There are always those dissertations that stand out at submission time, those that simply have to be submitted as the students are genuinely out of time but are nowhere near ready. As you can imagine, the pressure on a student in this situation is immense with bursaries, job opportunities, and self-esteem under threat. To …
Over the past few weeks, I’ve read a few dissertations in their draft forms. They had several challenges in common. Let’s examine five mistakes they made, and how to fix them. 1. The dissertations took several pages to describe the characteristics of their participants. Each demographic was described in detail with an accompanying table and …
5 Essentials to GET RIGHT in your Dissertation or Thesis Read More »
There are certain parts of a proposal, dissertation or thesis that often trip students up early on. Let me share 5 of them with you (in no particular order). First off, is the trap of outdated references. The rule of thumb is that over 80% of your references should be newer than 5 years old (unless …