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This essential handbook carefully guides the student through the entire dissertation process from start to finish, offering clear, straightforward and practical advice. Biggam uses clear illustrations of what students should do- or not do - to reach their full potential, helping them to succeed with their dissertation and avoid common pitfalls along the way.

Thoroughly updated, this popular book takes the student from research proposal, through literature reviews, research methods, and writing up, referencing and avoiding plagiarism, through to submission and marking, featuring:

This is key reading for any social science, business, humanities or healthcare student required to complete a dissertation as part of their studies. It will also prove useful for undergraduate students considering postgraduate studies and for supervisors facilitating dissertation supervision.

It is particularly useful and relevant to my students as, unlike many other books on this topic, it does not ignore practice-based forms of research, in fact the book includes a substantial chapter on practice-as-research in the creative disciplines. This chapter includes software alongside creative arts and is therefore particularly suitable for inter- or multi-disciplinary postgraduates using technology to enhance their existing understanding of a subject (or their practice) through research.

I also really like the fact that the chapter on Abstracts is at the end (where it belongs!) and that students are explicitly told to write it last – no matter how many times I tell my students this, it is a common and recurring mistake!"

• Daisy Abbott, School of Simulation and Visualisation, The Glasgow School of Art, UK
• "The dissertation component of a Master’s programme can be very daunting for students. In this book John Biggam demystifies both the concept, and process of a dissertation. Biggam clearly explains the different parts of a dissertation, and offers a pragmatic structure which can be used by students to help frame their ideas. Also, the guidance given in the book is written in a reassuring tone which is never patronising. The summary on good practise in dissertation writing should be particularly useful during the planning stage, and as a final check for students."Dr Donna Murray SFHEA, Head of Taught Student Development, Institute for Academic Development, The University of Edinburgh, UK
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John Biggam has published extensively in academia, presented at prestigious global academic fora and enjoyed membership of numerous reviewer and conference committees. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

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John Biggam PhD is the author of the following academic books: Succeeding With Your Master’s Dissertation: A Step-By-Step Handbook (2021), now in its fifth edition, and Succeeding With Your University Essay: A Step-By-Step Handbook (2020), both published by Open University Press. Dr Biggam is also a published poet. His debut collection - The Day Brad Pitt Bought My House For Nothing, published by Pindrop Press (2020) - is a modern twist on the traditional haiku, often laugh-out funny, often tearfully sad.

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