"How NOT to get a PhD"
Eight tried and tested ways

1. Not to want a PhD

2. Not to understand the nature of a PhD by overestimating what is required

3. Not to understand the nature of a PhD by underestimating what is required

4. Not to have a supervisor who knows what a PhD requires

5. To lose contact with your supervisor

6. Not to be in a research environment

7. Not to have a thesis

8. To take a new job before finishing

Ref: Estelle M. Phillips and Derek S. Pugh How to Get a PhD: A Handbook for Students and their Supervisors, 5th edition, Open University Press 2010.

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