3rd year – Dissertation – top tips

I cant stress to you how quickly your 3rd year will go, and the best advice I can give you is…enjoy every moment because it won’t be long until you’re working and feeling regretful that you didn’t do more with your student life. I’ve now entered the big bad world and I spend my day time stuck at my desk for up to 9 hours a day, sometimes I never even see daylight! So please, do me a favour and use this example (or excuse) to party as much as you can before you leave uni )

Now on to the hard work – Your 3rd year will be jam packed full of assignments and this will mean you have to do a rather infamous project that you’ve probably heard about many times before- THE DISSERTATION- ahhh the dreaded dissertation – but don’t worry, it can actually be the best project you do because you are mostly in control of what subject you choose etc.

My top tips for doing well in your dissertation…

• Go to all your private tutorials – these sessions are very useful in making sure you’re on the right track. Your tutor may mark your progress each week, to make sure you are completing a steady work load. If you go to all your private tutorials and your tutor knows that you have worked hard throughout the year, but by chance your dissertation isn’t up to scratch, she/he can take your progress into consideration for your final mark.
• Start planning in the summer – before you start the 3rd year take a few moments in the summer to plan and think about what you want to achieve.
• Buy a note book – keeping a dissertation diary is a great way to record your research, thoughts and times and dates of when you did certain things. The diary will also help you in private tutorials, so your progress is at your fingertips when you meet your tutor.
• Back up your work – it’s no fun a week before hand in to discover your computer has a virus and all your project is lost.