Writing Skills: Dissertations 2 - Structuring your dissertation
When:
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Venue:
Online
Good academic writing leads the reader through your argument. This workshop can help you structure your dissertation and the flow of your argument by focusing on dissertation chapters, sections and paragraphs to structure your work clearly, and transition statements and signposting language to link together your ideas.
Other workshops in the series focus on preparation and planning for your dissertation, including a focus on time and project management and formulating your research question. It will be more relevant to students who have not already begun their dissertation research process and and are at the earlier stages of considering their dissertation research. A later workshop considers the writing up stage, connecting the literature review and discussions sections, and being productive in the writing process.
Although the workshop may be helpful for dissertation writers from any discipline, the workshop will particularly focus on empirical research dissertations. Empirical research is usually found in scientific, social science and vocational subjects, and such dissertations use questionnaires, surveys, lab experiments and other methods to gather original data, and follow a formal report structure, rather than primarily researching from secondary literature, books and journals.
The workshop is primarily aimed at postgraduate students, but undergraduate students may also find it helpful.
The slides and a recording of this workshop will be found in the Birkbeck Study Skills Moodle Module, in the Writing Skills Resources section under 'Dissertations'.
Contact name:
Sal Campbell