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In this series, Dr Jessica Moody, unit co-ordinator of the third year Practice-Based Dissertation option, interviews students about their projects and experiences of this unit. The Practice-Based Dissertation was first introduced at Bristol in 2020-21 and enables students to produce a practical, public-facing ‘public history’ output as well as a 5000 word Critical Reflective Report.
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Becoming a Public Historian: Isabel King
In this series, Dr Jessica Moody, unit co-ordinator of the third year Practice-Based Dissertation option, interviews students about their projects and experiences of this unit. The Practice-Based Dissertation was first introduced at Bristol in 2020-21 and enables students to produce a practical, public-facing ‘public history’ output as well as a 5000 word Critical Reflective Report.
In this interview, Jessica talks to Isabel King about her project. Continue reading →
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Becoming a Public Historian: Kate Sudakova
In this series, Dr Jessica Moody, unit co-ordinator of the third year Practice-Based Dissertation option, interviews students about their projects and experiences of this unit.
The Practice-Based Dissertation was first introduced at Bristol in 2020-21 and enables students to produce a practical, public-facing ‘public history’ output as well as a 5000 word Critical Reflective Report.
In this interview, Jessica talks to Kate Sudakova about her project. Continue reading →
Becoming a Public Historian: Haley Jensen
In this new series – ‘Becoming a Public Historian’ – Dr Jessica Moody, unit co-ordinator of the third year Practice-Based Dissertation option, interviews students about their projects and experiences of this unit.
In this interview, Jessica talks to Haley Jensen about her project. Continue reading →
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Unit information: Dissertation for English/Classical Studies in 2022/23
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| Unit name | Dissertation for English/Classical Studies |
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| Unit code | ENGL39021 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | |
| Teaching block(s) | Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Andrew Blades |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) | None |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) | None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one | |
| School/department | Department of English |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Unit Information
This unit requires the production of an extensively researched dissertation of up to 7,000 words (including quotations and notes, excluding bibliography) on a topic of the student's choice. It may be taken either in TB1 or TB2. The proposed topic must be genuinely interdisciplinary and must link the two disciplines of English and Classics. In order to take this unit, students need to have their topic approved by the Head of Education for English. This should be arranged by the end of the period during which choices of Special Subject are made. The Heads of Education in English and Classics will each appoint a supervisor for the student. Students will receive 1.5 hours of individual consultation with each of their two supervisors; this will typically involve discussion of preparatory reading and research, scrutiny of a rough plan of the work, advice on writing up and discussion of some draft material.
This dissertation unit is designed to bring together the two disciplines studied by English and Classics students, to enhance an understanding of the importance of influence and reception when considering both the classical and the English literary traditions, and to foster an intellectual approach that is genuinely interdisciplinary in both conception and execution.
Your learning on this unit
Students will have developed a highly detailed, in-depth understanding of the author(s), text(s), and/or issues explored in the dissertation, will have engaged with matters of influence and reception (and, in many cases, translation), and will have undertaken a sustained project of interdisciplinary research.
How you will learn
Students will receive one and a half hours of individual consultation with each of their two supervisors (one in English and one in Classical Studies); this will typically involve discussion of preparatory reading and research, scrutiny of a rough plan of the work, advice on writing up and discussion of some draft material.
How you will be assessed
One dissertation of up to 7,000 words (including quotations and notes, but excluding bibliography).
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
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How much time the unit requires Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks, independent learning and assessment activity.
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Assessment The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit. The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period). The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes .
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Written by amy preston, student digital champion and mres student in physiology and pharmacology.
Introduction to Posters and Presentations
Presenting your research, whether part of your undergraduate dissertation or postgraduate research degree, is a huge part of academia. However, it’s often difficult to know where to start when making posters or presentations. There are a few different ways that you can approach them, so hopefully this post will give you some ideas!
