Writing skills: Writing a dissertation
When:
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Venue:
Online
This workshop focuses on the process of planning and writing up a dissertation.
Although the workshop will be helpful for dissertation writers from any discipline, the workshop will primarily 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 dissertation research conducted via reading secondary literature, books and journals.
The workshop will cover:
- a general overview of dissertations
- managing the writing process,
- dissertation structures
- literature reviews
- planning your writing
The workshop is primarily aimed at postgraduate students, but undergraduate students or phd researchers may also find it helpful.
This online workshop will take place on a Collaborate link within the Birkbeck Study Skills Moodle Module. It is intended for enrolled Birkbeck students, and you will require your student login details to access the workshop.
This workshop will be repeated numerous times throughout the academic year. The resources and a recording of this workshop will be found in the Writing skills resources section of the Birkbeck Study Skills Moodle module (student login required).
If you encounter any problems booking events through My Birkbeck, please book via the Birkbeck Events webpage.
The central study skills team offers a variety of study skills and writing skills workshops.
This is one of the writing skills workshop series, which consists of:
1. Essay and assignment writing
2. Writing a dissertation
3. Style: Academic writing conventions
4. Structure: Paragraphs and signposting language
5. Grammar 1: Sentence structure
6. Grammar 2: Punctuation
7. Drafting, editing and proofreading your assignments
8. Academic writing skills for exams
Contact name:
Sal Campbell