Table of contents
  1. Assessment Information
    1. Project Handbook
    2. Example Projects
  2. Dissertation Writing
    1. General Purpose Guide to Academic Writing
    2. Latex Dissertation Template
    3. Word Dissertation Template
  3. Assessment Support and Guidance

Assessment Information

Project Handbook

Almost every question you might have about the main dissertation is answered in the project handbook, available here.

Example Projects

We have selected a variety of student projects from last year covering a wide range of topics and have grouped them based on their mark. Make sure that you look at projects relevant to your unit code:

Note that these have been anonymised and some pages with identifying information has been removed.

Dissertation Writing

When writing your thesis, we strongly recommend writing it using Latex unless you are confident writing a large document within microsoft word (or equivalent). Large files in Word can cause formatting issues or crashes when saving/loading the project file.

General Purpose Guide to Academic Writing

Written by Dave Cliff, this gives some useful tips towards how to approach academic-style writing and can be found here.

Latex Dissertation Template

The Latex template for the Dissertation can be found here.

Word Dissertation Template

The word template for the Dissertation can be found here.

Assessment Support and Guidance