BLOG UNIVERSITY DISSERTATIONS AND HOW TO PLAN THEM ACADEMIC   0 COMMENTS Written by Harry Croose "What is not started will never get finished." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Tweet Hey, all hope you are well in your corners of the world. Today, I would love to discuss University Dissertations, and to elaborate on a few tips I have had in planning my dissertation.  I personally as of early February 2020, has just completed my poster for my Dissertation; I was very privileged to have had the prasie I had, as I decided to draw mine rather than to print it off on the computer. :) But anyway I digress slightly he our the wonderful tips I have for any of you  who have the fortune or depending on how you look at misfortune of creating a Dissertation Poster for your chosen course. :)  1. Decide on a General Idea This one I know is quite self-explanatory, but in order for you to write a great dissertation. You first need to have a few ideas on what you would like to write it on; the key word is 'like' here.  It will be SO much EASIER if you write your disseration being 9000 words or so, if you are VERY PASSIONATE about your CHOSEN SUBJECT. It will MOTIVATE you to WRITE a lot more and your future self will thank you so much for it. :)  2. Decide on a few of your Main 'Texts' Once you have decided on a thesis idea, try and branch out and find some appropriate main source texts that you may use throughout your Dissertation. Also noted down any theories or viewpoints that you for one personally like, and also any opposing arguments that you can use to cross reference depending on the style of your essay. Once you have a rough foundation on what your argument is you can then cultivate your methodologies for secondary sources and further texts.  This will also save you a bit of time and will give you an idea wether the topic you chosen is the right one for you.  3. Look at Sample Dissertation Layouts and Structures If you look at example Dissertations and the way they are academically presented, this will save you SO much time when you are planning thew way you structure your Dissertation. There are some sample disserations online that you can download and if you wanted to you could copy and paste layout to give you a nice template and then you can modify the structure to meet your Dissertation plan accordingly. You can thank me later. The hardest part is getting started once you have a clear structure in place it will be so much easier to write it and to block each session for time-management.  4. Make your own Theory or Observation As you read through more of your texts and content, you could potentially form your own perspective, theory or opinion, this could merit even more marks, as you…

BLOG 5 TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE ESSAY PLANNING ACADEMIC 0 COMMENTS Written by Harry Croose "Write like it matters; and it will." - Libba Bray - Tweet Hey all, I hope you are well. Today, we will be talking about the importance of preparing and planning your academic essays. At the time, I am writing this - I have just completed my second year. Over my time at University I have become very adept in time management and planning for  essays. Here is 5 tips to help you become better at planning for essays, and in turn it may skyrocket your grades.  1. Write the Assignments due-in dates (a day before they are due) This one in itself has allowed me to do so much better! Many of us, if we are truly honest with ourselves to do like to write essays quite close to the deadline. But this in turn due to the stress of time, has made our essay writing and content, not our best standard. Setting a mindset to complete the essay as if the day before was the assignment due date. Gives you the necessary breathing room to give you time to proof-read and can cure procrastination, and last-minute essay writing.  This has worked wonders and has made my essays better because it improves your psychological wellbeing - during the writing process.  2. Analysis the question / Assessment Criteria Analysing the question is a great way of articulating a framework not just for your essay but for your understanding of the actual question.   The assessment criteria with giving you much more specific insight, into what the lecturer wants to be included in your essays.  Try to touch upon all of these points, and perhaps use similar words, to make sure you are hitting each of the points.  So for example, if the essay question was... 'To what extent is apples awesome in England.' You can take into consideration 'to what extent' meaning you could structure the essay into good and bad representations of apples, and go into if your sources have a particular bias, so on and so forth.  'Awesome' what do you as an emrging academic, deem as an awesome representation of apples.  Also what 'apples', are you going to foucs on a particular type of apple, or are you going to look at apples in literature, again it dependa on what subject and what your assessment criteria is.  A long story, short with that crazy example, you do have free-realm with how you wirite the essay and create and formulate the ideas. But remember, it will be marked on how it meets the question as well as the assessment criteria.  3. Use Secondary Sources Secondary sources are incredibly important because it gives the impression that you have read widely to the lecturer. Also including other academics names to assist your argument, makes your own conclusions and own individual theory much more creditable.  Also, reading up on these individuals can help you in future essays, by…