This book will guide you through each step of the research process: from brainstorming ideas and working with your supervisor to navigating the field to writing up your results. Introduction, How to Use This book, What You Can (and Can't) Do with Qualitative Research, Focusing a Research Project, Starting Out and Project Foundations, Formulating a Research Question, Ethical Research, Research Design, Using Theories, Choosing a Methodology, Writing a Research Proposal, Getting Support, Making Good Use of Your Supervisor, Getting Feedback, Collecting and Analysing Your Data, How Much Data Do You Need?, Collecting Your Data, Developing Data Analysis, Using Qualitative Data Analysis Software: An Introduction, Quality in Qualitative Research, Effective Qualitative Research, Writing Up Your Research, What Counts as Originality?, Audiences, The First Few Pages, The Literature Review Chapter, The Methodology Chapter, Writing Your Data Chapters, Your Concluding Chapter, The Aftermath, Managing an Oral Examination, Getting Published, Appendix: Transcription Symbols, Glossary, References, Author and Subject Index.