This resource offers guidance on successfully completing postgraduate studies, whether it be a traditional master's thesis, mini-thesis, or doctoral dissertation. Using eight steps, the book provides expert advice and insight based on students' first-hand experiences, including navigating the supervisory process and dealing with challenges and problems. It also covers different supervisory styles and approaches, as well as the level of support offered by universities.

Contents include the following:

• Step 1: Getting started
• Step 2: Working with a supervisor
• Step 3: Scanning the field of study
• Step 4: Developing the research proposal
• Step 5: Managing research resources
• Step 6: Undertaking a comprehensive review of the literature
• Step 7: The research process
• Step 8: Organising and writing the thesis