The main thing to keep in mind for a poster is that it needs to be clear and rely on visual representation of your research. There are multiple tools you can use to make a poster. PowerPoint is useful, especially for posters in landscape orientation. You can also use Microsoft Word or Publisher, but these can be a bit trickier to use. Sometimes research groups will pay to use Adobe Illustrator which allows for figure-making as well. But it is up to you, and you don’t need to pay for expensive software if you don’t have the means to do so.
The majority of the poster should be focused on your methods and results, so make sure to keep the introduction concise and have a few short conclusions and future directions at the end to summarise. Depending on your course or the conference you are presenting at, you will likely have a specific format to follow – including orientation and size. Usually, posters are A0 size and portrait orientation, so make sure you adjust your font size to accommodate this – a good rule of thumb is 24pt font for main body text and at least twice this size for your heading if your poster is A0. If your poster format is portrait, it can be helpful to split the poster into two columns if you have quite dense figures, but this isn’t essential if your data doesn’t fit this way.
Presentations
Many of the same principles from posters apply to presentations and talks. Aim to make them clear, easy to follow and visually appealing. One way to help the audience follow along is to introduce each aim separately followed by its related methods and results (this is shown below). Or, depending on your data and how it fits together, you can introduce the aims all at once, then go through methods and results that follow on from each other. For example, if you found an unexpected result, what methods did you try next to further understand it and what did you find? Try to tell a story through your presentation.
Making good quality figures
An effective figure should be clear and not too busy. It can be really helpful to demonstrate your methods with figures, especially in posters to save words, or for presentations where the audience may not have the same specialist background as you. You can create simple methods figures using tools like Microsoft PowerPoint and Visio ( which are available in the Microsoft Office package with the university ) or use free tools with pre-made components and better freedom for drawing figures like BioRender and Inkscape. Think about how you can break down complex concepts in to easier-to-manage chunks, to help your reader see the big picture.
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General tips to remember
- More visual cues, less words
- The main bulk of a presentation should be your methods and results – don’t take up too much space with the introduction, focus on your project
- Unless asked to, don’t put your abstract in your presentation – you will be wasting valuable words by repeating yourself
- Make your aims stand out – it really helps the understanding of the reader if they can refer back to them
- Keep the font big, and save words by using bullet points
- For each slide or poster section, use descriptive titles to help the reader follow along
- Don’t assume knowledge of your subject area – although there will be physicists at a physics conference, their area of research may be very different to yours!
Useful resources
- https://www.sciencegraphicdesign.com/blog/how-do-you-make-your-first-scientific-poster
- https://biorender.com/
- https://inkscape.org/
- https://blog.addgene.org/early-career-researcher-toolbox-free-tools-for-making-scientific-graphics
- https://www.york.ac.uk/hrc/postgraduate/opportunities/poster-competition/design-tips/
Hopefully you feel more confident presenting your own work, but above are some useful resources that help me when starting a new poster or presentation – good luck!
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Since 2009, we have published the best of the annual dissertations produced by our final year undergraduates and award a 'best dissertation of the year' prize to the best of the best. Best Dissertations of 2022. Best Dissertations of 2021. Best Dissertations of 2020. Best Dissertations of 2019.
The thesis collection from the Medical Library has been relocated to the library's Research Reserve. The collection includes: PhD, MD, MSc, ChM and DSc theses of staff and postgraduate students of the Health Sciences Faculty, from 1910 to date. A card catalogue in the Medical Library contains details of the earlier theses, or you may check the ...
PGR students must arrange the title page as follows. 17.18.1. The title of the dissertation at the top of the page. If the dissertation is in a language other than English, the title must be given in that language and in English. 17.18.2. The student's name below the title in the centre of the page. 17.18.3.
A changing world: how anthropogenic noise and climate impact dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula) behaviour. Author: Westover, L., 3 Oct 2023. Supervisor: Radford, A. (Supervisor) & Cuthill, I. C. (Supervisor) Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Science by Research (MScR) File.
