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Hints to to help
your examiner
Say up-front what the problem is, what other people have done, and how you have added to it.
Get rid of those typos!
Bad grammar could show bad practice and weak supervision.
Superlatives are not very good!
Significance matters.
One table says much more than a whole lot of numbers.
Draw some pictures.
Break up and but keep a narrative.
Avoid using the words of others too much.
Be precise.
Every diagram and table should be referenced in the text.
Be critical of yourself and others.
A thesis is not a diary!
Focus the literature review on the contribution.
Make sure the aim is “of the thesis, and not “of the initial research project”.
Get the flow right.
If you don’t know it … don’t say it!
Explain it simply.
Show that you love the subject and that it is relevant.
Make your thesis a sandwich.
Don’t just pick without reviewing and justifying.
Validate before Evaluate.
Get that scientific method.
Must be based on a method and be repeatable.
Evaluate your method against others.
Be fair and honest with your experiments.
If possible, know your examination team.
Show that you are now an expert in your area.
Use appendices.
Quality is better than quantity.
Define published work.
Watch those unreliable references.
Leave the Introduction and Conclusions to last, and then do the Abstract, and finally the title.
Few abstracts are actually any good in the first draft.
Conclusions should conclude the whole thesis.
Mind those commas.
End on a high!
Signpost your work.
Guide but stay on the academic track.
Be humble.
In Viva
Be ready to defend, up to a point.
Draw it out and keep it simple.
The simplest things are often the most difficult to explain.
Know your examiners.
Don’t leave it too long for the Viva.
Stay calm and enjoy.
Be humble
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