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This will be the fourth of our Student-Friendly Guides. They are short books providing accessible information on core topics for students. The guides can be used as counterparts to weightier study skills texts and will be ideal for students who are experiencing last minute panics or those who simply want guidance on one element of study. Excellent Dissertations focuses on planning and writing up an extended piece of work for undergraduates and postgraduates. It starts from the recognition that producing a dissertation is a twin-track enterprise, involving both undertaking a project and presenting findings - doing the work and writing it up - and offers help with both these activities. As with the other Student-Friendly Guides, the emphasis is on sound, practical advice with lots of memos, boxes and tables to liven up the text. |
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Producing a dissertation. READ THIS FIRST! Introduction Part One: Preliminaries Formal requirements and arrangements Pleasing the examiners You and your supervisor Part Two: Getting started The `twin-track?: your project and your dissertation Project and dissertation: Exploring the literature Project: Making a shortlist of possible subjects Project: Selecting your preferred subject Project: Methodology Project: Materials Project and dissertation: Time management and planning Part Three: The `middle period? Keeping everything under control Project: Being your own manager Dissertation: Creating your literature review Dissertation: Developing your outline Part Four: The `end-game? The challenge to complete Project: Concluding your work Dissertation: Improving your draft Dissertation: Conforming to good academic practice Dissertation: Final editing Notes and references Acknowledgments |
