Full Description
This is the definitive guide to successful study as an international postgraduate student. Chapters cover all the core academic skills, including time management, reading, referencing, critical thinking, doing research, and writing and speaking for assessment. The book features a wealth of examples, activities and checklists to help students hone their skills.
The 2nd edition features:
- New content on writing critical reviews and case study reports, managing digital sources and using electronic databases
- Additional activities on referencing and critical thinking
- Practical pointers to help students hit the ground running and quickly get to grips with the expectations and conventions of postgraduate study
Contents
Preface
Part I: Being a Postgraduate Student
1 Getting Started as a Postgraduate
2 Being in a Foreign Land: Cultural Adaptation
Part II: Basic Survival Skills
3 Time Management, Getting Organised
4 Managing Information Collected
5 Reading: A Complex Skill
Part III: Perils and Pitfalls
6 Plagiarism and Paraphrasing
7 Referencing: The Importance of Acknowledgement
Part IV: Standing on the Shoulders of Others: Doing Research
8 The Research Process
Part V: What about me? Criticising and Analysing
9 Critical Thinking
Part VI: Putting Pen to Paper: Writing for Assessment
10 Writing Style and Language
11 Writing Critical Reviews: A Step-by-Step Guide
12 Writing a Report
13 Preparing for the Research Essay
14 Writing a Research Essay
15 Writing a Literature Review
16 The Final Polish: Editing and Proofreading
Part VII: Being Heard: Speaking for Assessment
17 Participating in and Giving a Tutorial
18 Delivering a Presentation
19 Speaking to your Supervisor or Lecturer
20 Groupwork as a Form of Assessment
Part VIII: Want to Go Further?
21 Writing a Research Proposal
22 What Next? Completing a PhD
