thesis structure & Process
the Thesis is a TEST not a product (heavily) guided from supervisors
My supervision is mostly via emails and video calls
"The purpose of a dissertation is to enable students to undertake independent research on an agreed topic related to their programme of study."
"The supervisor is under no obligation to: find the student a suitable topic for the dissertation; read preliminary drafts of the student’s work; proof read the final draft. "
"It is not the role of the supervisor to direct the research or ensure that a dissertation is of sufficient quality to pass; this is the responsibility of the student."
https://www.ed.ac.uk/files/atoms/files/copsupervisorsresearchstudents.pdf:
"Students’ responsibilities: Taking full responsibility for the quality of the thesis submitted for assessment (while the supervisor may advise on whether they think work is ready for submission, their opinion carries no guarantee of success in the assessment)."
PhD Supervision guidance: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/teaching-learning/publications/2019/aug/good-supervision-guide-new-and-experienced-research-supervisors-phds
What (are you doing), Why (relevance), How (was done and will you do it), ... then (results, implications)?
1) Literature review
Everything starts from the good knowledge of the state-of-the-art on the subject your are curious about
from https://www.sciencedirect.com/
1) write your keywords
2) click on the symbol of search
3) on the left of the new window you will see "Article type" and select "Research articles" and "Review articles"
1) on the top, click "search"
2) then "documents" and type your keywords to search
3) on the left of the new window under "Article Type" select "Article" or "Review"
2) THESIS STRUCTURE and CONTENT: https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~martins/sen_sem/thesis_org.html
3) Reference Styles and Quotation:
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/studyingeffectively/writing/referencing/styles.aspx
4) PLAGIARISM: https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/academic/guidance/skills/plagiarism?wssl=1
5) how to write an ABSTRACT:
https://writing.wisc.edu/handbook/assignments/writing-an-abstract-for-your-research-paper/