The student's research companion : the purpose-driven journey of scientific entrepreneurs /

"Many students (and also supervisors) struggle with their final academic projects (and their supervisions). This struggle has taken away from the great potential of a learning experience the thesis, dissertation, or capstone project has to offer. We invite our readers to learn and reflect our t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aschari, Omid (Author), Berghaus, Benjamin (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2023]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Approach
  • Skills and the will to grow
  • Relevance follows audience
  • Rigour suggests approach
  • Deduce the research design
  • Purposeful scientific entrepreneur
  • Renewable research energy
  • Why even bother?
  • Preparation determines motivation
  • A peer called supervisor
  • Countless shades of supervision
  • Begin
  • Conduct a project
  • Follow one trajectory
  • Try not to build roof-down
  • Build well-dimensioned bridges
  • Impression management
  • Maturing your mind
  • Comparing with others
  • A researcher's humility
  • Theory is there to help
  • Castle under siege
  • Conduct
  • Growing into an expert
  • Help others understand you
  • Strange birds
  • Writing as modern architecture
  • A magnetic introduction
  • A contextualising theory chapter
  • An instructive methodology chapter
  • A resolving findings chapter
  • A progressive discussion
  • A consolidating conclusion
  • Complete
  • Revise frequently
  • Core motivator, key critic
  • Frustration is a fuzzy teacher
  • Relaxation as a research methodology
  • Fear of writing
  • Mitigating mental overload
  • Write like a journey
  • Be kind to yourself
  • Necessity of ownership
  • Throwing off a weight
  • Continue afterwards
  • Take in your accomplishment
  • Feedback eats grades for breakfast
  • Your degree is a trusted symbol
  • Do good for yourself and others
  • Keep in touch
  • Career serendipity
  • Never consider yourself unfree
  • Fortify your academic skills
  • Grow forward
  • Share the fire.