DISSERTATIONS

Final Year

You have the opportunity to submit a draft dissertation at the end of week 6, and receive feedback prior to your final submission. We advise you submit a full draft if possible to allow your supervisor to provide the most effective feedback. Partial drafts are also accepted, but feedback will obviously be limited in this case. 

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You can expect detailed feedback on a draft of your dissertation by week 9 if you submit it by the week 6 deadline. After this point, you can expect your supervisor to answer specific questions (e.g. clarification of methods, interpretation of a result, or the content of a figure/table), but not to comment on full sections of your dissertation. 

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Deadline: Midnight 10.03.2024
 

Submit: Blackboard, GES Dissertation Support Area

Your dissertation should use the IMRaD structure, the most prominent norm for the structure of a scientific report, where IMRAD is an acronym for introduction, methods, results, and discussion. 

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Your final dissertation is worth 100% of module EGM503, and 20 credits, the same as all other 5 final year modules.

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Your dissertation is double blind-marked; by your supervisor and another member of academic staff with similar teaching/research interests. The process is moderated by the Dissertaiton Co-ordinator and the External Examiner. 

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Detailed guidelines are provided in the Dissertation Handbook.

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Deadline: Midnight 28.04.2024

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Submit: Blackboard, GES Dissertation Support Area