PECANS Resource Bank
This new section of the PECANS website is to become a bank of resources for postgraduate students and early career scholars.
If you have suggestions for links, books, or other resources that you think would be of use to PECANS members or others who visit this site, please email them to Rosie on r.harding@law.keele.ac.uk.
PECANS Resources
Writing Up - A Survival Guide by Nicolette
Priaulx and Sally Sheldon.
This entertaining and hugely helpful guide to getting your PhD finished
was presented at the PECANS Workshop 2007. You can download the document
by clicking on the link below:
How (NOT) to get an academic job
This is a video resource, showing three clips from the 'How (not)
to get an academic job' session at the PECANS workshop in 2007. Many thanks
to Rosemary Auchmuty, Joanne Conaghan, Didi Herman and Rosemary Hunter
for participating, and for consenting to the publication of these clips
on the website. Click on the link below to view this video resource:
How
(not) to be a job applicant
Useful Books:
S Marshall and N Green, Your PhD Companion (Oxford, How to Books Ltd: 2004)
Rowena Murray, How to Survive Your Viva: Defending a Thesis in Oral Examination (Buckingham, OUP: 2003)
Rowena Murray, How to Write a Thesis (Buckingham, OUP: 2006)
Estelle Phillips and Derek Pugh, How to get a PhD (Buckingham, OUP: 2001)
Links:
Vitae
A 'researcher's portal', supported by Research Councils UK, with loads
of practical tips on everything from thinking about doing a doctorate
through getting it finished and career planning, as well as info for
post-doctoral scholars, and developing your career in HE. Well worth
a look!
Jobs.ac.uk
A great place to start when looking for a job - they'll even send you daily
or weekly emails with all the academic jobs advertised in your area.
What are you waiting for?
Guardian Education postgraduate pages
Some interesting articles on postgrad-related stuff. A reasonable place
to while away some time when you're putting off doing any work...
Times Higher Education website
Supposedly everyone reads this publication...
PhD Comics
A perhaps more fun way to while away an hour or two
If you have any suggestions for useful/interesting/fun websites to list here, please drop Rosie an email on r.harding@law.keele.ac.uk