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T1 - Thesis writing
AU - Murray, Rowena
PY - 2014/8/29
Y1 - 2014/8/29
N2 - Academic writing is often understood as a solitary activity, and each PhD is often seen as an individual process – and in many ways it is. However, there are possibilities for research exchange, dialogue and additional learning and networking in what I call social writing.When I started to run academic writing courses, I thought about writing in terms of individual writing skills, but I began to notice connections between written outputs and collective writing activities. I wondered if writing could be both personal and social and set out to research the role of social processes in the development of writing skills and our ability to deploy these skills. I ran several research projects to explore this idea and published several articles and wove these ideas into my books.This presentation will draw on this development work and these studies. I will define and illustrate the role of social writing with quotations from interviews with academic writers in professional and academic settings. My aim is to explain the social components of writing and to show how it can help thesis writers address the many challenges of writing – including making time to write – and find meaning, pleasure and satisfaction in their academic writing.
AB - Academic writing is often understood as a solitary activity, and each PhD is often seen as an individual process – and in many ways it is. However, there are possibilities for research exchange, dialogue and additional learning and networking in what I call social writing.When I started to run academic writing courses, I thought about writing in terms of individual writing skills, but I began to notice connections between written outputs and collective writing activities. I wondered if writing could be both personal and social and set out to research the role of social processes in the development of writing skills and our ability to deploy these skills. I ran several research projects to explore this idea and published several articles and wove these ideas into my books.This presentation will draw on this development work and these studies. I will define and illustrate the role of social writing with quotations from interviews with academic writers in professional and academic settings. My aim is to explain the social components of writing and to show how it can help thesis writers address the many challenges of writing – including making time to write – and find meaning, pleasure and satisfaction in their academic writing.
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Tips for completing your dissertation
Introduction, whether you are just starting your dissertation or getting ready to submit it, here are some useful tips to help you on your way. , preparing for your dissertation.
Start small
Start by deciding which topic you will be concentrating on. Take inspiration from some of the topics covered in previous modules or consider aligning your subject area with something you enjoy.
Read to refine your topic area
Once you have decided on a general topic area, you can use the literature to refine your focus. Reading will tell you what has already been written on the topic and help you to identify any gaps in the literature that you can concentrate on.
For example, you may be interested in how social media impacts mental health. Through reading, you might identify that the literature does not really discuss how social media impacts the mental health of the elderly. You might then decide to focus your topic on this gap in the literature.
Organising your time
Plan how you will be using your time up until your deadline. Factor in the time it will take to research, collect data, write up and edit your work as well as the time you will need for your other modules and commitments.
Create a schedule that outlines all the tasks that you need to complete and the time that it will take to complete this. This will allow you to review your progress and adjust your timings if needed.
Planning what you wish to discuss
While you may have been able to jump straight into writing your previous assignments without planning, this approach may not work for your dissertation. Spend some time developing a detailed plan that outlines all that you will be covering before you start writing. This will help you to ensure that you have covered all that is required whilst preventing you from going off topic.
Writing up your dissertation
Justifying your work
It is not enough just to state what you are doing; you also need to justify why you are doing it in that way. This justification often involves you using other literature to support your approach. For example, in your methodology, it is not enough just to state that you will be conducting interviews. You must also explain why that method was the most appropriate method for the topic being researched.
Writing critically
Critical writing is essential for your dissertation. It is not enough to just describe the literature or your results. You need to be able to critique the work of the existing literature and arguments on your topic areas as well as critique your own findings and assess the implications of your own work.
Follow a structure
Look out for any guidance that outlines the structure of your dissertation and stick as closely as you can to this structure. If you are following a traditional structure (Literature review, Methodology, Results/Findings, Discussion), check out a recording of our Structuring a dissertation workshop that breaks down what to include in each chapter.
Refining your dissertation
Editing and proofreading
Dedicate time for proofreading your work before your submission. You should be checking that your work makes sense, it is concise and to the point and that it is structured in a logical way.
Ask members of your family or friends to read over your work and comment on the clarity of your ideas. Whilst they may not be subject specialists, they should be able to understand the general idea of your work and point out any grammar or spelling mistakes.
Formatting your work
Check back to the guidelines to see if there is any specific guidance on how your work should be presented. Areas such as font, font size, table of contents and line spacing can all be checked and finalised once you have finished writing, just be sure to give yourself enough time to do so.
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EThOS is a UK wide repository of digitized doctoral theses. It provides full text access to 250,000 theses published in the UK as well as bibliographic records of non digitized theses. A quick and free registration is required to access the full text content.
