Mastering Your PhD Survival and Success in the Doctoral Years and Be
"Mastering Your PhD: Survival and Success in the Doctoral Years and Beyond" helps guide PhD students through their graduate student years. Filled with practical advice on getting started, communicating with your supervisor, staying the course, and plannin
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Patricia Gosling · Bart Noordam
Mastering Your PhD Survival and Success in the Doctoral Years and Beyond Second Edition
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Dr. Patricia Gosling Amgen (Europe) GmbH P.O. Box 1557 6301 Zug Switzerland [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Bart Noordam University of Amsterdam Science Park 904 1090 GE Amsterdam The Netherlands [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-642-15846-9 e-ISBN 978-3-642-15847-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-15847-6 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010938062 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006, 2011 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: eStudio Calamar S.L., Heidelberg Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Authors’ Note
It’s been four years since the 2006 publication of the first edition of ‘Mastering Your PhD: Survival and Success in the Doctoral Years and Beyond’. In the meantime we’ve written quite a bit of new material. Some of it appeared as a monthly column on the ScienceCareers.org website, and some of it consists of additional tips and advice we thought would be of value to fledgling PhD students and those who are further along the road. With several new chapters of material and many new insights to help you along the way, we hope you enjoy this second edition. Best of luck on your journey. September 2010
Patricia Gosling Bart Noordam
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Preface
Why Read a Book About Getting a PhD? PhD students and their supervisors tend to focus only on the content of the research that leads to the doctoral thesis. All other issues are often taken for granted: how to organize your work, give a presentation, work in a team, cope with your supervisor, and effectively manage your time. When asked, former PhD students usually claim that the general experience of being a graduate student, which includes learning how to solve complex problems and work well with others, were of greater value to their careers than the actual content of their thesis. The goal of this book is to use some of the skills shown to be effective outside the world of academia to help PhD students master all the non-scientific aspects of getting a PhD. Hopefully it will help graduate students get the most out of (an
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