Planning Your Dissertation: Edition 3
Jun 2023 · Bloomsbury Publishing
Ebook
200
Pages
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'The most useful book on dissertation writing that I've seen.' Customer review
'Concise, complete and to the point. The perfect place to start planning your dissertation.' Customer review
This essential pocket guide takes students through the planning for each stage of their dissertation, from hatching an idea to handing in their finished project. Short, succinct chapters cover everything from devising a research question and engaging with the literature to choosing a methodology and structuring an argument. It features sample dissertations from a range of subject areas, so that students can better anticipate what lies ahead, practical advice at every step and action plans to keep students on track.
This edition includes:
· A new chapter on the research proposal as an assessed assignment
· A redesigned dissertation library with outlines of different dissertation styles (report, essay and creative/practical)
· Further examples of dissertations from a wider range of subject areas linked via a QR code
· More guidance on using digital software for planning and time management
· Updated advice for making the most of your supervisor and managing stress
This book is the ideal companion to all students completing a dissertation as part of their undergraduate or postgraduate studies, whatever their subject area.
'Concise, complete and to the point. The perfect place to start planning your dissertation.' Customer review
This essential pocket guide takes students through the planning for each stage of their dissertation, from hatching an idea to handing in their finished project. Short, succinct chapters cover everything from devising a research question and engaging with the literature to choosing a methodology and structuring an argument. It features sample dissertations from a range of subject areas, so that students can better anticipate what lies ahead, practical advice at every step and action plans to keep students on track.
This edition includes:
· A new chapter on the research proposal as an assessed assignment
· A redesigned dissertation library with outlines of different dissertation styles (report, essay and creative/practical)
· Further examples of dissertations from a wider range of subject areas linked via a QR code
· More guidance on using digital software for planning and time management
· Updated advice for making the most of your supervisor and managing stress
This book is the ideal companion to all students completing a dissertation as part of their undergraduate or postgraduate studies, whatever their subject area.
About the author
Kate Williams set up the Upgrade Study Advice Service at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She is Series Editor of the Pocket Study Skills series and author of Getting Critical, Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism and Time Management.
Michelle Reid is a Learning Development Tutor at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She is the author of Report Writing and Time Management.
Michelle Reid is a Learning Development Tutor at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She is the author of Report Writing and Time Management.
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