Insightful, wide-ranging and accessible, this is an invaluable tool for postgraduate research students and for students at all levels working on research projects, irrespective of their field of study. It aims to make their research and therefore their day-to-day lives more productive and enjoyable.

'The core material in Professor Cryer's previous editions is classic. I welcome this new edition setting it into current contexts.'  PhD supervisor

'When I was doing my own PhD, Pat Cryer's book was my constant reference companion. Now I am recommending her latest edition to my own students.'  PhD supervisor

This edition has been thoroughly revised to accommodate the changes in postgraduate education over recent years. Additional material and new emphases take into account:

• The QAA Code of Practice for Postgraduate Research Programmes
• Recommendations of the Roberts Review
• The needs of the growing number of 'overseas' research students
• Employment issues (including undergraduate teaching), and
• The Internet as a resource for research.

There are new chapters on:

• Developing the research proposal
• Succeeding as an 'overseas' research student
• Ethics in research, and
• Personal development planning (PDP).

List of Chapters

1. Why and how to use this book
2. Exploring routes, opportunities and funding for postgraduate study and research
3. Making an application
4. Producing the research proposal
5. Settling in and taking stock
6. Interacting with supervisors
7. Reading round the subject: working procedures
8. Reading round the subject: evaluating quality
9. Handling ethical issues
10. Managing the pervasive influences of personal circumstances
11. Adapting to postgraduate research outside your home country
12. Planning, monitoring and recording your skills development (PDP)
13. Planning out the work
14. Getting into a productive routine
15. Co-operating with others for mutual help and support
16. Producing progress reports
17. Giving presentations on your work
18. Transferring registration from MPhil to PhD
19. Coming to terms with originality in research
20. Developing ideas through creative thinking
21. Keeping going when you feel like giving up
22. Job seeking
23. Producing the thesis
24. Preparing for the examination and conducting yourself in the oral/viva/thesis defence
25. Afterwards!

References
Appendix - Skills Training Requirements for Research Students: Joint Statement by the UK Research Councils