Expert guidance for postgraduate and research students on how to plan, prepare and produce a thesis or dissertation.

pt. 1. The process of academic writing -- The research thesis -- The intellectual content of the thesis -- Organizing your work -- The role of the supervisor -- Your role as a student -- Grammar, punctuation and conventions of academic writing -- Layout of the thesis -- pt. 2. Writing your thesis -- The preliminary pages and the introduction -- The literature review -- Methodology -- The data analysis chapters -- The conclusion -- Completing the thesis -- Publishing findings during preparation of the thesis -- The oral examination.