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Choosing your dissertation topic
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A pdf of advice for choosing a dissertation topic. This is also relevant for students choosing the topic of an extended essay.
A pdf of advice for choosing a dissertation topic. This is also relevant for students choosing the topic of an extended essay.
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Clinical Chemistry Guide to Scientific Writing
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Links to a series of articles in the journal 'Clinical Chemistry' which amount to a book on scientific writing. Requires UCL login.
Links to a series of articles in the journal 'Clinical Chemistry' which amount to a book on scientific writing. Requires UCL login.
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Comparing and Contrasting
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"This [webpage] will help you first to determine whether a particular assignment is asking for comparison/contrast and then to generate a list of similarities and differences, decide which similarities and differences to focus on, and organize your paper so that it will be clear and effective. It will also explain how you can (and why you should) develop a thesis that goes beyond “Thing A and Thing B are similar in many ways but different in others.â€"
"This [webpage] will help you first to determine whether a particular assignment is asking for comparison/contrast and then to generate a list of similarities and differences, decide which similarities and differences to focus on, and organize your paper so that it will be clear and effective. It will also explain how you can (and why you should) develop a thesis that goes beyond “Thing A and Thing B are similar in many ways but different in others.â€"
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Demystifying Academic Writing
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This book is designed to enhance the capacity of graduate and undergraduate students, as well as early career scholars, to write for academic purposes. Fang describes key genres of academic writing, common rhetorical moves associated with each genre, essential skills needed to write the genres, and linguistic resources and strategies that are functional and effective for performing these moves and skills.
This book is designed to enhance the capacity of graduate and undergraduate students, as well as early career scholars, to write for academic purposes. Fang describes key genres of academic writing, common rhetorical moves associated with each genre, essential skills needed to write the genres, and linguistic resources and strategies that are functional and effective for performing these moves and skills.
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Developing your ideas and argument
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A guide to developing an argument with a nice 7-minute video on structuring an essay and a helpful section on how to overcome a list of problems.
A guide to developing an argument with a nice 7-minute video on structuring an essay and a helpful section on how to overcome a list of problems.
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Dissertation Examples
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A collection of dissertations (both undergraduate and postgraduate) organised by department, sometimes including the grade they each obtained.
A collection of dissertations (both undergraduate and postgraduate) organised by department, sometimes including the grade they each obtained.
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Dissertation Research & Writing for Construction Students
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User-friendly, easy to dip into guide for all Built Environment students Takes the reader from the stage of choosing a topic to writing a well-structured dissertation Best case practice illustrated with numerous examples, case studies and references Dissertation Research and Writing for Construction Students covers topic selection, research planning, data collection and methodology, as well as structuring and writing the dissertation - in fact, everything needed for a successful write-up. A new section advising students on the use of the SPSS software 'Statistical Package for Social Sciences' will help readers make the best use of this tool. New examples and references ensure that this new edition of the bestselling construction dissertation guide is right up to speed with current practice. This is the ideal resource for students involved in research in Construction Management, Building and Quantity Surveying.
User-friendly, easy to dip into guide for all Built Environment students Takes the reader from the stage of choosing a topic to writing a well-structured dissertation Best case practice illustrated with numerous examples, case studies and references Dissertation Research and Writing for Construction Students covers topic selection, research planning, data collection and methodology, as well as structuring and writing the dissertation - in fact, everything needed for a successful write-up. A new section advising students on the use of the SPSS software 'Statistical Package for Social Sciences' will help readers make the best use of this tool. New examples and references ensure that this new edition of the bestselling construction dissertation guide is right up to speed with current practice. This is the ideal resource for students involved in research in Construction Management, Building and Quantity Surveying.
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EAP Foundations - Transition
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A guide to transition signals in essays with lots of vocabulary and examples to see how it works. Also includes a useful checklist to use with your own work
A guide to transition signals in essays with lots of vocabulary and examples to see how it works. Also includes a useful checklist to use with your own work
