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OverviewA unique take on how to survive and thrive in the process your PhD, this is a book that stands out from the crowd of traditional PhD guides. Compiled by a leading UK researcher, and written in a highly personal one-to-one manner, How to Get Your PhD showcases the thoughts of diverse and distinguished minds hailing from the UK, EU, and beyond, spanning both academia and industry. With over 150 bitesize nuggets of actionable advice, it offers more detailed contributions covering topics such as career planning, professional development, diversity and inclusion in science, and the nature of risk in research.How to Get Your PhD: A Handbook for the Journey is as readable for people considering a PhD as it is for those in the middle of one: aiming to clarify the highs and lows that come when training in the profession of research, while providing tips & tricks for the journey. This concise yet complete guide allows students to Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gavin Brown (Professor, Professor, University of Manchester)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Edition: 1 Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 19.50cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9780198866923ISBN 10: 0198866925 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 01 March 2021 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: What is a PhD? 2: Things you need to know 3: Things that will happen 4: How to Find your New Idea 5: How to work with a Supervisor 6: Work on Yourself 7: How to Read 8: How to Write 9: How to give Presentations 10: What happens in a Viva? 11: Your Post-PhD Life 12: Skills you will have gained i: Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell DBE FRS: Choosing a Career in Science ii: Professor Victoria Burns: Becoming a Reflective Professional iii: Professor Steve Furber CBE FRS FREng: Doing your PhD as part of a team iv: Dr Lucy Kissick: Saying yes to opportunity and no v: Professor Hiranya Peiris: The Rewards of Risk in Research vi: Professor Melanie Leng MBE: Top Writing Tips vii: Professor Jeremy Wyatt: Mistakes your Supervisor will make viii: Professor David Hand OBE FBA MMC: A PhD in Statistics & Data Science ix: Dr Carolyn Virca: Building a Strong Support Network . x: Dr Shakir Mohamed: Inventing Ourselves: Responsibility & Diversity in Research xi: Dr Jonny Brooks-Bartlett: Public Engagement in Research xii: Dr Jennifer Polk: Your career is up to youReviewscaptivating ... What I took away from reading this book, though, was just how universal the experiences of graduate students are. From wallowing in feelings of inadequacy to the exhilarating sensation of figuring out something that nobody has ever figured out before, Brown captures the essence of what most graduate students experience. He arms grad students (and potential grad students!) with information that will make their journey a bit easier, regardless of what field they're in. * Allison Henrich, The College Mathematics Journal * One of the aspects of this book, besides the content, that makes it so captivating is simply the writing style. The book is written so that reading it is easy, the ideas digestible. In the chapter on how to write, Brown shares his secret to writing so engagingly ... What I took away from reading this book, though, was just how universal the experiences of graduate students are. From wallowing in feelings of inadequacy to the exhilarating sensation of figuring out something that nobody has ever figured out before, Brown captures the essence of what most graduate students experience. He arms grad students (and potential grad students!) with information that will make their journey a bit easier, regardless of what field they're in. * Allison Henrich, College Mathematics Journal * captivating ... What I took away from reading this book, though, was just how universal the experiences of graduate students are. From wallowing in feelings of inadequacy to the exhilarating sensation of figuring out something that nobody has ever figured out before, Brown captures the essence of what most graduate students experience. He arms grad students (and potential grad students!) with information that will make their journey a bit easier, regardless of what field they're in. * Allison Henrich, The College Mathematics Journal * captivating ... What I took away from reading this book, though, was just how universal the experiences of graduate students are. From wallowing in feelings of inadequacy to the exhilarating sensation of figuring out something that nobody has ever figured out before, Brown captures the essence of what most graduate students experience. He arms grad students (and potential grad students!) with information that will make their journey a bit easier, regardless of what field they're in. -- Allison Henrich, The College Mathematics Journal Author InformationGavin Brown is Professor of Machine Learning, and Director of Research for the Department of Computer Science, at the University of Manchester, UK. He obtained his PhD in 2004 from the University of Birmingham, winning the British Computer Society Distinguished Dissertation Award, given annually for the most outstanding UK thesis in Computer Science. In 2005 he joined Manchester, and since then has built a team working on Machine Learning and Data Science, contributing both fundamental and applied research, funded by the UK and EU government as well as industry sponsors Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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