Structuring Your Thesis
Duration 0.5 days
Team Researcher Academy



This face to face course is run by the Researcher Academy 

The Researcher Academy courses are very popular and the majority are run in both semesters to give you the opportunity to attend at a time of the year that suits you. 

Target Audience: Mid to Late stage Postgraduate Research Students

This is a new course .This course is not suitable if you have already attended Getting Going on your Thesis or Finishing your Thesis.  

This course is not for Masters dissertations .  Academic Support offer support for students writing dissertations

Process: A short participatory workshop

Course Description: This short session will prepare you to think about the ways in which it is possible to structure a thesis, and facilitates you in working on your own thesis structure. The materials draw on the Nottingham etheses repository.

So if you feel a bit limited about what is possible, come along and explore the range of structures that exists within and across disciplines.

Objectives

By the end of this session you will have

  • Taken stock of the material you have gathered so far

  • Considered a range of structures for a thesis

  • Completed a draft outline of your thesis structure


Course Accessibility

The following table shows a summary of what is needed to participate in the course. 

If you feel you will experience any difficulties participating, please let us know via the ‘special requirements’ tab, providing as much information as possible. The special requirements tab can be completed when you book your place. Alternatively, you can contact us directly at ra-training@nottingham.ac.uk.

Print off pre-requisite paperwork/ resources & bring them to the course (optional)
Bring your own laptop/ PC to the course (optional)
Access seminar room on campus
Attend the course at the specified date and time
Watch and listen to the course tutor(s) and/or other attendees
Follow presentation slides during the course
Take part in group activities/ discussions


Booking Conditions

Latecomer policy

Researchers should plan to arrive prior to the advertised course start time. Except for exceptional reasons, there will be no admittance to a Researcher Academy or Faculty Training Programme (FTP) course 15 minutes after the advertised course start time.

Importance of booking commitment

When booking on to a Researcher Academy short course you are entering into a commitment to attend. If you find that you are no longer available to attend you MUST cancel your place (on the system if more than three days before the course) or if at short notice by emailing pg-training@nottingham.ac.uk. This will ensure that your place can be offered to another researcher on the waiting list. Failure to cancel a place results in other researchers missing out on places through the waiting list process.

It is unacceptable for researchers to just not attend when booked onto a course. Researcher Academy maintains records of those who repeatedly do not attend courses they have booked. This may affect future eligibility to book onto further Researcher Academy courses and will affect considerations for Researcher Academy funded opportunities.

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