UK's national thesis service providing records of all doctoral theses awarded by UK Higher Education institutions and free access to the full text of as many theses as possible. Please note: UK theses not available on EThOS can be requested via the Inter-Library Loan service. Includes citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the ...
A Philosophical Analysis of the Relation between Chemistry and Quantum Mechanics: The case of a single inert molecule Author: Seifert, V., 19 Mar 2019 Supervisor: Ladyman, J. (Supervisor) Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Sensory Aesthetics and Feminist Modernisms: A Revisionary Study of Novels by Virginia Woolf, Gloria Naylor, and Naomi Mitchison. Author: Strausa, A., 23 Jan 2024. Supervisor: Blades, A. M. (Supervisor) & Hanaway-Oakley, C. (Supervisor) Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) File.
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Student. Title. 'Best dissertation' prize. Eleanor Johnston. A Revolution in Emotion: Madame Roland and the Politics of Feeling 2019_Johnston (PDF, 609kB) Winner of the 'Best History dissertation of 2018' prize. Victoria Brown. Capturing the 'Forbidden Zone': British Female Frontline Photographers of the First World War. Ellie Copeland.
The Practice-Based Dissertation was first introduced at Bristol in 2020-21 and enables students to produce a practical, public-facing 'public history' output as well as a 5000 word Critical Reflective Report. In this interview, Jessica talks to Kate Sudakova about her project. Continue reading →.
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks, independent learning and assessment activity. See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
This dissertation unit is designed to bring together the two disciplines studied by English and Classics students, to enhance an understanding of the importance of influence and reception when considering both the classical and the English literary traditions, and to foster an intellectual approach that is genuinely interdisciplinary in both ...
Dissertations and theses . To find a University of Bristol thesis: Use Library Search as if you were trying to find a book, using either the author's name, the title or a combination of the two. When your search results display, you can refine your search by using the 'Resource type - Thesis' option.
Best undergraduate dissertations of 2019. Emily Vernall Remembering and narrating the 'woman-as-Jew': an oral history study of the female body in Nazi-controlled ghettos. The Department of Historical Studies at the University of Bristol is com-mitted to the advancement of historical knowledge and understanding, and ... 5 For an example of ...
An example of a portrait orientation poster with a two-column format. The science isn't accurate, but the method of presenting research findings is clear and easy to follow. Presentations. Many of the same principles from posters apply to presentations and talks. Aim to make them clear, easy to follow and visually appealing.
Projects (28) Student theses. 11 results. Title (ascending) Digital visual effects in contemporary Hollywood cinema aesthetics, networks and transnational practice. Author: Niu, M., 23 Jun 2020. Supervisor: Moen, K. (Supervisor) & Piccini, A. (Supervisor) Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) File.
Dissertations and projects. Student dissertations and projects that have been provided by the colleges as examples of good practice. The Library holds selected student dissertations and projects from the past five years that have been provided by the colleges as examples of good practice (the actual grades awarded are confidential).
Dissertation examples. Listed below are some of the best examples of research projects and dissertations from undergraduate and taught postgraduate students at the University of Leeds We have not been able to gather examples from all schools. The module requirements for research projects may have changed since these examples were written.
Dissertations and theses . To find a University of Bristol thesis: Use Library Search as if you were trying to find a book, using either the author's name, the title or a combination of the two. When your search results display, you can refine your search by using the 'Resource type - Thesis' option.
Undergraduate dissertations. Since 2011 the Department of History of Art at the University of Bristol has periodically published the best of the annual dissertations produced by our final-year undergraduates. We do so in recognition of the excellent research undertaken by our students, which is a cornerstone of our degree programme.
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12 Years a Slave is just one example, of the plethora of 1 12 Years a Slave, dir. by Steve McQueen (Twentieth Century Fox, 2013). 2 Northrup, Solomon; David Wilson: Twelve Years a Slave [, (New York: Derby & Miller, 1853). 3 T. McCrisken, American History and Contemporary Hollywood Film (New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2005), 68.