Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: EXAMINERS AND SUPERVISORS 1. The Dissertation: What Is It, and What is Your Role? 2. The Dissertation: Your Audience - Supervisors and Examiners PART II: GENERATING AND DEVELOPING ORIGINAL IDEAS 3. What Activities Suit You Best? 4. Types of Research 5. What Interests You Most? 6. Generating Ideas: How to Come Up with New Ideas and Fresh Perspectives 7. Developing Your Ideas: How to Structure Your Thinking 8.

Refining Your Ideas: How to Test Your Thinking PART III: DECIDING ON YOUR PROJECT 9. Academic Sources: Books, Articles and Literature. Knowing What to Look For 10. Academic Sources: Books, Articles and Literature. How to Search 11. Choosing the Topic: Making Sure It's Manageable 12. Choosing the Topic: What are Research Ethics, and Why Are They Important? PART IV: ORGANISING YOUR WORK 13. Planning Your Research 14.

Managing Your Time 15. Your Retrieval System 16. Reading 17. Note-taking 18. Plagiarism PART V: DOING YOUR RESEARCH 19. Research Types 20. Secondary Sources 21. Quantitative Research 22.

Qualitative Research PART VI: PLANNING YOUR DISSERTATION 23. The Main Components and Introduction 24. The Literature Review 25. Research Methods, Findings, Conclusions and Appendices PART VII: ORGANISING YOUR THINKING 26. Components of a Consistent Argument 27. Connections Within a Consistent Argument 28. Using Evidence: How to Describe It 29. Using Evidence: How to Make Sense of It 30.

Using Evidence - How to Avoid Mistakes 31. Communicating Clearly PART VIII: WRITING YOUR DISSERTATION 32. The First Draft 33. Finding Your Own Voice 34. Writing With Style and Simplicity 35. Referencing and Bibliographies PART IX: EDITING 36. Editing Your Structure 37. Editing Your Content PART X: PRESENTING YOUR WORK 38.

Oral Presentations 39. Poster Presentations Conclusion Bibliography Index.