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    Writing a Watertight Thesis by Bottery, Mike; Wright, Nigel; Fabrizi, Mark A.;

    Structure, Demystification and Defence

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 2
    • Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
    • Date of Publication 23 February 2023
    • Number of Volumes Paperback

    • ISBN 9781350260597
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages336 pages
    • Size 214x138x20 mm
    • Weight 420 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 10 bw illus
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    Writing a doctoral thesis can be an arduous and confusing process. Writing a Watertight Thesis helps you to demystify many doctoral concerns and provides a clear framework for developing a sound structure for your thesis, making your thesis watertight, clear, and defensible.

    Now with the added experience of Mark A. Fabrizi, the authors draw on their extensive experience of supervising and examining numerous doctorates from an internationally diverse and multicultural student body around the world, including in Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, the UK and the USA. The chapters on preparing a research proposal, the viva process, and developing publishable articles out of your thesis have all been updated, and new chapters have been added to demystifying common concerns:
    Do I have what it takes to do a doctorate?
    What is doctoral originality?
    Is my work of doctoral quality?
    What kind of relationship should I cultivate with my supervisor/advisors?

    Throughout the book you'll find examples showcasing central research questions and the sub-research questions derived from them, descriptions of different ways that doctoral students have achieved success, and exercises that will enable you to apply what you are reading directly to your own thesis.

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    Table of Contents:

    Preface to the Second Edition
    Part I: Getting Ready
    1. The Need for a Watertight Thesis
    2. Demystifying the Doctoral Process
    3. What Does It Take to Complete a Doctorate?
    4. Making Sure That Your Doctorate is Original
    5. Structuring Your Doctoral Proposal
    Part II: Moving into the Doctorate
    6. The Supervisory Relationship: Roles, Models and Mystification
    7. Change and Problem-Solving in the Supervisory Relationship
    8. Structuring in the Early Stages
    9. Focusing on the Major Research Question
    10. Creating Your Research Sub-Questions
    Part III: Moving through the Doctorate
    11. Linking the Research Sub-Questions to the Thesis Chapters
    12. Making the Early Chapters Watertight
    13. Judging the Doctoral Quality of Your Work
    14. Making the Middle Chapters Watertight
    15. Making the Later Chapters Watertight
    Part IV: Moving out of the Doctorate
    16. The Examiners' Need for Structural Clarity
    17. Preparing for the Summative Viva - and After
    18. Structuring and Publishing Your First Articles
    References
    Index

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    Bottery, Mike; Wright, Nigel; Fabrizi, Mark A.;

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