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Theme 7 Support and feedback 97

7.1 The supervisory relationship 98

7.2 Building a good relationship with your 100

supervisor

7.3 Making the most of feedback 102

7.4 The role of a critical friend 104

7.5 What to do if you experience difficulties 106

Alex’s journal 7 109

Top tip – Be open-minded 110

Theme 8 Research management 113

8.1 Managing your research project 114

8.2 What to do when things don’t go according 116

to plan

8.3 Coping with the unexpected 118

8.4 Getting ready to analyse your data 120

8.5 Dealing with large amounts of data 122

Alex’s journal 8 125

Top tip – ‘Big rocks first’ 126

Theme 9 Motivation 129

9.1 What motivates you in your research? 130

9.2 The role of emotions in research 132

9.3 Dealing with peaks and troughs 134

9.4 What to do when you feel like giving up 136

9.5 Why does it all feel so important? 138

Alex’s journal 9 140

Top tip – Treat yourself – you deserve it! 141

Theme 10 Submission and review 143

10.1 The finishing touches 144

10.2 Presenting your work to others 146

10.3 What would you do differently? 148

10.4 What have you learned about yourself? 150

10.5 How have your skills developed? 152

Alex’s journal 10 154

Case study – A fresh pair of eyes 155

Part 2 My research project 157

1. The research process 158

2. The introduction 160

Top tip – A strong structure 161

3. Literature review 162

Top tip – Using annotated bibliographies 163

4. Methodology 164

Top tip – ‘Put yourself in my shoes’ 167

5. Data analysis 168

Case study – Selecting the most significant data 169

6. Discussion 170

Case study – From data description to data analysis 171

7. Conclusions 172

Case study – Time to celebrate together 173

References 174

Index 177