- EThOS e-Theses Online Service This link opens in a new window The British Library digital repository for UK research theses offering a central access point to UK doctoral theses. The majority of universities in the UK are members. You can cross-search over 500,000 theses including those available for immediate download. more... less... Not Searchable via One Search. You must first register on an individual basis with Ethos in order to make requests through the Ethos website. The Ethos site provides further information.
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EThOS is an excellent resource for finding highly specialised and original research. S tudents embarking on a doctoral programme may wish to see examples of successful theses in their own discipline and identify areas of research that have not already been covered.
Video guide: Using Ethos to find UK theses
University of Kent (2019) Using Ethos to find UK theses. 28 August. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_c3ZRC5tG0 (Accessed: 13 July 2021).
Basic search
Keep search terms simple, e.g. 'organisational culture', 'business ethics' , ' eosinophilic inflammation', ' diabetes management'.
Full text availability is indicated by a green open padlock symbol next to the search results. You can restrict the search results to full text only by checking the box ' limit search to items available for immediate download' below the search bar.
Search results are listed in order of relevance. You can change the order of results to A to Z by author or year (most recent to oldest and vice versa) by using the 'sort by" option above the search results.
Click the relevant search result to view the abstract and download the thesis (if applicable). The full text can be accessed via the 'Immediate download' link when this is available. You will be prompted for the username and password you chose when you registered with EThOS.
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The advanced search tool enables you to search for a specific thesis by author and title. Use the drop-down menus next to the search boxes to select your desired search criteria.
You can also combine search terms using the Boolean operators 'AND', 'OR', 'NOT' (drop-down menu to the left of the search boxes). Example:
'higher education' (box one) AND 'social inequality' (box two) will instruct the database to look for theses which contain both search terms in the thesis abstracts or titles.
'social inequality' (box one) OR 'poverty' (box two) will instruct the database to search for each search term separately.
'higher education' (box one) AND 'social inequality' (box two) OR 'poverty' (box three) will instruct the database to search for articles which contain the first search term 'higher education' and either the second 'social inequality' or the third 'poverty'.
Try to keep your search terms simple especially when combining search terms. EThOS is a highly specialised database and over complicating searches may lead to a zero result outcome.
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A dissertation is an independent piece of academic work that reports on research that you have carried out, and is much longer and more in-depth than a regular essay or research project. Word counts for UK dissertations are typically between 8,000 words to 20,000 words, but the length, along with the criteria for the sections that are required depend on the subject of your degree and the ...
Abstract. Providing down-to-earth guidance to help students shape their theses, Rowena Murray offers valuable advice and practical tips. Moving beyond the basics of thesis writing, this book introduces writing techniques such as freewriting, generative writing and snack writing. Issues such as working out the criteria for your thesis, writer ...
Abstract. Academic writing is often understood as a solitary activity, and each PhD is often seen as an individual process - and in many ways it is. However, there are possibilities for research exchange, dialogue and additional learning and networking in what I call social writing. When I started to run academic writing courses, I thought ...
A thorough editing process is essential. It will ensure you produce a coherent and well-thought-out piece of writing. Make sure to leave yourself plenty of time to really engage with your dissertation at each stage (and especially once you get to editing). This will allow you to reassess your logic along the way.
The research method is the tool used to conduct the research. Traditionally the method was either quantitative (positivist) or qualitative (interpretivist). In recent years, however, multiple new methodologies have emerged and many have developed into accepted practice, e.g. mixed methods and arts-based research (practice as research).
Plan how you will be using your time up until your deadline. Factor in the time it will take to research, collect data, write up and edit your work as well as the time you will need for your other modules and commitments. Create a schedule that outlines all the tasks that you need to complete and the time that it will take to complete this.
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EThOS is a UK wide repository of digitized doctoral theses. It provides full text access to 250,000 theses published in the UK as well as bibliographic records of non digitized theses. A quick and free registration is required to access the full text content. EThOS e-Theses Online Service. The British Library digital repository for UK research ...
Elektrostal. Elektrostal ( Russian: Электроста́ль) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is 58 kilometers (36 mi) east of Moscow. As of 2010, 155,196 people lived there.
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The University recognises that, from time to time, you may encounter issues which may prevent you from being able to submit or undertake an assessment. Where this is the case, you can complete an Extenuating Circumstances Submission (ECS) for consideration. The ECS will be forwarded to the University's Subject Panel who will take account of ...