Postgraduate education and training in the social sciences
Subtitle: processes and products
By: edited by Robert G. Burgess.
Contributors: Burgess, Robert G.
Series: Higher education policy series ;; [19]
Publisher: J. Kingsley
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London; Bristol, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Graduate) -- Great Britain -- Congresses.; Doctor of philosophy degree -- Great Britain -- Congresses.
Description: In the last decade there has been considerable interest in the process of doing a PhD. Much of this interest has focused on policy issues that have been raised by the research councils and the British Academy.

This volume presents a guide to the 'state of the art' in postgraduate education and training in the social sciences, the concept of quality in the PhD, examining styles and strategies of supervisors with a view to improving completion rates, the process of supervision, the motives of supervisors and students and their relationship.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.