How To Survive Your Doctorate (Open Up Study Skills)

If you are doing, thinking about doing, or know someone who is doing a doctorate, then this is the survival kit you need! Rather than focusing on the technical side of the doctorate, this book looks at all the other crucial skills that are part of everyday doctoral life. This candid book provides real insight into what it's like to do a doctorate and offers practical advice on:

• The application process
• Sources of financial support
• Motivational issues
• Student-supervisor relationships
• Departmental and university politics
• Publishing, conferences and networking
• Career strategies