Brilliant Dissertation by Bill Kirton (English) Paperback Book

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An accessible guide to the most important academic writing skills a student needs to write successful undergraduate dissertations and project reports on any HE course. This book will give the reader a sound grounding on what the whole business of dissertation and report writing is about, and will provide instantaneous, easily accessible answers to specific questions on all of the most important areas of planning, researching, writing, revising and referencing a successful dissertation or report.

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A guide to support students at university develop skills to create an effective dissertation, often key to the success of their course.

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Develop key study skills to get the most out of your course. Brilliant Dissertation is an accessible, practical guide to the most important and essential dissertation planning, researching and writing skills that any student needs. It will help you master and succeed in assessed dissertations or project reports on any university course. This book will give you a sound grounding on what the whole business of researching, planning and writing a dissertation is about. It provides instantaneous, easily-accessible, practical advice and guidance on all of the most important academic skills that you will need to develop to get the most out of your course and maximise your final grade BRILLIANT OUTCOMES: Understand the special approaches needed for dissertations and projects Decide what to write about and prepare and submit a proposal Develop the necessary academic research and writing skills to be able to develop and express your ideas and arguments successfully

Author Biography

Authors Bill Kirton is an experienced lecturer and writer who most recently held the post of Royal Literary Fund Writing fellow at the Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee and St Andrews, where he specialised in helping students across all subjects in developing their literary and academic writing and research skills. Bill is also a published author and respected ghostwriter who specialises in making information accessible to specific audiences.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Do as we say not as we do Part 1: Getting ready Chapter 1: The challenges Chapter 2: Deciding what to write about Part 2: Getting organised Chapter 3: How to prepare and submit a proposal Chapter 4: Ways to stop wasting time Chapter 5: Dissertation planning Chapter 6: Planning your experimental project Part 3: Finding and using information Chapter 7: Information literacy Chapter 8: Learning how to read Chapter 9: Assessing the value of source material Chapter 10: Turning reading into notes Part 4: Research techniques Chapter 11: Quantitative research Chapter 12: Qualitative research Chapter 13: Experiments and field trips Chapter 14: The importance of critical thinking Part 5: Numbers and data Chapter 15: Working with numbers Chapter 16: Working with and presenting data Part 6: Plagiarism, referencing and ethics Chapter 17: Never ever plagiarise Chapter 18: Citations and references Chapter 19: The ethical dimension Part 7: The first draft Chapter 20: Structuring your dissertation Chapter 21: Structuring your report Chapter 22: Academic writing Part 8: Editing, revising and presenting Chapter 23: The importance of the post-writing phases Chapter 24: Making the most of feedback Chapter 25: The importance of presentation

Long Description

An accessible guide to the most important academic writing skills a student needs to write successful undergraduate dissertations and project reports on any HE course. This book will give the reader a sound grounding on what the whole business of dissertation and report writing is about, and will provide instantaneous, easily accessible answers to specific questions on all of the most important areas of planning, researching, writing, revising and referencing a successful dissertation or report.

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Be Brilliant at university and develop the academic writing skills that you need to get the most out of your course.

Details ISBN0273743775 Author Bill Kirton Year 2011 ISBN-10 0273743775 ISBN-13 9780273743774 Media Book Pages 352 Publisher Pearson Education Limited Place of Publication Harlow Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 808.066 Illustrations Illustrations Language English Edition 1 Format Paperback Imprint Pearson Education Limited AU Release Date 2011-02-02 NZ Release Date 2011-02-02 Audience Undergraduate Publication Date 2011-02-09 UK Release Date 2011-02-09 We've got this

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