Key Factors in Postgraduate Research: A Guide for Students

"Key Factors in Postgraduate Research" is a comprehensive guide to university-based postgraduate research at Doctoral or Master's levels. It provides a complete treatment of the postgraduate research process - including the university and research performance issues; fundamentals of postgraduate research; methods; thesis structuring, development and assessment. It also includes chapters on interactions between postgraduate researchers and supervisors, as well as problem resolution. Since it's initial release in 1999, many thousands of copies of Key Factors have made their way to universities around the world, and the book regularly appears on various university websites. In this 3rd edition, new sections have been added on university rankings and their impact on research pressures within the institutions, as well as a detailed guide for postgraduate researchers undertaking their work in an external partner organization - such as a medical research institute; industry or business, or government department.