The Mature Students Guide to Completing a Doctorate

Carefully structured to make it accessible and easy to follow, this thought-provoking book encourages the reader to facilitate a dialogue across disciplines so that unconventional students are acknowledged and can discover a successful path towards admission and PhD completion.

Autorentext

Sinéad Hewson completed her PhD as a part-time student in 2021 and has lectured at Webster University, USA (Leiden Campus), Rotterdam School of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands, and TU Dublin, Ireland. She is the founder of an impact start-up in the Netherlands and works internationally on transformation, business scale-ups, and high performance.

Inhalt

1. Introduction
   PART I: Motivation: Focus on the why
   2. Focus on the why
   PART II: Organisation: Well begun is half done.
   3. Approaches, resources, and requirements
2. Planning and Project Management
3. Research and Critical Thinking
4. Thesis Structure, Literature Review and Checklists
   PART III: Progress: Finished is better than perfect
   7. Progress, Mindsets, and Momentum
5. Writing and Editing
6. Staying on Track and Deadlines
7. Feedback and Setbacks
8. The Viva
   PART IV: Wellbeing: Focus on self
   12. Focus on Self
9. Conclusion