| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 211 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192) and index. |
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Includes web resources. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: Choosing a programme and how to apply; Chapter 1 -- Why do a postgraduate degree?; Chapter 2 -- British universities and international postgraduate students; Chapter 3 -- Choosing a postgraduate programme; Part II: Everyday life as a postgraduate student; Chapter 4 -- Studying in the UK; Chapter 5 -- Financing your postgraduate degree; Chapter 6 -- Moving to the UK; Chapter 7 -- Living in the UK; Part III: Studying for a postgraduate degree; Chapter 8 -- Studying for a taught postgraduate degree; Chapter 9 -- Planning and writing your research thesis. |
| Summary |
This accessible book provides essential guidance for all students who are thinking of studying for a postgraduate qualification in Britain. Alongside detailed information about the British university system (from the application process to the viva) Nicholas and Rosalind Foskett provide readers with an introduction to other essential pastoral and practical aspects to study in Britain: Immigration regulations; living and working in Britain; cultural mores and expectations of student life; finance and support systems. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Foreign study -- Great Britain.
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Foreign study. |
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Great Britain. |
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Students, Foreign -- Great Britain.
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Students, Foreign. |
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Universities and colleges -- Great Britain -- Graduate work.
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Universities and colleges. |
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Universities and colleges -- Graduate work. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Foskett, Nicholas, 1955- Postgraduate study in the UK. Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications, 2006 1412907187 9781412907187 (DLC) 2006920651 (OCoLC)76272027 |
| ISBN |
9781847878090 (ebook) |
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1847878091 (electronic book) |
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9781847878090 (electronic book) |
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1412907187 (hardback) |
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1412907195 (paperback) |
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9781412907187 (hardback) |
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9781412907194 (paperback) |
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