Writing skills: Writing a dissertation - the writing up stage
When:
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Venue:
Online
This workshop focuses on the later 'writing up' stages of the dissertation writing process, including a focus on the literature revew and discussion sections, as well as connecting the various sections from introduction to conclusion. It will be more relevant to students who have already begun their dissertation research process and and are engaged in the later stages of writing up their dissertation research.
An earlier companion workhop will discuss the preliminary stages of the dissertation writing. It is suitable for students who are early in their dissertation writing process, including considering a research area and formulating a question, writing a dissertation proposal, and undertaking preliminary research. This will be more relevant to students who have not yet begun their dissertations, or who have begun their research and would like to review their process so far and plan their next steps.
Although the workshop will 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 will cover:
- Dissertation structures
- Literature reviews
- Discussion sections
- Introductions and conclusions
- Abstracts
The workshop is primarily aimed at postgraduate students, but undergraduate students or phd researchers may also find it helpful.
Please note this workshop is for enrolled Birkbeck students only, and you will require your student login details to access the workshop.
This online workshop will take place on a Blackboard Collaborate link within the Birkbeck Study Skills Moodle Module. If you have booked, you will be emailed another link as a reminder to your registered email address (so please remember to check your junk mail.)
This workshop will be repeated numerous times throughout the academic year.
Contact name:
Sal Campbell