首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
When is the deadline for handing in dissertations? Who must approve the dissertation topic?
When is the deadline for handing in dissertations? Who must approve the dissertation topic?
admin
2012-09-10
54
问题
When is the deadline for handing in dissertations?
Who must approve the dissertation topic?
Professor: Welcome back to the new term, Martina and Amanda. I hope you’ve had a good break and that you’re looking forward to writing your dissertations. In this tutorial, I’d like to give you the opportunity to ask questions on writing the dissertation, such as requirements, dates and who to see when you need help. I know that it’s all available on the department website, but sometimes students just like to check or confirm information ... or sometimes they need a little more detail. So, is there anything you’d like to ask?
Martin: Is there a fixed hand-in date yet? On the website it said that one hadn’t been decided on yet.
Professor: I’m glad you asked that question. I just heard this morning that the deadline has been decided and it is 28th May. That’s a week later than we had originally planned.
Amanda: What about the word limit? The website gave a very broad range. What was it, Martina? 10000 to 20000 words?
Martin: I believe so, Amanda.
Professor: Well, I believe that was a typing error. It should be 10-12000 words, but feel free to write a little more if you need to. However, make sure that your dissertation is at least 10000 words long, not including the contents, references and bibliography.
Amanda: Right. Thank you. And we can choose any topics we like, can’t we?
Professor: Any from year 3. And do remember to get your topic approved by your personal tutor---oh, that’s me, isn’t it? --before you start writing. I’d hate to have to tell you your topic was unacceptable after you’d spent a lot of time on it!
Amanda: What would you like us to show you initially, apart from the title?
Professor: Well, I’d like to see a basic bibliography first, along with an outline of your dissertation. You should get that done by the end of January--this month in other words.
Martin: According to the website, the research should take 8-10 weeks, so that takes us from, well, until mid-April, basically.
Professor: Yes, you should have the research pretty much done by the time you return from the Easter break.
Martin: It seems like a reasonable amount of time, but I bet it disappears fast.
Professor: It certainly does. You’ll probably find that you need to do some extra research during the second half of April. Ideally, you’d be writing then, but very few students get all the information they need and the personal tutors almost always need to make some further suggestions. That’s why it’s really important to get the bulk of your research done by mid-April.
Martin: I see. If we get into trouble or can see that we’re going to get into trouble with our research, we should obviously contact you ASAP.
Professor: Absolutely.
Amanda: Do you think that we should look at what other students have done in the past, in order to get a better idea of what to do and what to write?
Professor: It can be helpful, but what often happens is that students rely too much on what they read, so I would only use other students’ -- previous students’ work as a reference.
Amanda: Got it.
Martin: I know that we have the research guide to help us, but are there any other books or sources that you would recommend, I mean, to help us with planning a dissertation and the organisation and so on?
Amanda: Yes. I wanted to ask you that too.
Professor: There are several available from the library. I wouldn’t bother buying any. My personal favourite is "Dissertations and You" by Roger Kline. Another good one is "Mastering Your Dissertation" by Helen Blondel. There’s a book about research techniques ... Oh, what’s it called? It’s something simple like "Research Techniques for Dissertations". The author is Helen Trailforth. Oh, I know! It’s called "Dissertation Research Techniques". Very good book. There’s more than one copy of each of those in the library. One is for reference only and you know about the recall system if a book is being borrowed by someone else and you want it, don’t you?
Amanda and Martin: Yes.
Professor: Good. Very good. Anything else?
Amanda: Well, now that you’ve mentioned research techniques, I’ve got a question. Questionnaires. A good idea, professor?
Professor: The general consensus is that they are not very helpful, though some prominent researchers beg to differ. Clear them with me first, if you decide to go ahead and use them. You see, you need to be very careful about the questions that you ask and order of the questions. Questionnaires very often lead people towards giving certain answers rather than getting at their true feelings and opinions.
Amanda: Martin? Anything else?
Martin: No. I’m happy. Thank you, professor.
Amanda: Yes. thank you so much.
Professor: My pleasure.
选项
答案
(your) personal tutor
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/hEtYFFFM
本试题收录于:
雅思听力题库雅思(IELTS)分类
0
雅思听力
雅思(IELTS)
相关试题推荐
Thereisfrequentlyaprotractedtimeintervalbetweentheintroductionofaninnovativemusicalcompositionanditspublicacce
Hispremiership,seeminglycast-ironayearago,isnowsovulnerablethatevenagooddayattheofficedoesnomorethanbuyh
Thewell-trainedengineermustunderstandfieldsasdiverseasphysics,economics,geology,andsociology;thus,anoverly_____
Kaganmaintainsthataninfant’sreactionstoitsfirststressfulexperiencesarepartofanaturalprocessofdevelopment,not
Philosophicalproblemsarisewhenpeopleaskquestionsthat,thoughvery____,havecertaincharacteristicsincommon.
Peopleshouldnotbepraisedfortheirvirtueiftheylacktheenergytobe(i)____;insuchcases,goodnessismerelytheeffec
Eventhoughpoliticaleditorializingwasnot(i)______underthenewregime,journalistsstillexperienced(ii)______,thoughpe
ThevalueofDavis’sociologicalresearchiscompromisedbyhisunscrupuloustendencytousematerials(i)________inordertos
Questions28-29Completethenotes,whichshowhowtheapproachestodefining’talent’havechanged.ChooseONEorTWOWORDSfro
Whatdoesherbriefcaselooklike?
随机试题
胎头矢状缝与母体骨盆入口右斜径一致,小囟门位于母体骨盆左前方,其胎位是
有一工业塔,刚性连结设置在宽度b=6m,长度l=10m,埋置深度d=3m的矩形基础板上,包括基础自重在内的总重为Nk=20MN,作用于塔身上部的水平合力Hk=1.5MN,基础侧面抗力不计,如图3—8所示。为保证基底不出现零压力区,试问水平合力作用点与基底距
在下列微波辐射环境中暴露时,()情况下应采取相应防护措施。
根据《砌体工程施工质量验收规范》的规定,砂浆用砂的含泥量应满足()等要求。
长江公司与黄河公司无关联方关系,长江公司2012年1月1日投资500万元购入黄河公司100%股权,黄河公司可辨认净资产公允价值为500万元。账面价值为400万元,其差额由一项采用直线法、按5年摊销、预计净残值为0的无形资产形成。2012年黄河公司实现净利润
以下属于诉讼时效中断的事由有()。
外国人或无国籍人申请加入中国国籍应具备的条件有()。(2008年多选58)
把判例作为当代中国法的非正式渊源主要是因为人们一般认为实行判例法的国家与我国的社会性质、社会体制不同,因此,不能将判例作为我国法的正式渊源。
InAmericaalone,tippingisnowa$16billion-a-yearindustry.Arecentpollshowedthat40%ofAmericans【C1】______thepractice
信息安全主要包括3个方面:物理安全、安全检测和【 】。
最新回复
(
0
)