Skip to Main Content

Library Guides

Academic Skills Video Collection: Dissertations

Videos for study skills

Dissertations: Research Questions, Hypotheses, Aims and Objectives

This video helps you to formulate the research question(s), hypothesis(es), aims and objectives of your dissertation. It defines these terms and provides tips for writing these elements well. 

Your Dissertation: Identifying and Developing your Topic

This interactive workshop will provide you with tips and strategies to help you to explore and develop possible topics and to narrow these topics down. 

Researching for your Dissertation

This presentation explores effective strategies for locating, evaluating, and organising sources to enable you to produce a comprehensive and well researched dissertation. It also covers where you can find further help, as and when you need it.

Link to video on Researching for Your Dissertation

Dissertations: Tips on Formatting Long Documents

This video helps you to format the following aspects of your dissertation: the Title Page, the Headings/Sub-Headings, the Contents Page, the Page Numbering, the inclusion of Data, and the Appendices. 

Research Data Management

This video helps you to understand the importance of research data management and how you can plan, organise, store, preserve, and share your data.