Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I: YOUR PHD IDEA - WHERE NEXT? PART II: STARTING OUT PART III: TOWARDS YOUR LITERATURE REVIEW PART IV: TOWARDS YOUR PROPOSAL PART V: WRITING YOUR PROPOSAL PART VI: THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME

Biographical NotesKATE WILLIAMS manages Upgrade, the Study Advice Service at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has worked with students from Foundation to PhD and has written a range of books and materials on study skills. With experience of project management in both writing and editing, she is also the Series Editor for Pocket Study Skills. EMILY BETHELL is a PhD Student at Roehampton University, UK. JUDITH LAWTON is the Former Deputy Head of Hounslow Language Service, UK. CLARE PARFITT is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Dance at the University of Chichester, UK. MARY RICHARDSON is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at Roehampton University, UK. VICTORIA ROWE is Teaching Associate at the University of Sheffield, UK.