Richly Illustrated With Case Studies And Interviews, This Book Identifies Key Themes Pervading Academic Life: The Nature Of Research And Research Supervision; Key Social Processes And Problems; Distinct And Contrasting Sub-cultures Of Departments And Disciplines In Universities; Mentorship And Sponsorship; And Apprenticeship And Rites Of Passage For Postgraduate Students. Anyone Developing Policy And Practice In Higher Education, Or Wishing To Understand Their Own Position Within The Wider Picture Will Benefit From Reading This Book. Book Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Cultures Of The Academy -- Introduction -- The Contest Of The Faculties -- Classification And Identity -- Professions And Socialization -- The Social Organization Of Scientific Knowledge -- Disciplines -- 2 Researching Our Peers -- Student Informants -- 3 The Nature Of The Quest -- Examiners' Views Of The Phd -- Supervisors' Views Of The Quest -- Students' Dreams -- The Personal Quest -- 4 The Appliance Of Science -- Recognition Of Incongruity -- The Construction Of The Doctorate -- Coming To Terms With Problems -- Pre-established Knowledge -- Becoming Scientists -- 5 Fieldwork -- Introduction -- Fieldwork And Identity -- Fieldwork And Indeterminacy -- Writing Up -- Acquiring The Habitus -- Conclusion -- 6 Modelling Realities -- Mapping Physical Reality -- Ideas, Programs And Knowledge -- Conclusion -- 7 Genealogies And Generations -- Time And Generation -- Biographies, Genealogies And Pedigrees -- Research Groups And Succession -- 8 Supervisors' Narratives -- Collecting Academics' Accounts -- The Balancing Acts -- Past And Present -- Conclusion -- 9 Pedagogic Continuities -- The Science Research Group -- Individualized Doctoral Research -- Beyond The Department -- Multidisciplinary Work -- Conclusion -- 10 Disciplines And The Doctorate -- Appendix 1 Two Research Projects -- Appendix 2 The Policy Context -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.