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How to Get a PhD - 4th edition (Study Skills)

Open University Press, 2005

This is a handbook for Ph.D. students, providing a practical, realistic understanding of the processes of doing research for a doctorate.

New to this edition: a section on increasingly popular professional doctorates such as Ed.D., D.B.A., and D.Eng; material for supervisors of overseas, part-time, and mature students; and a...

How to Write a Thesis

Open University Press, 2006

In evaluations, unsolicited emails and narratives of their experiences, doctoral and masters students tell me that the first edition helped them get started and complete their theses. For example, one supervisor told me that she knew some students who were writing a ‘page 98 paper’, using prompts in a box on page 98...

Coaching Positively: Lessons for Coaches from Positive Psychology (Coaching in Practice)

Open University Press, 2011

"If you are looking for an introductory book on how to do PP coaching, this will give you an excellent, clearly written, practical introduction with some useful references in the bibliography."
AICTP Newsletter, November 2012

"Coaching Positively is the book that the coaching profession...

New Literacies: Everyday Practices and Social Learning

Open University Press, 2011

“Like a compass guiding you to what’s important and why in this rapidly evolving field, this new edition is utterly stimulating but also thoughtful and measured.”
Daniel Cassany, Literacy Researcher and Teacher, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

"Essential reading for those...

Anti-Social Behaviour

Open University Press, 2008

From the Daily Mail's claim of Britain being named ‘Yob Capital of Europe’, to the headline in The Times of ‘Tearaway given ASBO at 10’, the subject of anti-social behaviour has been given a huge amount of political, social, media, public policy and academic interest in recent years.

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How to Research

Open University Press, 2006

"...an immensely useful resource." - Nursing Times Research "As a graduate research student, I have come across a number of books claiming to inform the reader 'how to research', and have become sceptical...This book challenges that scepticism and is to be warmly welcomed." - Research Policy and Planning." "...an...

Understanding the Local Media

Open University Press, 2007

How will local media deal with the challenge of the Internet? How important is regional news to the nations of the UK? What does the future hold for newspapers, regional television and local radio news? Most adults in the UK read a local newspaper; regional news bulletins are among the most-watched on television; and local radio has a loyal...

Words and Symbols: Language and Communication in Therapy (Core Concepts in Therapy)

Open University Press, 2007

This book takes apart, lays out and repositions the most basic of therapeutic tools – the language used to communicate between therapist and client. It begins with a summary of the different schools of thought on language acquisition from infancy onwards. It addresses ways in which philosophical and social contexts may impact on the thoughts...

Understanding Criminology: Current Theoretical Debates (Crime and Justice)

Open University Press, 2007

"Provides a very clear, easily readable introduction to the wide range of criminological theories.". Anne Rees, University of Portsmouth, UK

What does contemporary criminological theory look like? .
What impact, if any, does it have on policy?

The new edition of this...

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