Table of Contents

Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
About this book
Acknowledgements

So you want to do a PhD?
The many shapes of the PhD
The route to research independence
Supervision
Networks
Reading
Paper types
Research design
Critical thinking
Writing
Writing structure and style
The process of writing
Presentations
Conferences
The viva
Sabotage and salvation
What next?
Closing thoughts

Some useful terms
Some further reading
Index

About the Author

Gordon Rugg is a former timberyard worker and field archaeologist who is now a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at Keele University, where he is head of the Knowledge Modelling Group. He is also a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Open University.