This book provides academics, trainers and supervisors worldwide the tools to effectively support doctoral students in the assessment process.

Working across a range of disciplines (Psychology, Health & Social Care and Pharmacy), Pam Denicolo, a Professor Emerita from the University of Reading,  a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, and an Honorary Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, has wide-ranging experience both of using a range of research approaches and methods and of teaching how to use them well to a broad range of students and professionals world-wide. She has served on executive boards and committees of national and international learned societies and organisations devoted to research and teaching. She continues to publish widely student support materials, books, and journal articles on research because she remains passionately committed to mentoring and coaching newer researchers and academics.

Chapter 1 What is 'doctorateness'
Chapter 2 What is the role of assessment in doctoral studies?
Chapter 3 What are the regulatory requirements and responsibilities of doctoral assessors?
Chapter 4 What different forms does assessment take and why during the process of a doctorate?
Chapter 5 How can assessment be made inclusive?
Chapter 6 How can you establish an appropriate rapport and respect in doctoral assessment?
Chapter 7 What feedback is useful and how can it be negotiated?
Chapter 8. How can you deal well with less positive assessment outcomes?
Chapter 9. What forms of final doctoral assessment procedures might an examiner encounter?
Chapter 10. What should we be looking for in a thesis?
Chaptee 11. What are the purposes of a viva voce and how can it be conducted rigorously and compassionately?
Chapter 12. What are potential outcomes and what will be your continuing role?