Thesis and Final Year Projects

Getting Started with Thesis or Final Year Project : This resource gives comprehensive information about Thesis and Final Year Projects. You will find guidance on research topics, research questions, literature reviews and methodologies (TUS Midwest).

Aims and Objectives: This guide explains what aims and objectives are, how to think through them effectively and how they guide a research project (TUS Midlands).

Literature Review Guide: This comprehensive resource provides guidance on literature reviews, including an overview of what they are, how to get started, and tips for selecting a research question. It also covers search strategies, databases, organising your review, and includes tutorials, videos, examples, and a library summary (TUS Midlands).

Note-Taking Template for Journal Articles: This worksheet is designed to help you take detailed notes and understand essential content in journal articles (The Learning Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).

Practical Guide for types of Academic Writing: This resource helps you develop the specific skills needed for key types of academic writing such as your thesis, dissertation, or final year project (University of York).

The Academic Phrasebank is a key resource for academic writers, providing examples of phrases for research papers, dissertations, and general academic writing. It helps with content organisation and offers phrases that can be directly integrated into your work (University of Manchester).

Critical Writing: This guide contains key resources to introduce you to the features of critical writing ( University of York).

Assistive Technology Linktree: Explore a collection of assistive technology tools designed to enhance writing accessibility. This resource features tools for voice typing, dictation, and writing assistance across platforms like Microsoft Word, Google Docs, mobile apps, and browser extensions (TUS Midlands Disability Support Service).

Microsoft Editor: This tool runs in Word for Microsoft 365 to analyse your document and offer suggestions for spelling, grammar, and stylistic issues, like making sentences more concise, choosing simpler words, or writing with more formality.

Microsoft Dictation: This tool allows you to use your voice to create content in Office programs by converting speech to text. With a microphone and a stable internet connection, you can quickly draft documents, assignments, emails, notes, and presentations, or even add notes to your slides, just by speaking.

The Immersive Reader: This Microsoft tool is a full-screen reading experience to increase the readability of content. Reading the text aloud makes it easier to spot and correct mistakes, and the option will also help those who just want to proofread a document.

Microsoft Planner: Microsoft Planner can assist with your thesis or final year project by enabling you to create task boards to organise and track tasks throughout the project. It aids in setting deadlines, prioritising tasks, and visualising progress with charts and calendars, ensuring efficient management and timely completion of all project aspects.

Thesis Structure: This infographic outlines the general structure of a thesis, but it’s just a guide and may vary depending on your area of study (Scribbr).

Aims vs Objectives: This infographic will explain the difference between research aims and objectives, showing how aims define the study’s purpose, while objectives outline the steps to achieve it. It highlights how aims focus on “what” the research aims to do, and objectives focus on “how” to do it (EnagoAcademy).

Quantitative Research vs Qualitative Research: This infographic compares quantitative and qualitative research, two distinct approaches with unique methods and objectives. The research method you choose will depend on the type of study you are conducting (intellspot.com).

Study Skills Worksheets: This page offers downloadable worksheets and interactive PDFs on essential academic skills, including reading and writing study techniques, time management, test-taking, motivation, and stress management (The Learning Corner at Oregon State University).

How To Write A Dissertation Or Thesis – 8-Step Tutorial + Examples – Grad Coach

Building a Critical Argument – University of York