Finishing your thesis (Faculty of Arts)
Duration 0.5 days
Team Researcher Academy

This face to face course is run by the Researcher Academy
as part of the Faculty of Arts Training Programme

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: This session is part of the Arts Researcher Skills Programme for late stage research students in the Faculty of Arts only.  

Description:

This course is aimed at students who are in the latter stages of their research and who are writing up. They are likely to be close to finishing gathering material; have analysis of material and data well underway; have a sense of how their thesis might be structured and what the main claims or findings are; have a good idea of their main argument(s). The course covers: the thesis as an argument; strategies for writing; planning the writing up period; good practice for ensuring clarity.

Aims/ Objectives: 

This course will help you to develop the skills necessary for writing up.

By the end of the course, you will have:
  • articulated the main claims of your research
  • considered the thesis as an argument and discussed the argument of your thesis with someone else
  • discussed the original contribution of your thesis
  • planned a timetable for writing up
  • considered some features of effective writing
  • found out about the university deadlines and submission process
Process: A 2 1/2 hour workshop.

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


Booking Guidelines

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. The 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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