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Writing Research - Thesis

When should you begin writing-up your thesis? As soon as you finish reading this .....No really!.....Literally as soon as you’re done here. It is absolutely never too early to begin the writing process. The problem for most of us though is getting down to it. But before we tackle that, a quick re-wind: In case you’ve been advised to research for 3 years and then write-up, or are planning to start writing in year 3 / towards the end - pause. Think about it: Are you seriously planning to write intelligently about work you’ve done 2-3 years ago? Is it wise to research, and trust that the results / findings / material will work, and provide all you need when you actually put it through the rigour of writing at thesis-level? Are you prepared to become essentially a full-time writer in the last months of your doctorate? Can you actually do this? And, if you are not an experienced w... read more

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Postgraduate Plagiarism

I was digging around in the Independent website and I came across this article looking at postgraduates and plagiarism. According to a JISC report, twice as many postgraduates were guilty of plagiarism in 2008 with an average of 1.19 per cent of postgraduate students involved in cases of plagiarism, compared to 0.67 per cent of undergraduates. This data was supported by statistics from the University of Glasgow. What was even more surprising to me was that it is students from overseas that tend to plagiarise, with 1.76 per cent of all overseas postgraduate students from outside the EU committing plagiarism, compared to 0.11 per cent of all postgraduate students from the UK. According to the Independent article, reasons for this discrepancy are primarily cultural since different educational systems handle referencing in different ways, with some systems having very little est... read more