Preface to the Second Edition
Part I: Getting Ready
1. The Need for a Watertight Thesis
2. Demystifying the Doctoral Process
3. What Does It Take to Complete a Doctorate?
4. Making Sure That Your Doctorate is Original
5. Structuring Your Doctoral Proposal
Part II: Moving into the Doctorate
6. The Supervisory Relationship: Roles, Models and Mystification
7. Change and Problem-Solving in the Supervisory Relationship
8. Structuring in the Early Stages
9. Focusing on the Major Research Question
10. Creating Your Research Sub-Questions
Part III: Moving through the Doctorate
11. Linking the Research Sub-Questions to the Thesis Chapters
12. Making the Early Chapters Watertight
13. Judging the Doctoral Quality of Your Work
14. Making the Middle Chapters Watertight
15. Making the Later Chapters Watertight
Part IV: Moving out of the Doctorate
16. The Examiners’ Need for Structural Clarity
17. Preparing for the Summative Viva - and After
18. Structuring and Publishing Your First Articles
References
Index