph.D. investigating the assessment of Citizenship Education in 2008. She is now a Senior Lecturer in Education at Froebel College, Roehampton University, UKand continues to develop research in the areas of both assessment and citizenship education. VICTORIA ROWE worked asa piano teacher for many years prior tocompleting her Ph.D. in 2008. She is currently a Teaching Associate at the University of Sheffield, UKand also works as a freelance researcher.