Review: How to get a PhD: A Handbook for Students and their Supervisors

摘要

Since it first appeared in 1987 How to get a PhD: A Handbook for Students and their Supervisors by Estelle Phillips and Derek Pugh has been an important source of support for PhD researchers. The Third Edition was published in 2000 and is the book currently available and reviewed below. The publication of a Fourth Edition has been scheduled for 2005 and will undoubtedly have been significantly updated. For example the www.openup.co.uk website states that the new edition 'takes in the impact of the new Code of Practice of the Quality Assurance Agency' and includes a new 'section on increasingly popular professional doctorates such as EdD, DBA, D.Eng.' Readers thinking of purchasing a copy might prefer to wait for the publication of the Fourth Edition, and a review of the updates will appear in a later Issue of the journal.