Succeeding with Your Master's Dissertation A Step-by-Step Handbook

1. THE MASTER’S DISSERTATION 


2. SUBMITTING A RESEARCH PROPOSAL 


3. PREPARING FOR YOUR DISSERTATION 


4. PLAGIARISM AND REFERENCING 


5. GENERATIVE AI (new)


6. THE DISSERTATION INTRODUCTION 


7. THE LITERATURE REVIEW 


8. RESEARCH METHODS 


9. ARTIST AS RESEARCHER (AND OTHER INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGIES)


10. WRITING UP YOUR FINDINGS 


11. CONCLUDING YOUR DISSERTATION


12. WRITING THE ABSTRACT 


13. SUMMARY OF GOOD AND BAD PRACTICE 

Succeeding with your Master’s Dissertation offers clear, straightforward and practical support for each stage of the master’s dissertation. Brimming with examples of good practice, it takes postgraduate dissertation students through the entire writing process from proposal to submission. It features detailed guidance on how to clarify your research objectives, produce a research proposal, complete each chapter of a traditional dissertation, reference sources, add a professional touch and prepare for a viva.


Now in its sixth edition, this handbook features a brand-new chapter on Generative AI, as well as new material on the differences between HSS and STEM dissertations, research ethics, and innovative research methodologies, making it essential reading for postgraduate dissertation students of all disciplines.